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<p>[QUOTE="GreenPVCHaze, post: 1889627, member: 68310"]"For Canada, isn't there a duty payable by the buyer for parcels over a certain stated value?"</p><p> </p><p>That, there is. Some bidders will only bid up to a certain amount, less than what the item should realistically go for, knowing that they will have to pay customs fees on the package.</p><p> </p><p>"For high priced items international shipping may be too risky, but in general if you sell non-U.S. coins, you will get a lot more bids for more money if you ship international."</p><p> </p><p>Definitely true too. Some world coins have very little interest in terms of a collector base in the U.S. I guess the exceptions would be modern-issue bullion coins, but certainly even with modern commemoratives, you would expand your bidder base tremendously if you are willing to have international customers. Just be careful, and good luck with your auction.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GreenPVCHaze, post: 1889627, member: 68310"]"For Canada, isn't there a duty payable by the buyer for parcels over a certain stated value?" That, there is. Some bidders will only bid up to a certain amount, less than what the item should realistically go for, knowing that they will have to pay customs fees on the package. "For high priced items international shipping may be too risky, but in general if you sell non-U.S. coins, you will get a lot more bids for more money if you ship international." Definitely true too. Some world coins have very little interest in terms of a collector base in the U.S. I guess the exceptions would be modern-issue bullion coins, but certainly even with modern commemoratives, you would expand your bidder base tremendously if you are willing to have international customers. Just be careful, and good luck with your auction.[/QUOTE]
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