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Valued Member
United States
439 Posts |
Okay, I figure y'all will know something about this. I'm pretty sure there's been one or two of you that have shipped coins between countries.
I shipped some coins to Canada today, eh, this was the first trade I've done with someone outside the states. The lady working the counter asked what was in the package when I asked if I had it labeled right and pointed out it was going to Canada. I told her it was coins and she seemed a bit flustered and said "I don't know if you're supposed to do that. I didn't hear that". She sent them on their way but is there some kind of law or something that says you can't ship coins out of the country?
Am I gonna get rousted out of my bed in the middle of the night by the postal police and drug down to the post office and grilled for hours under intense lights as well as beaten with a length of hose for sending money out of the country?
Is homeland security sitting outside waiting for the cover of night, maybe even monitoring this message as I post it?
If you don't hear from me again you'll know why.
Unless they intercept this message and delete it somehow before it gets posted in which case I'll just disappear and nobody will know why.........
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1626 Posts |
Not sure, but I know the United States mint, mails my coins to me when I order from them. I think there was a topic on this subject a few months ago
Tim
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Your lucky,here you get beat with a rubber hose.If you were in Canada it would be a hockey stick.   Actually, I have shipped many coins to Canada and USPS had no problem with it.Of course every Post Office in the U.S. would give you a different answer. |
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Forum Dad
 United States
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I told her it was coins and she seemed a bit flustered and said "I don't know if you're supposed to do that. I didn't hear that".
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Restrictions
Coins; banknotes; currency notes; securities payable to bearer; traveler's checks; gold, silver, platinum, manufactured or not; jewelry; and other valuable articles may be sent only in registered letter-post items.
Exceptions:
Coins sent to or from collectors or dealers may be mailed in ordinary (uninsured) parcel post packages.
http://pe.usps.com/text/imm/immicl/...l#vnameref_1If you ever have any doubt, go here.... http://pe.usps.com/text/imm/immctry.htmlDO NOT, I repeat DO NOT, ever trust a postal employees word. Most simply do not know.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2365 Posts |
If that were true TSOTL (and we know that it's not, YET), you'd have plenty of us as "cell mates"!
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Valued Member
Canada
83 Posts |
LOL That would suck! Don't get jailed on my account! LOL
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Valued Member
United States
94 Posts |
Probably just some obscure section of the law that is rarely enforced. The most you will probably see is 7-10 years in the big house. Don't worry though, since it's a federal charge you'll probably end up at one of those fancy country club type jails.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Does the U.S. mint ship coins out to Canada? I dunno, but if it did then it'd have been "breaking the law" for quite a while, according to that employee.
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Rest in Peace
United States
3730 Posts |
I have done trades with three different Australians, and all went very well.
I have been told by people whose opinion I respect that when asked what you are mailing you should say "numismatic items," or "collectibles." Many of the clerks probably don't know what numismatic means.
I hope we all stay out of the interrigation rooms.
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Forum Dad
United States
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Many of the clerks probably don't know what numismatic means.
They think it's a drill.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2365 Posts |
Cute Bobby! Very cute! Probably closer to correct than we realize!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Originally posted by bobby131313
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Many of the clerks probably don't know what numismatic means.
They think it's a drill.
Or someone that sneezes a lot.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2365 Posts |
A new age asthmatic! I love it!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7123 Posts |
Disclose the contents as Hobby supplies.
which is exactly what they are .
Rick
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Pillar of the Community
Belgium
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Apart from the legal postal angle there is a value added tax angle For Europe gifts person to person are tax exempt up to a certain limit calculated by the post every month using last month average exchange rates ( Basis was around 35 euro if my recollection is right ) Precious metals are only tax exempt if fullfilling strict rules For goldcoins that is 0.900 pure ; minted after 1800 ; legal tender or legal tender in the past ; not paid more then 80% over metal value For bars there are other rules In practice German and Belgian customs have lists of tax exempt coins lists which have often large omissions Lucky for us of the nearby countries only Switzerland is still outside the EEC and any mail I received from there was allways opened and inspected . The vendor calling a DE numismatic cost me 6% tax  I got my wife some emu oil pain relieve ointment in the US called super blue stuff All shipments were opened and taxed 21 % untill I got a friend to sent it for christmaspresent ; it was opened but not taxed  Terry's wooden knightcoin is the only package arriving unopened I can think off |
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Posted 08/01/2006 7:31 pm
