Any tips for flying to Canada from the U.S. (and back) with a large quantity of ancient coins? Obviously I will have them as "carry on" rather than risking luggage check-in, but other than that... might anyone have some helpful/serious advice?
Since I don't live in the USA or Canada or travel there (I visited the USA once in 2005), I can't give you any advice based on personal experience, but I would guess that if those coins + your cash + whatever other valuables you carry on your person amount to 10000 CAD/USD or more, you have to declare them to customs or risk having them confiscated/impounded, so my advice to you would be to check that. Also, while not relevant to your current trip, there are certain countries (Italy, Spain, Greece, Peru, etc.) that you should avoid travelling to with old coins unless you have the export licences for them with you, otherwise something like this might happen to you: https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/peru-returns-seized-roman-coins-to-italy-181492
Thank you for your reply! I have already checked multiple Canadian government webpages (as well as the official E311 Declaration Card which I of course will complete and submit), and the consistent verbiage states the $10,000 figure pertains to currency, securities, and/or monetary instruments such as stocks, bonds, cheques, and the like. So I'm OK there. But, realizing that I still may need to officially "declare" them both going and coming, I will assuredly contact Canada's border information services to ask for specific verification on that issue prior to hopping on the plane. For sure I will bring a complete hard copy list of the coins with details -- including purchase information.
Traveling by airplane, into or out of the USA, with ancient coins, seems risky to me. The USA has various agreements (Memorandum Of Understanding, also called "MOU") with various countries, such as Italy etc, which forbid the import of certain ancient coins into the USA.
@C-B-D is a friend of mine and I know he travels frequently with coins. I had thought he had posted a thread about traveling with coins some time back. I did a search and sure enough he has. I don't know if there may be any relevant information in it for you but here ya go. https://www.cointalk.com/threads/any-advice-for-plane-travel-with-coins.331595/
