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To be honest, I know you're a very experienced collector, so my response was more for the OP. But it's sad that you're almost excluded from buying UK coins from the UK because of inappropriate charge… (View Post)

Really nice coin. I agree it doesn’t make sense to have it in a details slab when most hammered coins have been cleaned. The portrait is good for one of these. (View Post)

This is a good point. I certainly have these problems the other way around. Whether you pay sales tax depends on your state, although of course this applies in the US too https://www.ha.com/informati… (View Post)

I would stick with NGC. If they grade it, and it's been seen by both CNG and NGC, you can be as confident as you'll ever be that it's genuine. If you sell it, the CNG auction photos will still be the… (View Post)

Ok yes. Henry VII is a great place to start. The Tudors are technically 'modern' but with coins you can probably stretch 'medieval' to the end of hammered coinage under Charles II in the 1660s. There… (View Post)