In 1973, the price of copper was starting to increase dramatically. To cut costs, there was a proposal sent to Congress to produce aluminum pennies instead of copper. The Mint made about 1.6 million of these pennies and brought them to Congress for approval. They were rejected. So, all the coins were taken back and…
In the 1800s, a legendary treasure hunt began. Three documents foretold of the secret location of Thomas J. Beale’s buried riches, a treasure overflowing with gold, silver, and jewels. But the location remained hidden because the words were written in a mysterious code. For the last 200 years, people have searched and analyzed these papers…
When the Titanic went down in 1912, eleven millionaires went down with it. They had an estimated $200,000,000 in wealth. On this night, their money would become worthless to them. Major A. H. Peuchen was also a very wealthy man. In fact, in his room on the Titanic, he was storing an estimated $300,000 worth…
You’ve looked everywhere for it. You’ve checked in all the places you can think of, but there is that lingering thought haunting at the back of your mind, “I wonder if I accidentally threw it away.” Most times it turns out not to be the case. For some unfortunate people, however, several valuable items accidentally…
Grammy Awards are considered some of the most prestigious and sought after in the music industry. In 2005, R&B artist John Legend had the privilege of winning one for the “Best R&B Album.” To date, John Legend has received 10 Grammy’s and 28 Grammy nominations. As you might imagine, these awards are something to be…
There are some people in this world who are unbelievably stingy with their money. They are ungenerous penny pinchers who hoard their money. One such person was Hetty Green. She was 30 years old when her father died in 1864 and left her a staggering $7.5 million in assets. Later her aunt passed away and…
This week the History Channel aired a special episode about the value of our planet. They examined aspects such as diamonds, gold, lumber, water, and nearly everything on earth and came up with a price tag. From their calculation, our earth is worth $6,873,951,620,979,800, or to put it in words, nearly seven quadrillion dollars. It…
“One of the better known treasure hunts in modern times is the quest to find the rumored wealth known as the “Beale treasure.” The hunt began when an eccentric man, who left the East for the gold and silver mines of the West, returned home, supposedly hid a vast amount of wealth, then disappeared forever. …
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