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<p>[QUOTE="lrbguy, post: 3539624, member: 88829"]Yesterday I retrieved a DHL package that was intercepted by US Customs on April 5 and finally released to me. On May 7 the agents submitted the coins for "appraisal" perhaps on the suspicion that they are worth much more than the asking price. Three coins for which I paid $32 and almost that much again to have them shipped to me. The eBay seller lives in Great Britain and did not want to have to ship them to the US. He did not fill out a customs declaration and sent the coins to a forwarding agent who sent them on to me. Fortunately he had including the lot descriptions, transaction numbers, prices, his name and address details, seller ID and his email address. Transparency all the way. Nonetheless, the agents needed to be sure the coins were not rarities being smuggled out. </p><p><br /></p><p>To those of us who know this material it was a no brainer, but the agents had to be sure. Here is what the fuss was about, 3 billon antoniniani of Salonina:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]940636[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Nothing earth shaking, but I'm happy they were satisfied and sent them on.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lrbguy, post: 3539624, member: 88829"]Yesterday I retrieved a DHL package that was intercepted by US Customs on April 5 and finally released to me. On May 7 the agents submitted the coins for "appraisal" perhaps on the suspicion that they are worth much more than the asking price. Three coins for which I paid $32 and almost that much again to have them shipped to me. The eBay seller lives in Great Britain and did not want to have to ship them to the US. He did not fill out a customs declaration and sent the coins to a forwarding agent who sent them on to me. Fortunately he had including the lot descriptions, transaction numbers, prices, his name and address details, seller ID and his email address. Transparency all the way. Nonetheless, the agents needed to be sure the coins were not rarities being smuggled out. To those of us who know this material it was a no brainer, but the agents had to be sure. Here is what the fuss was about, 3 billon antoniniani of Salonina: [ATTACH=full]940636[/ATTACH] Nothing earth shaking, but I'm happy they were satisfied and sent them on.[/QUOTE]
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