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<p>[QUOTE="red_spork, post: 2528705, member: 74282"]Whether or not you need paperwork depends on the coin type. There are several laws known as MOUs that make it difficult to import certain types without proof of provenance or an export certificate from Italy, for instance early Italian cast coinage and pre-denarius Roman struck coinage.</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as payment that depends on the auction house. I'd contact them and ask - even if the site is in a foreign language they most likely have at least one employee fluent in English in my experience.</p><p><br /></p><p>My two cents on auctions: CNG is one of the best in the US. Their hammer prices are sometimes higher than equivalent coins outside the US but in my experience they are more honest and more likely to report things like tooling and smoothing than just about any other auction house. To me they're worth the extra I might pay in most cases.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="red_spork, post: 2528705, member: 74282"]Whether or not you need paperwork depends on the coin type. There are several laws known as MOUs that make it difficult to import certain types without proof of provenance or an export certificate from Italy, for instance early Italian cast coinage and pre-denarius Roman struck coinage. As far as payment that depends on the auction house. I'd contact them and ask - even if the site is in a foreign language they most likely have at least one employee fluent in English in my experience. My two cents on auctions: CNG is one of the best in the US. Their hammer prices are sometimes higher than equivalent coins outside the US but in my experience they are more honest and more likely to report things like tooling and smoothing than just about any other auction house. To me they're worth the extra I might pay in most cases.[/QUOTE]
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