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If it came with okay stuff and providence isn't a problem, I'd say that it probably is some sort of contemporary pattern or private issue. I'd suggest contacting one of the auction houses in HK and see what they have to say.

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Interesting. My first question is whether or not the planchet itself was made multi-sided? If so, then it would be an off-centre.

The first piece I'm not familiar with specifically, but I think it'd be a good candidate for TPG. Either genuine or a contemp. counterfeit, which would still be interesting. The second is a Japanese type, yes. 4 mon?

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If brilliant MS-65+ maybe, but this looks to be an AU with flat lustre.

North Sung cash coins are probably more common than Ch'ing cash coins, interestingly.

In Canada, if someone from BC (12% sales tax) purchased goods in AB (5% sales tax), it's pretty much just that - you saved on taxes. Same as a Canadian going to the US to buy goods - either the border guard asks you to pay the taxes and/or duties, or they wave you on. However, in the US, the use tax laws put the onus on paying sales tax on the consumer. So even if you were not taxed at point of purchase, there would be an expectation to, as noted, self declare and pay applicable sales tax, as if the purchase had been made in-state. The only "out" I see for the OP is if their state, like WA, considered coins to be sales tax exempt. In which case s/he could simply say that they should had been classified as coins rather than antiques, and that as such they are exempt from state sales tax. If their state, like NY, considers coins to be sale-taxable, then they're pretty much out of luck and should pay the amount due. (again, this is not legal advice)

May I ask which grading company it came from? Some do stand behind their grades by offering replacement value for any incorrectly graded pieces. And there are some companies whose standards are not so strict...

I should add that usually anything entering the US <$200 is automatically duty free, but anything >$200 is potentially dutiable, so it's likely that the details of the package were logged by CBP upon entry, and your state tax authorities noticed that you had not declared and paid sales tax on it over the past year, and so sent you a bill for it.

Items imported to the U.S. as "antique older than a hundred years" enter duty free. However, the importer would still be subject to use tax. Use tax basically means that if you buy something from out of state (be it another state, or from another country) and bring it into your state, you are expected to self-declare the value of the item(s) brought in that sales tax would normally apply to in your state and remit the applicable taxes to your state gov't. The idea is to put a legal discouragement from people buying things from places with lower taxes (e.g. those from Vancouver, WA, where there is a 8.20% sales tax, buying goods in Portland, OR, where there is no sales tax) (Note: I'm not an accountant or lawyer and this comment should not be construed as legal advice of any kind)

It'd have to be much more dramatic to be a cud. The pictures appear to show a very minor die chip.

Try using the macro function on your camera for close-up pictures of small objects.

If I'm to grade strictly by original lustre remaining (of which I only see immediately around the legends), I'd have to say EF. As KoRnholio noted, the reverse has been cleaned.

40D and 44 wheats

Likely filled die. A minor and relatively common type of error.

Nothing unusual.

It's a regular reeded coin that's simply very worn.

Carson City was one of several mints which struck morgan type dollars. Their mintages were usually lower than those of other mints, and as such their pieces are scarcer.

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