Fellow Collector:<\/p>\n
Please help protect your continued ability to purchase Roman Imperial Coins from abroad. The State Department and US Customs have already drastically limited our ability to bring Greek, Punic, Etruscan and early Republican coins struck in Italy into our country legally. Now, unless collectors engage, there is a real danger the State Department and US Customs will use an upcoming renewal of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Italy to extend current restrictions to Roman Imperial Coins. That would make them quite difficult to import legally as well. Please tell the State Department\u2019s Cultural Property Advisory Committee what you think about the issue. To comment, please go to the Federal eRulemaking Portal (http:\/\/www.regulations.gov<\/a>), enter the Docket No. DOS-2015-0010-0001 (or try this direct link: http:\/\/www.regulations.gov\/#!documentDetail;D=DOS-2015-0010-0001<\/a>) and follow the prompts to submit a comment. Please note comments may be posted only UNTIL MARCH 20, 2015 at 11:59 PM. <\/p>\n What should you say? Indicate how restrictions will negatively impact your business and\/or the cultural understanding and people to people contacts collecting provides. Add that it\u2019s typically impossible to assume a particular coin (especially Roman ones) was \u201cfirst discovered within\u201d and \u201csubject to the export control\u201d of Italy. You might also add that Italian historical coins are very common and widely and legally available for sale elsewhere, and point out the absurdity of restricting coins freely available for sale in Italy itself. Your own words are best, but feel free to use the below as a model. <\/p>\n