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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;red_spork, post: 2767166, member: 74282&quot;]The MOU with Italy covers pre-denarius Roman Republic coins(early cast issues, Romano-Campanian, etc.) as well as certain types from Magna Graecia and early Italian colonial issues up to a certain point. You can read the full list online, but that largely covers the types that are restricted.</p><p><br /></p><p>So what do these restrictions entail, you might ask? Borrowing from <a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Information+on+Import+Regulations.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Information+on+Import+Regulations.aspx" rel="nofollow">CNG&#039;s page on import restrictions</a> &quot;The above restricted coins of Italian types can only be imported into the United States with an export certificate issued by the Republic of Italy or “satisfactory evidence” demonstrating that the coins were exported from or were outside of Italy at least 10 years prior to importation into the US or that the Coins were exported from or were outside of Italy before January 19, 2011. What constitutes “satisfactory evidence” is ultimately left to the discretion of Customs, but usually takes the form of a declaration by the importer and a statement by the consigner.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>There are similar agreements with Greece and others, so this doesn&#039;t just affect Italian coins, but all the agreements are fairly similar. My recommendation, if you&#039;re worried about import restrictions, is to read the information on the page linked above, decide if the coin(s) you&#039;re interested in fall under the restrictions and then contact the seller and ask about getting a declaration meeting the criteria above written up. If the seller cannot provide one and you believe that the coins fall under the restrictions, then keep in mind that they are subject to seizure at the border. I don&#039;t know what the process is for contesting that seizure as I&#039;ve never had it happen, though I&#039;ve only imported a handful of coins that fall under these MOUs and in those cases I always had supporting evidence available but as far as I know it was never actually included in the coin package itself.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you&#039;re worried about this or feel like any of it is unclear, I recommend speaking to a lawyer(which I am not). What I&#039;ve posted above is my interpretation and understanding of these somewhat ambiguous laws and may or may not be correct.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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