Yes, sending packages through the USPS do not incur this tax. Regardless of how packages and letters are sent, the information on the customs...
Here's the Notice of Detention from CBP. [ATTACH] Also, here's my (buyer's) "safe harbor" declaration to CBP. I had to modify Peter's...
Very nice! A great purchase.
Nice job! The surfaces under the deposits that you removed seem fine. A soaking in distilled water, or acetone if distilled water is...
That's an exquisite coin.
Here are three owls from Israel, purchased as a lot a couple of months ago. They all crude and show varying signs of corrosion from burial, but...
Yes, I got a really weird post to a thread that I created a while ago on the World Coins Forum. Yes, I think it is spam, using a new member's...
Nice coin! Using serpents would seem, to me, the perfect mode of transportation to use when traffic is at a crawl.
The coin finally arrived on Friday, after spending some time in Washington, DC. The packaging was clearly opened and then resealed with tape and...
Interesting coin! I've always found reverses with four elephants drawing a biga odd, stylistically, since the elephants need to be drastically...
Another excellent reference, though quite dated, are the two volume set by Gabriel Calbeto, published in 1970. They are available from time to...
Nice writeup! There was an emperor named Didius Whose appearance was not so hideous. He bought the throne for a short stay, Bringing riots in...
This is an interesting thread, providing a window on another level of auction bidding. I've never employed the services of an agent/dealer...
What are the reasons that makes you think the coin has been cast? I've been collecting these coin for over thirty years, and I don't see any...
If you look just above the M on the obverse, you'll see a P, a little weakly struck. The P is for Potosi. The Mexico City mint used a small o...
Here's a coin that I've owned for while, since November 1990. It is a dated 8 reales cob of Potosi, 1617, that was salvaged from the Atocha....
I've been drifting around lately, pottering around the house, reorganizing the dust bunnies (who are unionized now), reading, thinking about...
It seems to me that the OP coin was first darkened, probably using liver of sulfur, and then the "sand patina" was applied. The exposed design...
My situation with US Customs at JFK rolls on, just like the shimmering sand dunes of the desert, with no clear end in sight. I am not very...
If, by dipping the coin, you are referring to using Jewel Luster or an other tarnish remover, I suggest against doing that. The chemical in this...
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