Question about Customs duty

[toyonakataro]

Hi

I just figured out how to fully insure my package(of coins) when I ship to United States from my country, but I wonder if the recipient have to pay Customs duty if I do so.

 

Has anyone bought coins from outside U.S?

Did you have to pay Customs duty? If you had to, then do you remember the rate you had to pay?

And did you have to go through a complicated procedure for paying?

[michael]

toyoi donot know but since they are yourcoins and you are not selling them just getting them grsaded and then back to you i know you do not have to pay customs

 

i will try to call customs tomorrow and get some sort of answer foryou but youcan never pin them down as even they do not knoew for sure from my experiences with them and they are the usa customs people

 

well such is the fed bureaucraty

[toyonakataro]

Thank you michael for your help.

In most cases, I send coins for grading, but I sometimes send coins to U.S in order to sell them.

[michael]

well since they are not sold yet i think no customs are necessay but i will try tofind out

 

 

[x2rider]

HI Toyo .

When ever I get coins back from grading they have in big black felt writing

 

Returning to sender no customs due

 

Never had a problem with them because I may of already paid customs for them at another time

 

Cheers

[Conder101]

I've looked up US customs on the web a couple of times in the past and as far as I can tell the US does not charge customs duties on coins.

[michael]

toyo after some investigation from what i could come up with the above two posters are correct and i am in agreement with them!!

 

good luck and keep us on here informed about your experiences (thumbs u

[WoodenJefferson]

Link to US Customs

 

Toyo, this is getting close, there is a "question tab" where you may post this question directly to the agency.

 

Good luck, anytime you mess with the US Gov't getting answers is like finding a needle in a haystack.

[toyonakataro]

Thank you all for the informations.

Those info helped a lot, thank you

 

(I also filled in the question form woodenjefferson linked....see what happens. thank you for the link)

[World Colonial]

I have bought many coins from outside the United States and never been requested or notified that I owed tax on them.

[toyonakataro]

I have bought many coins from outside the United States and never been requested or notified that I owed tax on them.

 

Were the sellers declaring the true values on the packages?

[World Colonial]

I have bought many coins from outside the United States and never been requested or notified that I owed tax on them.

 

Were the sellers declaring the true values on the packages?

 

I do not remember because I have not paid any attention to it, but my guess is that it has probably been some of both given the number of different sellers. Some of them have included public auctions and I would expect that they would be less likely to state another value.

 

I have had buyers ask me to lower the declared value and though I have done it occasionally, I will not do it on a "valuable" coin. I doubt that an insurance claim would be paid under those circumstances. My guess is that the same would apply to those shipping here.