Ancient Coin Collectors Guild | CoinNews https://www.coinnews.net CoinNews delivers the latest World and US coin news Sun, 08 May 2011 16:08:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 1917118 ACCG Fax Wizard Helps Collectors Speak Out for Coin Imports from Italy https://www.coinnews.net/2010/04/16/accg-fax-wizard-helps-collectors-speak-out-for-coin-imports-from-italy/ Fri, 16 Apr 2010 06:46:42 +0000 http://www.coinnews.net/?p=4134 The U.S. State Department has announced a date of May 6-7 for Cultural Property Advisory Committee hearings on the request for renewal of the Memorandum of Understanding with Italy. In practical terms, the U.S. government is about to decide whether antiquities and other forms of cultural property that Italy claims as its heritage ought to […]

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The post ACCG Board Election Nominations Close Feb 15 first appeared on CoinNews.]]> 2534 ACCG Challenges U.S. State Department Bureaucrats After Ancient Coins Seizure https://www.coinnews.net/2009/09/15/accg-challenges-us-state-department-bureaucrats-after-ancient-coins-seizure/ Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:37:19 +0000 http://www.coinnews.net/?p=2096 GAINESVILLE, Mo. — A small packet of inexpensive Chinese and Cypriot coins imported from England by the Ancient Coin Collectors Guild (ACCG) have been seized by Customs in Baltimore, Maryland. The coins were imported to test the legitimacy of State Department (DOS) imposed import restrictions via two Memoranda of Understanding (MOU). ACCG maintains that actions […]

The post ACCG Challenges U.S. State Department Bureaucrats After Ancient Coins Seizure first appeared on CoinNews.]]> 2096 ACCG to Assist Museums in England and Wales https://www.coinnews.net/2009/05/27/accg-to-assist-museums-in-england-and-wales/ https://www.coinnews.net/2009/05/27/accg-to-assist-museums-in-england-and-wales/#comments Wed, 27 May 2009 21:25:51 +0000 http://www.coinnews.net/?p=1757 An acquisition fund managed by a committee of the ACCG will help small museums in England and Wales to retain local finds under the Treasure Act. A newly formed Ancient Coin Collectors Guild Museum Fund has been established to help provide funding to small museums in England and Wales that wish to purchase local finds […]

The post ACCG to Assist Museums in England and Wales first appeared on CoinNews.]]> https://www.coinnews.net/2009/05/27/accg-to-assist-museums-in-england-and-wales/feed/ 1 1757 Coin Collectors to Challenge State Department on Import Restrictions https://www.coinnews.net/2009/05/13/coin-collectors-to-challenge-state-department-on-import-restrictions/ Wed, 13 May 2009 16:12:58 +0000 http://www.coinnews.net/?p=1712 The ACCG has launched phase two of a coordinated plan to challenge import restrictions on ancient coins. As a British Airways jetliner touched down in Baltimore on April 15th , many U.S. citizens were busy writing last minute checks to the IRS. In the face of mounting global crises, they could hardly have anticipated that […]

The post Coin Collectors to Challenge State Department on Import Restrictions first appeared on CoinNews.]]> 1712 Ancient Coin Collectors Guild Plans Auction Benefit https://www.coinnews.net/2008/04/01/ancient-coin-collectors-guild-plans-auction-benefit-4022/ Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:01:16 +0000 http://www.coinnews.net/2008/04/01/ancient-coin-collectors-guild-plans-auction-benefit-4022/ An online auction of ancient coins will be held in August 2008 to raise funds for ACCG legal initiatives in opposition to the State Department imposed import restrictions on ancient coins.

Ancient Coin Collectors Guild LogoAn Ancient Coin Collectors Guild (ACCG) benefit auction is currently being organized to raise funds for anticipated legal expenses in opposition to State Department imposed import restrictions on ancient coins.  The online sale, closing on August 17, 2008, will be hosted on the Vauction site as a fund raiser for anticipated legal expenses. 

Individuals wishing to donate coins for this sale may contact Wayne G. Sayles, ACCG Executive Director by telephone at 417-679-2142 or by email at director@accg.us for details. 

A goal of 150 lots has been established and some exceptional coins have already been pledged.  All donations are welcome.  Coins of lesser grade or value may be combined into multiple coin lots.  All donations should be arranged as early as possible, but not later than June 15, 2008 in order to provide time for proper cataloging and processing.

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