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<p>[QUOTE="akeady, post: 3158499, member: 83175"]Living in Ireland, I more or less have to buy ancient coins from overseas, unless I buy them at fairs here. I buy mostly from UK-based auctions, followed by mainland Europe and to a lesser extent, the U.S.</p><p>Postage from the U.K. to here is fast and reliable - typically 1-2 days from London. I've never had a coin fail to arrive from anywhere.</p><p>From the U.S., on a couple of occasions I've had to pay VAT - if this happened all the time, I'd reduce my bids and probably end up not buying from outside the EU. Postage from the U.S. is random - on three occasions, I've bought a coin on Sunday and received it on the following Thursday; on two other occasions, packages have entered a black hole where the U.S. tracking says they've left the U.S. and they take another month to appear here. Within Europe, the main peeve I have is waiting for Italian export licences - I'm still waiting (impatiently) for a coin from Tinia's April auction - other Italian companies seem better able to obtain export licences in advance than them (or they set up in San Marino). </p><p>Brexit next year will be interesting - if I end up being hit for VAT on purchases from UK, this will reduce my purchasing from UK-based dealers - I don't know what percentage of their trade is with the EU - it may encourage them to move if enough of their customers desert them. On the other hand, if they were outside of the Customs Union, I wouldn't be liable for UK VAT on the buyer's premium or Naville's 5% charge for duty paid on coins which they've imported from outside the EU.</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as the legal side goes, so far as I know there are no restrictions on what coins I can import to Ireland. Coins may be subject to export restrictions in the seller's country (e.g. Italy), but the Irish customs isn't going to seize them.</p><p><br /></p><p>ATB,</p><p>Aidan.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="akeady, post: 3158499, member: 83175"]Living in Ireland, I more or less have to buy ancient coins from overseas, unless I buy them at fairs here. I buy mostly from UK-based auctions, followed by mainland Europe and to a lesser extent, the U.S. Postage from the U.K. to here is fast and reliable - typically 1-2 days from London. I've never had a coin fail to arrive from anywhere. From the U.S., on a couple of occasions I've had to pay VAT - if this happened all the time, I'd reduce my bids and probably end up not buying from outside the EU. Postage from the U.S. is random - on three occasions, I've bought a coin on Sunday and received it on the following Thursday; on two other occasions, packages have entered a black hole where the U.S. tracking says they've left the U.S. and they take another month to appear here. Within Europe, the main peeve I have is waiting for Italian export licences - I'm still waiting (impatiently) for a coin from Tinia's April auction - other Italian companies seem better able to obtain export licences in advance than them (or they set up in San Marino). Brexit next year will be interesting - if I end up being hit for VAT on purchases from UK, this will reduce my purchasing from UK-based dealers - I don't know what percentage of their trade is with the EU - it may encourage them to move if enough of their customers desert them. On the other hand, if they were outside of the Customs Union, I wouldn't be liable for UK VAT on the buyer's premium or Naville's 5% charge for duty paid on coins which they've imported from outside the EU. As far as the legal side goes, so far as I know there are no restrictions on what coins I can import to Ireland. Coins may be subject to export restrictions in the seller's country (e.g. Italy), but the Irish customs isn't going to seize them. ATB, Aidan.[/QUOTE]
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