As the albums themselves deteriorated over time, the cards were often removed by family members, antique dealers, or collectors who ended up with them. Improper care and storage going forward sometimes lead to stains, tears, rubs, bent corners, and other condition issues that can diminish value. To avoid further damage to a collection of old cards, there are a number of excellent storage and display methods to consider including new albums, archival boxes, and framing....

Tools and Supplies You Will Need WrenchesReplacement electrical cord or switch (if needed)Replacement drive belt and pulley (if needed)Allen wrenchesRust-resistant metal protectantRags How to Tune the Drive System Most drill presses use a belt and pulley system for transferring power between the motor and the quill. The entire system is housed in a compartment within the head of the drill press. How to Tune the Quill Assembly Once you know that the pulleys and belt are in good working order, move on to the quill....

So. why unfollow everyone on Twitter? Your account may get hacked and the hacker follows various different accounts. You may want to also unfollow everyone and follow only the necessary people. You can manually unfollow everyone on Twitter and also use different applications to do so automatically. How to Unfollow Everyone on Twitter? There are different ways you can use to unfollow people. You can use the manual as well as the automatic process....

While the game is technically a “solved game”—which is to say, a computer has been programmed that will never lose a game, most humans do not have such a computer at their disposal. For this reason, you might appreciate these tips for how to win at Checkers. Control the Center For beginners, the first strategy one often figures out is to place your checkers on the edge of the board....

The level of sound you get from your computer depends on the installed sound card and speakers. Both of these are hardware pieces and it is unlikely that you’ll go to market to get better versions in the middle of the night while trying to watch a movie! So, can you boost sound using software? The answer is yes, but of course there is a limit to which you increase the sound using software....

Most older collectors remember the day in November 1963 when President Kennedy was assassinated. The United States Mint released the first coins in 1964, and people scrambled to get a souvenir to remember this popular president. The mint produced more than 273 million coins at the Philadelphia mint and more than 156 million at the Denver mint facility. The best-known variety is the 1964 Proof Heavily Accented Hair variety. Given the low demand for Kennedy half-dollar errors and varieties, most are highly affordable for collectors of all means....

History The United States Mint first produced the Liberty Head nickel in 1883. Charles E. Barber, chief engraver at the mint created the design featuring Lady Liberty facing to the left and surrounded by stars. The reverse features that denomination simply stated by the Roman numeral V inside of a Laurel Wreath. The Mint added the word CENTS to the reverse of the coin after dishonest people started to gold plate the coin and passed them off as five-dollar gold pieces....

U.S. and Canadian Coins Are Similar The Canadian penny has been made from copper-plated steel since 2000. The circulating Canadian nickel, dime, and quarter are all currently made from nickel-plated steel, although the dime was made of pure nickel from 1968 to 2000. Like the U.S., Canada has a half-dollar denomination that very rarely circulates, and which is only struck for Uncirculated Mint Sets currently. The Canadian dollar coin is very nearly the same size and color as its U....

How Seed Beads Are Sized Round seed beads, cylinder beads, and some other types of seed beads are sized according to numbers called aught sizes. When pronounced, people most often say the aught as zero, so eleven aught is pronounced eleven-oh (as in zero). When written, the aught may be indicated by a /0 or with what looks like a degree symbol. The most common ​aught sizes you will find at bead shops and online are 15/0 (the smallest), followed by 11/0, 10/0, 8/0, and 6/0....

In your Android smartphone, the strength of mobile Internet signal is shown using alphabet letters like G, E, 2G, 3G, H and 4G near the signal bar. These symbols are visible right next to the signal strength indicator. Have you ever wondered about the meaning of these symbols / letters? Well, today I will tell you about the meaning of letters G, E, 2G, 3G, H and 4G in context of the mobile Internet....

But what is DNS anyway? Well, in simple words, a DNS server is a machine that translates domain names to the IP addresses. On the Internet all the computers are identified by IP addresses —so there is no computer named as techwelkin.com on the Internet. Instead, techwelkin.com has an IP address. But for humans IP addresses are difficult to remember. So, a domain name system has been devised in which websites are known by domain names; and DNS servers are the machines that do the conversion of domain name to a corresponding IP address....

Company’s Origins Lyman K. Stuart, son of Charles H. Stuart, founded Emmons Home Fashions in 1948, naming the company in honor of his mother, Caroline Emmons Stuart. Soon afterward, the company’s name was changed to Emmons Jewelry, Inc. Emmons Jewelry was sold at home parties, a retailing practice that is still popular today to market jewelry and all sorts of other items. You may have attended a home party where a hostess invites friends to attend and products are showcased, from jewelry to housewares....

History In 1920, the United States was celebrating the recent end to World War I and Farran Zerbe, who was the historian of the American Numismatic Association (ANA), presented a paper entitled, “Commemorate the Peace with a Coin for Circulation.” In it, he proposed a new design for the half dollar or the silver dollar if the denomination got resurrected. The enthusiasm for this idea was so great that the ANA created a committee to help prepare a bill for Congress to accomplish this task....