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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kirispupis, post: 8067291, member: 118780&quot;]Hello everyone!</p><p><br /></p><p>I was just wondering what the customs duties typically are for importing ancient coins into the US from Europe. For some time, I&#039;ve been buying the overwhelming majority of my coins from Europe, and I haven&#039;t had any issues.</p><p><br /></p><p>Recently, I bought some coins from Roma in the UK. I&#039;ve purchased from them several times and haven&#039;t had any issues. Today, though, I received a message that I had to pay customs duties.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I looked at the invoice, there was:</p><p>Merchandise Processing: $27.75</p><p>Advance Payment: $17</p><p><br /></p><p>I looked up both fees, and as I understand the $27.75 is the minimum charge from customs for looking at the shipment. The $17 is charged by DHL for handing the package to customs to look at it. Both fees seem to be only processing related. I wasn&#039;t charged anything for the actual coins AFAICT.</p><p><br /></p><p>Although I&#039;ve never been charged anything, I just paid the fee since it wasn&#039;t that much.</p><p><br /></p><p>This makes me wonder though why I was suddenly charged. Was this just someone being grumpy for working Thanksgiving? Was I just unlucky to have my package pulled aside, or was I lucky that this was the first package they bothered to pull aside?</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s an obligatory coin that has nothing to do with this post, other than it came from Germany and had no issues with customs.</p><p><br /></p><p>Teres II is believed to be the son of Amadokos II (another post). He was supposedly installed on the throne by Philip II, then removed by him when Philip overran Thrace.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1398634[/ATTACH] </p><p>Teres II 350-341 BCE</p><p>AE 13.48g</p><p>Jurukova, Thracians, Tf. IX, 59 HGC 1712</p><p>Doppelaxt / Weinstock mit 4 Trauben</p><p>Ex Dr. Busso Peus[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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