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<p>[QUOTE="Terence Cheesman, post: 7611615, member: 86498"]Back in 2015 I decided to attend the Numismata in Frankfurt, I noticed there was an auction in Munich. I thought that some of the coins looked interesting and so I decided to attend. The coins I was interested in were all from Magna Graecia and thus were among the first lots offered. I bid on and won a number of the coins. I was done within the first hour of the auction. I went over to pay for the coins picked them up and left while the auction continued. I cannot say that this has happened to me again. At the NYINC the turnaround is a minimum of one day and can be something like two or three days. I have never availed myself of this service as I would have to pay New York Sales tax (8%?) and then our GST on the way home. One of the coins I bought at that auction</p><p>Metapontion Ar Nomos 470-440 BC Obv. Ear of barley. Rv The same incuse. Noe 258 HN 1486 8.22 grams 21 mm Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1310332[/ATTACH]This is of course a coin from the second group which were struck on thicker flans with a reduced diameter. This coin has as a secondary symbol a grasshopper.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Terence Cheesman, post: 7611615, member: 86498"]Back in 2015 I decided to attend the Numismata in Frankfurt, I noticed there was an auction in Munich. I thought that some of the coins looked interesting and so I decided to attend. The coins I was interested in were all from Magna Graecia and thus were among the first lots offered. I bid on and won a number of the coins. I was done within the first hour of the auction. I went over to pay for the coins picked them up and left while the auction continued. I cannot say that this has happened to me again. At the NYINC the turnaround is a minimum of one day and can be something like two or three days. I have never availed myself of this service as I would have to pay New York Sales tax (8%?) and then our GST on the way home. One of the coins I bought at that auction Metapontion Ar Nomos 470-440 BC Obv. Ear of barley. Rv The same incuse. Noe 258 HN 1486 8.22 grams 21 mm Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1310332[/ATTACH]This is of course a coin from the second group which were struck on thicker flans with a reduced diameter. This coin has as a secondary symbol a grasshopper.[/QUOTE]
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