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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Snible, post: 2954733, member: 82322&quot;]I am not a lawyer.</p><p><br /></p><p>Several dealers have told me it is easier to mail coins to the US than to hand-carry them and declare them and possibly have to give them up waiting for an expert inspection.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I receive coins from Europe they usually come with a paper that says</p><p><br /></p><p>19 USC section 2606 not applicable.&nbsp; We certify that either the enclosed items are not “Italian, Bulgarian, or Greek coins as defined under 19 USC section 2606” or, if they are, they were exported from Italy before the effective date of January 19, 2011 or Greece before the effective date of November 21, 2011”.&nbsp; To the best of our knowledge, the coins are not cultural property documented as appertaining to the inventory of a museum or religious or secular monument or similar institution in Italy, Greece, or Bulgaria.&nbsp; Consequently all the material in this package is exempt from the import restrictions of 19 USC section 2606 and my be freely imported into the USA.</p><p><br /></p><p>(The date for China is January 14, 2009.&nbsp; I am not sure the date for Italy is correct above.)</p><p><br /></p><p>You should only buy coins that were sold outside China in 2008 or earlier and you could include something similar when you send it to yourself.&nbsp; You should declare the actual price you paid on the customs form.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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