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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;nerosmyfavorite68, post: 25382760, member: 134416&quot;]I love mead! Spiced wine can also be good.&nbsp; Witches&#039; Brew red spiced wine is probably somewhat akin to Roman spiced wine.&nbsp; Kroger doesn&#039;t have it, so I picked up 4 bottles at Meijer.&nbsp; It gets used in my Beef Burgundy stew, and the remainder is sipped on.</p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s a nifty Edward the Martyr, by the way.</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, the certified mail was $30, the only way to avoid priority mail.&nbsp; Tomorrow will be two weeks exactly since I bought the coin.&nbsp; I&#039;m still waiting.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, except for Germany, it&#039;s not unusual that my European orders will be 1-1 1/2 weeks, order to door, and all are cheaper than $30, via the post.&nbsp; If I order FedEx from Savoca in Germany (fairly cheap for FedEx, c. $25), on a &#039;slow&#039; order it&#039;ll be 4-5 days order to door, on a fast one, three.&nbsp; Dubai was ultra-fast, but it&#039;s been slowing down, because of customs.&nbsp; One still can&#039;t beat the $5 rate, however.&nbsp; Savoca&#039;s one of my favorite dealers.&nbsp; Numiscorner in France is generally overpriced (I usually hop on the exceptions), but their customer service is top-notch, shipping is fast, and I&#039;ve been very pleased with my few buys from there.</p><p><br /></p><p>I generally avoid Austria.&nbsp; One must wait a month for the export permit.&nbsp; Spain, fuhgettaboutit.&nbsp; I&#039;m not going through that hassle.&nbsp; I bought a lovely Macrinus from an Austrian dealer, though.&nbsp; It was well worth the wait.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, I have some favorite U.S. sellers, who also ship lightning-fast (and not by priority). Their shipping, maybe $6-8.&nbsp; But, also factor in that Europe is closer to source and sometimes one doesn&#039;t have the middleman markup.&nbsp; It all evens out.</p><p><br /></p><p>One of my big passions is patina.&nbsp; European sellers are a LOT more likely to have AE&#039;s with lovely patinas.</p><p><br /></p><p>Generally speaking, shipping from France and the Netherlands is pretty fast.&nbsp; The UK (although I only order from one dealer from there) is middling.&nbsp; Post varies from country to country, but for an or der of 3-4 raw coins, it&#039;s maybe about $15.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>U.S. coins and ancients are apples and oranges, but generally the better (and a bit cheaper) ones are generally in Europe.&nbsp; Today&#039;s order is from the UK.&nbsp; Said dealer isn&#039;t the fastest shipper, but it&#039;ll probably arrive in fewer days than the U.S. coin does.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps this guy wasn&#039;t the fastest shipper, or certified is exceptionally slow.&nbsp; We shall see.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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