The message on the coin is "on war's burden" , "follows peace and rest". Cal
Great coin! It's the semuese (sower) design by Oscar Roty. He was a great French designer in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. And he...
Agree completely. Patterns are a fascinating area of US coins. In many cases, you sigh because of what could have been when comparing pattern...
Here's my earliest US proof. It's a half dollar pattern, Judd-241, graded PR62 by PCGS. Design is by James Longacre. Unfortunately, it was not...
Their main website is down. Happened before and they fix it pretty quickly. Registry website is up. Cal
Thanks for posting that coin. I didn’t realize that the rooster image (le coq) was used outside of France. The date on this one indicates that...
Go to ma-shops.com and put cameroon in the search box. You'll find lots of coins at reasonable prices. Just have to sort out the real coins...
[ATTACH] Here ya go. Can get ya a quantity price on 'em. Cal [ATTACH]
David Hall has teamed with Stack’s Bowers to create a stickering service similar to CAC. David Hall is a co-founder and ex-CEO of PCGS. There...
Nice coin! Glad you got it. I bid higher than the high estimate on the 1954 proof farthing. Not high enough. Coin went for more than 3X the...
Know of any cases where Wayfair was enforced as you outline? Not saying it didn't happen. But I lived in Missouri for a while. So, show me. Cal
OK, the Wayfair decision states a merchant is supposed to pay sales tax on out of state sales, but what happens if a merchant refuses to pay the...
Another thing museums do is sell coins. You donate, and it can go right out the back door to a dealer or auction. And most of the time, they...
You make a good point. Yes, merchants would have to report to IRS the taxable sales sent to each state. So, yes, they or their accountant would...
It would still be up to the states to decide what gets taxed and the sales tax rate for their state and its various subdivisions. There would...
Every state would get what it gets now in sales taxes. It would just be delivered differently. Cal
My plan would get rid of all of them for individual merchants. The negotiated single rate for each state is all that state (including all...
For tangible goods, like coins, the delivery address rather than the billing address is used to calculate sales tax. Nevada has no income tax but...
Yup, I'll fill-out the form and send them the money real soon now. Cal
For any coin invoice totaling under $2,000, my state (California) charges sales tax, which is 8% or more depending on zip code. eBay or US...
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