That same King Charles (Carlos) III of the mighty Spanish Empire had been King Carlo III of Southern Italy (Naples) and Sicily when he was younger.
I almost bought a small handful of mixed date $5. and $10. gold coins. This was back in the late 1970's and I was working the evening shift at my...
I'll take a rare authentic, holed coin over a nice counterfeit any day and I have some in my collection that had been jewelry mount coins. I...
Thanks for sharing that info. I wonder if the seller can put "gift" on the customs declaration to help with the duty.
Well, I won a coin this morning on Italian eBay and it was USA $56. I'll soon know first hand how these tariffs on European coin purchases will...
Every coin I've ever bought on Italian eBay has been mailed to me via the Italian postal service. I hear all these bad reports about buying coins...
I'm in California and we have to pay 10% sales tax and apparently the tariffs on European Union countries is 15%. So that's 25% on my purchase ....
Over the last 8 years I've bought a number of coins on Italian eBay and shipping has never been a problem. I don't collect Ancient's, most of...
I'm bidding on some coins on Italian eBay. If I win I'm apparently going to have to pay duty/tariffs. Since they will be mailed to me, do I pay...
Years ago they used to have clear toilet seats that had coins imbedded into the acrylic. Some also had seashells imbedded.
Since these tariff rules seem to be changing every week. I'm gonna wait till the smoke clears before buying from foreign sellers.
Wow, that hurts. Thanks for your sharing your experience. Was that a 15% tariff.
I see on eBay that a Canadian seller mentioned that there would be duty fees for us American buyers purchasing coins from him. Anybody experience...
I do the same, all silver coins I buy get the Acetone dip and soak.
Back in the era of men's pocket watches a silver coin and a few gold coins were used as fobs at the end of a silver pocket watch chain or a gold...
And in Italian : Zecca di Roma means the Mint of Rome. Collectors of Pre-Unification Italian coins will see Zecca di Palermo, Zecca di Messina,...
Great coin. Have you gone onto Italian eBay and checked to see if these Italian error coins pop up. I do buy coins on Italian eBay but I'm...
Glad this thread was revived, very interesting info on the long lost silver date restorer from many years ago called "Nic-A-Silver" some believed...
Well done, can you share the back story on this coin being in your family for 4 generation's.
Right now our US Dollar is fairly strong vs the Euro. One Euro equals $1.10 American and I remember when that exchange rate was much worse for...
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