My mother thought the dime store was a good place to know. It offered everything from goldfish to egg whips to gravy ...

You served us well. I remember keenly when pennies had value, in the era of the “five-and-dime.” I made frequent pilgrimages to Woolworth's, its penny-candy section a mecca. If you went there ...

The combination of "copper" and "penny" might not seem like the best formula for valuable coins considering that you can find ...