Effective Jan 1 this year, the exempt limit went from $1,500 to $2,000. Applicable legal code is below. Has anyone experienced sales tax being...
I'll be there Thu and Fri. If anyone would like to meet, please PM me. Cal
They are a big eBay seller based in S. California. Over 409,000 reviews on eBay w/o a single negative! Have they manipulated the system? Reviews...
Below is a quote from Roger Burdette’s Mine to Mint. He’s describing the floor of the Denver mint where precious metals were assayed, refined,...
About 20% of gold reserves are in the Denver mint, about 20% at West Point and about 60% at Ft. Knox. Very small percentages are at SF and Philly...
Seller’s hoping Barnum was right. Cal [ATTACH]
Looking at an upcoming world coin auction by Heritage, I stumbled across a striking Swiss pattern that seemed vaguely familiar. Then it occurred...
Don't you have to give sniper apps your sign-in info? Isn't this a security problem? Cal
Actually, Heritage bids do go up incrementally. The increments are posted on their website. Others bid the coin up until it reached one...
Impressive bit of research. Thanks. But also impressive is how much money auction companies and TPGs have made on many of these coins. Take the...
Anything visual can be copied fairly easily by pros. For real security, a chip is needed. If done right, it provides security that only a very...
You may not know it, but you can see the orders that PCGS has in progress or recently completed. Go to www.pcgs.com/shared-orders/. About 3,200...
Took at least two crazy bidders to get it that high because of the incremental process of bid increases that Heritage has. Bidders with lots of...
Should be aware that the PCGS price guide is retail prices ... what you'll pay to buy it ... you'll get less if you sell it. In addition, the...
Yes, that's an old theme, dating back to the Roman Republic and maybe earlier. Below is an image of a coin of Julius Caesar showing the same...
Above is true. However, if the only address you're given is a PO box (NGC for example), then USPS is the only option for shipping. Cal
There are really two kinds of safety when shipping coins: 1. Safety of the shipment itself … i.e. that it gets there intact. 2. Financial...
Have any old descriptions of security measures at ancient or medieval mints survived? I’m interested in defense against outside forces...
In the late 50s, Harry Winston donated the Hope Diamond, one of the world’s most valuable, to the Smithsonian Institution. How did he send it to...
Recently, I became aware that the Royal Australian Mint started issuing a series of 1 oz. bullion coins in 2019 that featured different species of...
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