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As an avid sports card collector, I have seen the days where cards were just cards. Even rookie cards were not marked. We all saw the rise and fall of sports cards in the early 1990's. It seemed everyone was out to make a buck on older cards. Nowadays we see several different kinds of cards. We see base cards, autographs, inserts, parallels, and we also see a special kind of card that contains game or event used pieces of equipment players have used. Originally these cards were very rare and only contained pieces of a player's jersey. These special cards are affectionately known as jersey cards.

Sometime in the late 1990's someone had a brainwave to increase the value of regular sports cards. Until then, the only value in sports cards were either serial numbered rare cards (very rare) or rookie cards of special players. Rookie cards unfortunately were often overproduced limiting their value. Someone decided to purchase game used jerseys from players and cut them up into little pieces and put them on a sport card. This idea was an instant hit, mainly because at first they were so rare. You would have literally have to buy cases of a hobby box set in order to get the chance to land a rare card with a piece of a players jersey. These cards were rare and valuable indeed, and to the collector who was used to the plain card, quite beautiful.

Jersey cards had hit in full force. Collectors could not get enough of the chance to pull a card which had a piece of uniform on it which the player actually used. It was exciting times as these cards added a large amount of value to early sets. The excitement seemed to grow and as typical human beings, we wanted more. Card companies started buying jerseys in droves and putting jersey cards in all their main sets and people ate it up. The downside of course to this was that now jersey cards were starting to be more common, significantly limiting the value of each card. Jersey cards were being created for every player as well, so instead of finding that jersey card of your favourite super star, jersey cards starting appearing for part time players and fourth liners. The industry had changed; jersey cards were now standard and no longer rare.

To combat the fact that people were losing interest in jersey cards, card companies started to limit the print run of some cards. Some sets were now offering short print (or SP) runs of jersey cards, guaranteeing one or more jersey cards serial numbered in each hobby box bought. The variations of serial numbering would differ from set to set which directly affected the purchase price or supposed value of a set. Originally, if you got a jersey card which was numbered out of 1500, you were overwhelmed with joy. Of course as human beings we always want more. After this, it had to be out of 1000, then 500, then 250, 100, 50 and now the ultimate is that special 1 of 1 card. Card companies had hit the ultimate in jersey cards.

Over the following years and to current day, card companies still spit out several different types of jersey cards from unnumbered to those rare cards for a set in which only one is made. Besides this, card companies have increased the stakes adding jersey patch cards, jersey number cards and sports equipment cards (game used balls, hats, sneakers, skates, etc) all designed to quench the human desire for more. The only question now is where do we go from here? Will they produce cards only made of jerseys? Perhaps you'll be able to get full jerseys in boxes. Only time will tell. For now though, the jersey card still has a special place in our hearts as the first memorabilia to get inside a pack of cards.

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How Feng Shui Flying Star Can Help You Improve Your Wealth and Health

This aspect of feng shui is not typical within the arsenal of a geomancer expert or a feng shui master. The feng shui flying star revolves around mystery and is the child of mythology, superstition and historical fact. Said to be gifted from Mother Nature herself and originally written on the back of a giant Chinese turtle, the flying star sports the 'Lo Shu' diagram, or the nine numbers diagram that changes and rotates in response to many variables of time.

This article will give you an insight on how the feng shui flying star can help you improve your wealth and health.

The flying star model has nine numbers and each of the diagrams has a colour that is representing it. Some of them even come with elemental symbols but that feature is pretty rare in feng shui circles.

From white to purple, one to nine, this colourful ancient diagram is not just a spectrum's afterthought; it is also a key and a compass to enhancing energies in any space to improve wealth and health. Its power and potential is great and if used properly, could be the tool to transform lives.

How this works is that the flying star and the eight sided map (ba gua) that geomancers use work together. By combining the two messages that these items will speak to you to, you can harmonise a place and the elements in it.

Make sure both are pointed in the right direction and the flying star will highlight the spaces in your house according to the colour of the diagrams in relation to the ba gua map. Looking at this blueprint for continued luck, all you have to do is match the flying star with different elements in relation to the colour the number it represents.

For example, if the flying star on 3 (normally symbolised by the colour green) points to the south west corner of your house, then all you have to do is place an element of a plant, or anything that sports the corresponding colour, shape or material. Feng shui flying stars can be symbolised by different objects with different properties as well. If you are unsure, contact your local geomancer and they should be able to help.

Some typical items are fishbowls, portraits, wind chimes, sources of water or even zodiacal flying star symbols. It may seem complicated at first, but as you learn more about the significance of the flying star, and how you can use objects to empower your space to absorb and retain more good energy, as well as balance the masculine and feminine energies (yin & yang) - you will experience more harmony as well as health and wealth.

You must also know that flying stars change with time, so it is all about mathematics and knowing the seasons of change. This is important to ensure your energies are in harmony and you won't one day walk into a cyclone of turbulent 'Chi' dragging you and your life down into an unending spiral of bad luck.

Once you get the hang of it, the feng shui flying star is unparalleled in bringing about good luck, health and wealth and with it you will see your life rocket into success, break the stratosphere and become a bright shooting star.

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Is a 1950 Federal Reserve Star Note 10 Dollar Bill worth anything?

I have a 1950 E Series Ten Dollar Bill. It is a Federal Reserve Note with Henry H Fowler signature for Treasurer and has a star at the end of the serial number. The bill was circulated but is still crisp and has no tears or worn corners. I don't know much about rare currency, but this one looks like it should be worth something..
Would someone please help me out?

From your description I will guess the bill is in "extremely fine" condition. Based on that assumption, a collector would pay roughly

$125 to $160 if the bill was issued by the New York or Chicago Federal Reserve Bank
$150 to $200 if the bill was issued by the San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank.

'Suzie Wong' star shocked at destruction of old Hong Kong
Actress Nancy Kwan said Friday she was shocked at the wholesale destruction of the colonial Hong Kong that formed the charming backdrop to her classic 1960 film "The World of Suzie Wong".

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