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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 8316994, member: 110226&quot;]The detecting and enforcing mechanism for antiquities, including coins, from Afghanistan and other countries with MOUs with the US is the CBP, part of the Department of Homeland Security.&nbsp; For shipments arriving from overseas to the US, two factors can trigger a letter of detention, and potentially seizure by Customs: </p><p><br /></p><p>1) a shipment that is suspicious in terms of country of origin or shipper; content of the shipment, such as a large object like a part of a mosaic; questionable or dubious information on the declaration form.</p><p><br /></p><p>2) a shipment that has been randomly selected for inspection by Customs.&nbsp; I am not sure just how random this process is, but apparently the intent is to make shippers less likely to export or misrepresent restricted items.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now US Customs also detain and seize antiquities brought into the US by individuals entering the country.&nbsp; That potential seizure is what makes me very hesitant now to take a coin with me overseas or to buy coins to bring back to the US.&nbsp; If I were to do the latter, the coins would need documentation that they can be legally imported, something that might be problematic buying coins from a small shop or at a venue such as the Charing Cross bourse that is held every Saturday in London.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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