Sales Tax at our Auctions:

• Will I need to pay sales tax on any items purchased in a Stack's Bowers Galleries auction?

Unless you have a valid resale certificate on file with Stack's Bowers Galleries, purchases made in/or shipped to certain locations are subject to local state tax laws. Below are some guidelines for your reference (which are not and are not intended to be a complete description of all applicable sale tax laws in all jurisdictions):

COINS	CURRENCY
Arizona -Exonumia Only	Arizona
California (for invoices less than $1,500)	California
Connecticut -Connecticut does NOT charge Sales Tax on Bullion invoices over $1,000	Colorado
Florida (for invoices of foreign coins, confederate material or bullion less than $500)	Connecticut (for invoices less than $1,000)
Kentucky	Florida (for invoices of confederate or foreign currency less than $500)
Louisiana (for invoices more than $1,000) - Louisiana does NOT charge Sales Tax on Platinum, Gold, and Silver Bullion that is valued solely upon its precious metal content, wheather in coin or ingot form	Kentucky
Maine	Louisiana
Maryland (for invoices less than $1,000)	Maine
Massachusetts (for invoices less than $1,000)	Maryland
Minnesota -Minnesota does NOT charge Sales Tax on Bars and Rounds	Massachusetts
Nevada -Nevada does NOT charge Sales Tax on Silver and Gold Bullion	Michigan
New Jersey	Minnesota
New York, Sales Tax is charged on: -Numismatic Coins & Exonumia -Copper Bullion -Silver Bullion Coins that sells for more than 140% of their melt price -Gold Bulllion Coins that weighs 1/4 oz or less that sells for more than 120% of their melt price -Gold Bullion Coins that weighs more than 1/4 oz that sells for more than 115% of their melt price -Other Bullion (Gold or Silver BARS or ROUNDS, Platinum and Palladium that sell for more than 115% of their melt price There is NO Sales Tax Charged on: -Silver Bullion Coins that sell for less than 140% of their melt price -Gold Bulllion Coins that weighs 1/4 oz or less that sells for less than 120% of their melt price -Gold Bullion Coins that weighs more than 1/4 oz that sells for less than 115% of their melt price -Other Bullion (Gold or Silver BARS or ROUNDS, Platinum and Palladium that sell for less than 115% of their melt price	Nevada
Ohio, Sales Tax is charged on: -Copper coins; All copper bullion without regard to fineness; -Any gold, silver, platinum or palladium bullion that doesn’t meet the fineness requirements below; -The Accessory Items; and -The Processed Items. -ALL World Coins There is NO Sales Tax Charged on: -Any coin comprised primarily of gold, silver, platinum or palladium; -Any bullion meeting the following minimum fineness: -Gold bullion with a minimum fineness of .995% -Silver bullion with a minimum fineness of .999% -Platinum bullion with a minimum fineness of .9995% -Palladium bullion with a minimum fineness of .9995%	New Jersey
Tennessee	New York
Vermont	Ohio
Virginia (for invoices less than $1,000)	Oklahoma
Wisconsin	Pennsylvania
	Rhode Island
	Tennessee
	Vermont
	Virginia
	Washington
	Wisconsin