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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2349292, member: 56859&quot;][USER=75482]@dltsrq[/USER], you&#039;re right.&nbsp; I misunderstood the scope and mixed up the MOUs.&nbsp; It doesn&#039;t change how I feel about the matter.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.cngcoins.com/Information+on+Import+Regulations.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cngcoins.com/Information+on+Import+Regulations.aspx" rel="nofollow">CNG&#039;s information on the subject</a>, excerpt below:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>What is the Impact of Import Restrictions on &quot;Coins of Italian Type?&quot; </b></p><p><br /></p><p><i>Prepared by Peter Tompa</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Many collectors have expressed understandable concern about the impact of new import restrictions on &quot;coins of Italian type.&quot; Hopefully, this overview will be of some assistance.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>I. What Coins Are Now Restricted?</b></p><p><br /></p><p>The January 19, 2011 Federal Register contains a notice that restrictions are extended to certain coins of Italian type:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2011/pdf/2011-882.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2011/pdf/2011-882.pdf" rel="nofollow">View the Government Record</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>The categories of coins subject to the restrictions are as follows:</p><p><br /></p><p>F. Coins of Italian Types—A type catalogue of listed currency and coins can be found in N.K. Rutter et al. (eds.), Historia Numorum: Italy (London, 2001). Others appear in G.F. Hill Coins of Ancient Sicily (Westminster, 1903).</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Lumps of bronze (Aes Rude)— Irregular lumps of bronze used as an early medium of exchange in Italy from the 9th century B.C.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. Bronze bars (Ramo Secco and Aes Signatum)—Cast bronze bars (whole or cut) used as a media of exchange in central Italy and Etruria from the 5th century B.C.</p><p><br /></p><p>3. Cast coins (Aes Grave)—Cast bronze coins of Rome, Etruscan, and Italian cities from the 4th century B.C.</p><p><br /></p><p>4. Struck coins—Struck coins of the Roman Republic and Etruscan cities produced in gold, silver, and bronze from the 3rd century B.C. to c. 211 B.C., including the ‘‘Romano-Campanian’’ coinage.</p><p><br /></p><p>5. Struck colonial coinage—Struck bronze coins of Roman republican and early imperial colonies and municipia in Italy, Sicily, and Sardinia from the 3rd century B.C. to c. A.D. 37.</p><p><br /></p><p>6. Coins of the Greek cities—Coins of the Greek cities in the southern Italian peninsula and in Sicily (Magna Graecia), cast or struck in gold, silver, and bronze, from the late 6th century B.C. to c. 200 B.C.</p><p><br /></p><p>Source: Federal Register: January 19, 2011 (Volume 76, Number 12)</p><p>[Rules and Regulations] Pages 3012-3013.</p><p><br /></p><p>Accordingly, although the import of coins of great interest to collectors of Greek coins are restricted, the import of most Republican and Imperial coins remains unrestricted.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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