In Calif., purchases of PM's and coins of $2000 or more have no sales tax. It is the invoice total that counts. Multiple lesser value items can...
Interesting article in Coin Week (see link below) about silver refiners being at capacity, which ripples back to dealers not wanting to buy or...
Could have been an unauthorized "experiment" by a mint employee. Maybe thought, "I wonder how different a silver cent would look from a steel...
Great finds! Edge dents on the money clip may have been caused by a shovel. Digger probably thought they hit a rock and dug to the side ......
$2 bills are very common at racetracks. Most have $2 windows for win, place and show and other bets. Payouts after a race are often posted in...
If a business tried to charge me sales tax when none is due, I'd not go through with the transaction. Maybe contact them and try to fix the...
Yup, eBay and other out of state sellers, including coin dealers and auction houses, are required to collect state and local taxes based on the...
I think you called it right for the reason PCGS gave it a details grade. However, folks can argue all day (and will!) as to whether it was severe...
The few times I've had a coin come back from PCGS with a details grade or a grade much lower than expected, off it went to Great Collections....
Hard to know from the CoinWeek article exactly what NREX will do and how it will make money. Appears to be an added activity to DLRC (formerly...
Parthian coins aren't very artistic but many are well struck, like this one, with interesting legends and historically important. Really...
PCGS graded the one known coin as SP50. Because it's in a PCGS holder, some might consider it entombed. :) Mike
The quarter and half eagle aren’t outrageously expensive. But the other gold coins are way out there. Especially, the three-dollar coin. It’s...
Although my wife and I have visited a lot of British museums, below are pics from a few. The coins and apparatuses are some of the more...
I noticed that too at OKC. Security sitting on stools playing with their phones instead of watching people. ANA show management should have...
Yes, the narrow boat was a great adventure. If you try it, be sure to have at least two able-bodied people on board. You have to work most of...
Agree with you completely on value of using TPGs for authentication. I think most collectors are much better at grading than authentication …...
There are a few older machines around like the one in Salisbury Cathedral. It’s completely non-electrical. You put a 1-pound coin and a penny in...
I recently wrote an article with a lot of pictures for a coin magazine. Before publication, I contacted the sources (grading companies, dealers,...
The museum is in the Tower of London and is dedicated to the history of the Royal Fusiliers Regiment. The regiment was begun in 1685 by James II...
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