I thought they were still illegal to sell in the U.S., but maybe the law has changed? I only ask because I saw this on Great Collections today (and I know they are i the U.S.) https://www.greatcollections.com/Co...o-Transport--Zeppelin-Copper-Nickel-NGC-MS-68
So far as I know it was never illegal to buy, sell, or trade any Cuban coin. However during the embargo (which is still partially in effect) it was illegal to import anything from Cuba and this included even classic US coins. If you turned up with a large stash of recent or modern Cuban coins then their origin might well have been investigated.
This is merely a stone-cold guess, nothing more. I believe the thaw in Cuban-American relations a few years back made some of these legal to get here, but the more recent reversal of those relations may have reset us back to where we were before. Don't fear confiscation. Import/export is the problem.
you can buy them on Ebay still. they are labeled peso, centavo, Caribbean Islands. they have ways of getting around it, but I have heard that they can suspend you from selling on Ebay if they catch you.
Yep, eBay is WAY behind in their policy regarding Cuba. They did their usual thing; opened a peanut with a sledge hammer. They banned EVERYTHING related to Cuba: before, after and during Castro. And, yes, suspension IS the most likely result.
Always been perfectly legal to sell in the US, but illegal to import directly from Cuba. If they cam in from a dealer of collector in say Canada, they were legal. The problem is ebay forbids them.
The same does NOT apply to Cuban cigars. Bringing them in from ANYWHERE, even Canada, is a serious crime. Smoke ‘em up there. I once fired up a $80 Cohiba in Quebec. I needed to pull the car over to the side.
