Please Support HR 7865, 
a bill to facilitate the lawful trade of coins.

HR 7865 would amend the Cultural Property Implementation Act to facilitate lawful trade in numismatic materials. Specifically, it would allow for the import of coin types on “designated lists” as long as there is evidence that the numismatics item was acquired lawfully, is of a known type, and is not the direct product of illicit excavations within a State Party after the effective date of any import restrictions on coins.

This legislation is necessary to address grossly overbroad import restrictions on common coins that circulated regionally and even internationally that are enforced not solely on items illicitly exported from a UNESCO State party after the effective date of implementing regulations, but rather as embargoes on all coins of given “designated types.”

For further background, see this article published in CoinWeek:
Bill Introduced to Facilitate Lawful Trade of Ancient Coins [April 30, 2024]

The following collector and trade organizations support this bill:  

(1) American Numismatic Association (money.org)
(2) Ancient Coin Collectors Guild (accguild.org)
(3) CINOA (cinoa.org)
(4) Global Heritage Alliance (global-heritage.org)
(5) International Association of Professional Numismatists (iapn-coins.org)

PLEASE HELP!

Ask your Representative to Cosponsor HR 7865 in 3 Easy Steps:

Step 1: Find your Representative
https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative

Step 2: Email your Representative and request that they cosponsor HR 7865

Step 3: Email the IAPN Executive Director and ACCG Board MemberPeter Tompa at pkt@pktcounsel.com to let him know about your contact. He can follow up with your Representative’s office in conjunction with ACCG’s lobbyist, Marc Lubin.

Resources: Visit the following link to read the full text of the Bill, HR 7865
(https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118hr7865ih/pdf/BILLS-118hr7865ih.pdf)

This helpful flyer [.PDF] has been provided with the steps to contact your Representative. It can be viewed online or downloaded.