1000+ sovereign 'smuggle' busted

[xthomasx]

1000+ sovereigns smuggle busted in Israel. Three fellows tried to avoid VAT on their investment. Yes, Israel requires 17% VAT on gold imports and local sales. Was wondering how many of the sovereigns are genuine, and how many are Levantine look-alikes. Would be interesting, too, to check for rare years and more...

https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/326510

Edited April 28, 2022 by xthomasx

[LawrenceChard]

On 28/04/2022 at 08:58, xthomasx said:

1000+ sovereigns smuggle busted in Israel. Three fellows tried to avoid VAT on their investment. Yes, Israel requires 17% VAT on gold imports and local sales. Was wondering how many of the sovereigns are genuine, and how many are Levantine look-alikes. Would be interesting, too, to check for rare years and more...

https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/326510

The news article said they had returned from Dubai, so that is presumably where they bought them.

Fakes? Probably a few at least.

Worth checking for rare dates? Probably not particularly.

🙂

 

Edited June 11, 2022 by LawrenceChard

[LemmyMcGregor]

I swear it wasn't me, I only wanted to bring a couple of silver pieces back from Switzerland.

[TheShinyStuff]

8 minutes ago, LemmyMcGregor said:

I swear it wasn't me, I only wanted to bring a couple of silver pieces back from Switzerland.

And a giant Toblerone?

[LemmyMcGregor]

1 minute ago, TheShinyStuff said:

And a giant Toblerone?

Of course.

[dicker]

15 hours ago, TheShinyStuff said:

And a giant Toblerone?

I know the perfect hiding place, although it might be a touch uncomfortable.