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  1. Burton Strauss III attached a file to the thread How to properly price coins?.

    Why should there be a single price guide? Even within a single TPG, coins aren't all the same. A PCGS plastic 1909-S VDB in XF40BN...

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  2. Burton Strauss III replied to the thread How to properly price coins?.

    If it's the greysheet CPG quarterly, that's intended to be a retail price guide for collectors. The greysheet itself is a wholesale...

    Mar 28, 2024 at 9:25 AM
  3. Burton Strauss III liked VistaCruiser69's post in the thread Question for tax experts.

    Travel expense = business expenses if you are operating as a business perhaps and want to include that expense in with your other...

    Mar 27, 2024 at 1:50 PM
  4. Burton Strauss III replied to the thread Question for tax experts.

    Starting point to all the above would be whether you are a business or a hobby. Key among the business definition is both the intent to...

    Mar 27, 2024 at 1:50 PM
  5. Burton Strauss III replied to the thread Question for tax experts.

    Actually what you really want if you have serious tax problems is an IRS Enrolled Agent, not a CPA. (Yes, You can obviously have...

    Mar 27, 2024 at 10:10 AM
  6. Burton Strauss III replied to the thread Are the official years of Kennedy half NIFCs actually known? Confusion among sources.

    I saw that movie and TV show... don't they have the Ark of the Covenant stored next to some bones from the Roswell aliens??? (Raiders...

    Mar 27, 2024 at 9:32 AM
  7. Burton Strauss III replied to the thread Question for tax experts.

    Not a tax pro, but those expenses would be business expenses if you were a business - part of the cost of goods sold. If you are a...

    Mar 26, 2024 at 9:46 PM
  8. Burton Strauss III replied to the thread Are the official years of Kennedy half NIFCs actually known? Confusion among sources.

    The mint keeps them in the vaults and would use them to fulfill Fed orders before scheduling additional press runs. It might not have...

    Mar 26, 2024 at 8:46 PM
  9. Burton Strauss III replied to the thread Are the official years of Kennedy half NIFCs actually known? Confusion among sources.

    The Fed is much more transparent about currency orders. All they say for coins is that they provide the mint with current month orders...

    Mar 26, 2024 at 3:59 PM
  10. Burton Strauss III attached a file to the thread Question for tax experts.

    You would be far, far better served by either a professional advisor (advice here is worth what you pay for it) or going to the sources...

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  11. Burton Strauss III liked ZoidMeister's post in the thread Defective Planchette.

    It could be argued that ALL Zincoln cents are struck over defective planchets. Z

    Mar 24, 2024 at 6:38 PM
  12. Burton Strauss III replied to the thread 1964 Kennedy Half.

    There is more than a little truth to @paddyman98 's jest. Manufacturing coins is a giant industrial process on a scale that is hard to...

    Mar 24, 2024 at 9:46 AM