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Selling on eBay is a very simple learning curve. You register using a credit card, debit card or your checking account. If paying with a credit or debit card, the fees accumulate during the month and are debited monthly around the 18th. If using a checking account, you're limited to $25 in fees per month (listing and percentage of sales).
Once your registration is complete, you click on the "Sell Your Item" link (which is at the top of every page) and the eBay links will walk you through the process of pictures, listing how-tos, and even a bit of...
All current American coins from the quarter to the dollar have an eagle in the design on the reverse side. In the past U.S. coins from the half-dime to the $20 gold have used an eagle design. This custom was established by law in the early history of the country because the American eagle is the national bird. It was President George Washington who decided that unlike other countries, our coins should not picture a king or president, but should show something symbolic of Liberty.
Over the years there have been numerous different styles of eagles displayed on United States coins...
Did you know that the very first of the Morgan Liberty Head dollars was presented in 1878 to President Rutherford Hayes? He was the man who had originally vetoed the Act under which they were struck! Despite the original opposition to the new coin it was an instant success once it reached circulation. People admired the design then, just as everyone does now.
George T. Morgan who created this powerful design was hired by the Mint in 1876 as a “special engraver.” He had formerly worked for the British Royal Mint where he had been a pupil of master engraver William...
Many coins have taken on strange descriptive names that add to the interest in collecting them, but probably none has a more colorful moniker than the “Bugs Bunny” half-dollar. It got its name from the buck-toothed cartoon character we all know and love.
In reality the “Bugs Bunny” is nothing more than a defective 1955 Benjamin Franklin half dollar that shows small marks on Franklin’s upper lip. The marks look like protruding teeth, and when an enterprising merchandiser applied the name to this minor variety, it became an immediate hit with coin collectors. The novelty of these common coins soon wore...
