California is by far one of the richest states, and we are heavily taxed. You would not believe what a small home sells for in the S.F. Bay Area
For California buyers we pay 10% sales tax and then we would add 12.5% buyers fee = 22.5% and shipping ?
I buy almost exclusively on eBay and over the years I've seen plenty of crooked sellers selling fake coins, shill bidding and other assorted...
That's hard to believe. Where did you hear that ?
The 1700's silver crowns from Naples and Sicily are getting expensive and are scarce . Naples had their silver crowns of Piastra 120 Grana and...
We've all been there and that's how we learn from each other. ;)
In addition to using good quality flips I also soak all my copper coins in Xylene prior to putting them into the flips. Never paper envelopes.
Don't feel too bad, I look for Sicilian coins from the 1700's and it's always famine for me at these coin shows. I'm lucky if I can find one at a...
Hope to hear what you were told on this issue with SDB's
I've heard that sometimes Acetone can discolor copper coins, for that reason I use Xylene to soak copper coins. I do use Acetone for silver coins.
And combining those counterfeiting skills with artificial toning, that's' scary
I weigh every silver coin I buy and I record the weight on the flip and in my records. Weight should be the first inspection on coins. However,...
Would like to see ebay sellers list the weight of all raw, high dollar silver coins.
That's a huge weight discrepancy. Unless the seller was a rank amateur, he probably knew it was fake and tried to pass it off. Same thing...
Remember to make it difficult for the thieves. Instead of putting the coins on the kitchen table, you put them inside a secret compartment in the...
The first place burglars look is in the bedrooms. They know that most people keep their valuables there. Don't make it easy for them, use your...
Same here, all I gotta do is get one of those Roman coins and I'll be hooked. The one Roman coin I would like to get my hands on is the one with...
I wonder if they mean Gold bullion or Gold coins, Gold jewelry ??
By "mob" are you talking about the Mafia ? I know that there was a fairly large migration of Sicilians going to New Orleans back then.
post master general...:) Hopefully the Post Master General will soon be gone ;)
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