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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ebunny, post: 1303404, member: 33560&quot;]<b>Thanks for all the replies! </b><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><b></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Actually, I&#039;m from Singapore, and, to the best of my knowledge, although there are strict laws against money laundering in this country, it isn&#039;t illegal to bring small amounts of foreign coins and paper currencies into Singapore for personal collections. </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>I&#039;ve been collecting coins -- mainly silver coins -- on and off for some time. I&#039;m interested in some U.S. coins and have been buying them online.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>I&#039;ve been using a freight forwarder for my purchases and, so far, there haven&#039;t been any problems because I&#039;ve only been buying small quantities of foreign coins for my own personal collections.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>However, recently, I enlisted the help of another freight forwarding company, and, on the website of this new company, there&#039;s a listing of what&#039;s prohibited and what&#039;s not. The items listed as prohibited for export from the U.S. and Europe include <i><span style="color: #ff0000">coins and paper currencies as well as precious metals</span></i>, much to my surprise.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>I looked up the internet on this issue and read something about it being illegal to bring U.S. coins to other countries for the purpose of melting these coins but couldn&#039;t find any other information, so, I thought I&#039;d just try and ask around here at Coin Talk. </b><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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