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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sullykerry, post: 205608, member: 8017&quot;]<b>Royal Dutch Mint - Telephone call 03-14-07</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you everyone for adding your comments to my original thread.</p><p><br /></p><p>I called the Royal Dutch Mint&#039;s Customer Service&nbsp; this morning (from the U.S. Tel.011-31-30-2910465; in Europe Tel: 31 (0) 30 2910465) and spoke with Fiona Ammerlaan. Fiona speaks English. </p><p><br /></p><p>What I found out is that the Royal Dutch Mint is no longer shipping coins to persons outside of the E.U. such as Switzerland, Norway, Canada and the U.S.&nbsp; The reason Fiona gave is that the Mint was finding that the custom duties charged were too expensive!&nbsp; News to me.&nbsp; The last shipment I received cost only Euro 7.50 to send.</p><p><br /></p><p>The head of Customer Services, Mr. Rene van Dyke (info@coins.nl) will receive a protest e-mail from me.&nbsp; According to Fiona, other E.U. based mints are also concerned about the costs of shipping and the resulting paper work.</p><p><br /></p><p>If anyone is interested, please send an e-mail to the attn of Rene van Dyke.&nbsp; Also you may wish to check with your&nbsp; Europe (E.U.) mint&#039;s customer service department.&nbsp; Britain, Ireland and 25 other countries are all part of the E.U.&nbsp; If all of these mints take the attitude of the Dutch, quality coins from these mints will be severely impaired.</p><p><br /></p><p>Many thanks,</p><p><br /></p><p>John T. Sullivan&nbsp; a.k.a.&nbsp; Sullykerry[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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