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NumisEd, our only hope is that SCOTUS will end this nonsense. Also, as someone mentioned in another thread, how will this affect the Forum's Secret Santa exchange?
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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NumisEd, our only hope is that SCOTUS will end this nonsense. I hope so too. But in the mean time, I will go coin shopping in Europe when I visit family early October.  |
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Australia
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Squeezing more blood from the middle and low class. What fun are people supposed to have? No wonder crime is getting more rampant.
Soon there will be tariff with online chats. Wait - I should not have mentioned that.
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Well, this is a fine turn of events. I'm reminded of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy - "Well, this is a fine mess you have gotten us into, (name redacted for political reasons)"
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I wonder what this will mean for the International Coin Shows that are held in the USA. Will foreign coin sellers refuse to attend if they have to declare their coins at the border and pay a tariff?  Interesting question, which I asume must pertain to all kinds of situations like this. Tariffs are paid by the buyer, not the seller (despite the misleading statements made by some government officials). So there would need to be a mechanism where transactions get recorded and Customs collects from the buyers. Or maybe this is a loophole that's not yet been figured out? |
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SCOTUS might save us. You mean the one HWSNBN loaded? Fat chance. The best opportunity to save us was last November. Hindsight is 20/20.  |
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But in the mean time, I will go coin shopping in Europe when I visit family early October. Just be sure to declare it to customs when you re-enter and be aware that the exemption is $800 (sound familiar?). You may have to pay a duty on any amount above that. https://www.help.cbp.gov/s/article/...nguage=en_US |
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I am not planning to bring more than $800 in gifts for myself from Europe.
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I think that ebay is reacting to the end of the "Trade Exemption Rule" Here is an article posted yesterday on the NPR.ORG site: Quote:
Postal traffic to US drops more than 80% after trade exemption rule ends, UN agency says https://www.npr.org/2025/09/07/nx-s...-agency-says |
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If you bring goods in temporarily, there is a TIB (Temporary Import under Bond) mechanism. One of the TPGs was going to use this for grading - send you coins to their overseas offices, they would TIB them, grade them, reexport them back to the overseas office, where they would be sent to the submitter. That disappeared within days, probably because of the logistical complexities. https://www.cbp.gov/trade/programs-...n-under-bondBut while you might argue that slabbing falls under 9813.00.05.20, "Articles to be processed into articles manufactured or produced in the United States", that wouldn't work for something you sell. -----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ |
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I noticed on MA-Shops that some national postal services (Belgium, Netherlands) have suspended sending parcels to to the U.S. So the only way to receive your coins is by courier service (FedEx, DHL).
That puts us in a category with places like Russia and Belarus.
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That puts us in a category with places like Russia and Belarus. ... and Cuba, North Korea... |
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That puts us in a category with places like Russia and Belarus. I cannot blame them.  |
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SCOTUS will be hearing this case in November. I'm going to hold off of any international purchases until there is clarity.
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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I do not have any good expectations. |
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Posted 09/05/2025 12:46 pm
