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It looked like the Aussie add for "buy it now" was legit and some crackhead in the USA with a computer copied and pasted the add to their new account and changed it to an auction in the hope that people would bid on it like a real coin. I kept an eye on it and Ebay didn't take it down when I...

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The new Ebay scam seems to be selling the same coin as somebody else. If you look up "1959 Mexico 20 Peso " somebody in Australia is selling it for $1550 and somebody in the USA with a week old account and zero feedback has the same add (background and all) and you can get the coin for $8.88...

I have been looking at a few gold coins from a dealer in the US and was wondering what dollar value a duty fee kicks in when being sent to Australia. I think it used to be above $400 but that was a few years back. I haven't had any problems so far with smaller $$ items but I am a bit nervous...

Thanks Mate ! I hope you have a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year !

Thanks for the info CG, I have zero feedback as well but appreciate the heads up.

If you click on the link for Ainslie bullion they have them for sale for $426.85 and I was at a Gold exchange the other day and they were $425. Some are in nice shape and some ordinary but all bullion and no key dates. I saw some half sov's in a pawn shop in St.Kilda a few months back (when the...

Hello all, I always thought I was a coin collector but the weight and silver/gold content was always more important to me than the date and condition. Now that the kids are a bit older I have a few spare dollars to add to my collection. I hope to learn a bit and have a friendly chat as well...