World Coins: Your Newest Acquisition!

Here in Canada/ they charge 13% HST on declared value. If coins are shipped discreet then ZERO duty
The latter works well!
25% is even more of a rip off!
Seems everyone wants to gouge us/ 20% auction fees/ VAT Then costs of having weak Dollar 1.35+US$ 1.45=Sfrc
1.51=EURO 1.78=UK Pounds
Enough to make you wanna cry

 

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Yes, discreet shipping is best.

I really hate auction fees, you pay the auction house 20% of the coin price for literally nothing! And it is even worse for people such as yourself, who collect a lot and have for a long time, you would probably have somewhere between 100 and 300 more gold coins in your collection right now if auction fees/buyer's premiums didn't exist!

 

Anyway, today I found and put in a bid for a really interesting gold coin, hopefully I will be able to post it in this thread in about 6 hours!

 

The EU and VAT on gold coins: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:C_202300854

 

In the U.S. different states determine if coins are taxed or not. Fortunately I live in a state that does not tax them. I buy cheaper stuff than you two but it's still nice not paying it.

 

I won this Empire of the Romans Gold Solidus of Leo III and Constantine V at the Leu Numismatic auction today:

 

excellent! I have that coin too/ from Roma. I love Byzantine gold/ have 60+ so far.
I was going to bid on a couple of Roman silver ants/ but spent it on Assam mohur/ much harder to get.

 

I am bidding on 5 other gold coins at the Leu Numismatic auction:

Franc a pied of Charles V the Wise from 1365
Aghlabid dinar of Ahmad ibn Muhammad from 858 or 859
Fatimid dinar of al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah from 974 or 975 (minted in Egypt)
Fatimid Emirate of Sicily 1/4 dinar of al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah
Tulunid dinar of Ahmad ibn Tulun from 879 or 880

At the Jean Elsen & ses Fils auction I am bidding on 5 gold coins as well:

Visigothic tremissis of Sisebut
Almoravid dinar of Ali ibn Yusuf
Hafsid 1/2 dinar of Muhammad I al-Mustansir
Ottoman zeri mahbub of Abdul Hamid I
German Empire 20 mark (Hamburg) from 1913

At the Aureo & Calico auction I have put in bids (which still need to be approved) for 3 gold coins:

Caliphate of Cordoba dinar of Abd al-Rahman III
Castilian maravedi of Alfonso VIII
Fatimid Emirate of Sicily Gold 1/4 dinar of al-Mu’izz li-Din Allah

Also, I am waiting for KM Numismatics to send me pictures of some of the Indian gold coins I have expressed an interest in buying directly.

 

I have decided to add one 21st century gold coin to my collection, and that coin is the Iranian Gold 1/2 Azadi from 2002:

 

I have the 1//4 Azadi in MS-67 Heritage auction.

 

Aghlabid Gold Dinar of Ahmad ibn Muhammad from 858 or 859:

 

Tulunid Gold Dinar of Ahmad ibn Tulun from 879 or 880:

 

Fatimid Gold Dinar of al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah from 974 or 975 (minted in Egypt):

 

Fatimid Emirate of Sicily Gold 1/4 Dinar of al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah:

 

Kingdom of France Gold Franc a pied of Charles V the Wise from 1365:

 

Khanate of Bukhara Gold 1/4 Mithqal of Abdullah Khan II from the late 16th century:

 

I have that coin too! We must have same taste!

 

For the most part yes, the biggest difference is probably that you adore German gold coins, while I am not really a fan.

 

I love all the coinage of the Holy Roman Empire/ most German coins were struck under the HRE.
But Sachsen coinage is really nice. You cannot tell me you would not want this Regensburg AV 30 Dukaten? I would be in Heaven owning it.

 

It is okay (especially the obverse), but no, I wouldn't want it in my collection.