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Message:: [QUOTE="Conder101, post: 701191, member: 66"]Vess, Don't get me wrong, I am not criticizing you, or what you did, just  pointing out that that was the only "technical" violation of the law that was occurring.  And personally I don't blame you for it, you didn't ask for them to be sent that way.  It's just that the other member was wishing they would come in and hit someone with a heavy prison sentence, and I was pointing out that if they did the ONLY person they could charge with anything would be the person who is trying to help us out.  And unfortunately the "I didn't ask him to send them to send them unmarked." defense would be a great big one for the real crooks importing them would hide behind. There is one other point though.  You say that they were maked "replica" in the auction, and that you expected to arrive marked "replica".  But even if you had ASKED for them to put the replica stamp on them and ship them that way they would STILL have been illegal for you to import.  The law requires the word "COPY", "Replica" doesn't cut it.  They are still illegal to sell or import.  The law is very explicit  It must be COPY in san serif letters a minimum of 2 mm high or not less than 1/6th the diameter whichever is lesser, and a minimum of 6 mm long or 1/2 the diameter of the reproduction numismatic item whichever is lesser.   It must be incuse into the surface 3/10th of a mm or 1/2 the thickness of the item whichever is lesser.[/QUOTE]