A lovely Owl!
Here's an update on the saga with US Customs at JFK Airport, where their TIER / Special Operation Unit is detaining a Qatatban tetradrachm that...
Yes, there was some "grade inflation" on the part of Ars, but I am more interested in determining whether or not this con came from Athens or...
You could very well be correct. I've read, from different sources, that the only way to validate whether a plated owl is through die match with...
Back in November 2018, I purchased an imitative owl from Ars Coins of Vienna, via MA Shops. The coin was described as a Pharaonic Kingdom...
Thanks for the information. A sizeable hoard of these coins was uncovered in 1994. I know that these tetradrachms and minor denominations have...
So, the value is over $,2500. My shipment's value, assuming that Athena used the purchase amount, is $400. So, it seems to me that the letter is...
I just got off the line with Canada Post. They do not have any forms related to items being detained by US Customs, so my next step is to contact...
Just one more question: What forms should I request? Thanks
Thank you, Al. This shipment went through Express Mail, Canada, so I guess that I need to request the forms from them? I have queried Athena...
Thank you. Are these forms provided by US Customs? The letter does not mention them. Is there an email address or a website to upload the forms?
Thank you, Al. What paperwork does this entail? I don't have an export certificate from Canada, nor do I have precise provenance information...
This coin is a Qataban tetradrachm from the area of Southern Arabia. Whether that includes Yemen or parts of Saudi Arabia, I'm not exactly sure....
I just received a letter from US Customs and Border Protection, informing me that an ancient coin that I ordered from Athena Numismatics, Canada,...
Thank you. It's always fun to locate owls that are out of the ordinary, even if they do have issues. The subject of how they circulated and were...
Two more tetradrachms came in today, one long overdue from Germany and the other very rapidly from Tennessee. The owl from Germany is a classical...
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Nice acquisition! Congratulations.
A beautiful coin! Yes, prices for this type of shekel, while always quite high, generally, seem to be shooting up over the past few years....
Nice coin! Actually 1823 was the first year of republican "hookneck" 8 reales production at the Mexico City Mint.
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