Bringing silver from the US to the UK

[SovereignBishop]

I agree with @sixgunif it is circulating currency then there is no argument against carrying it in, below the limit for cash.

the cost to stow it in the hold though, I’m sure you would be over your bag weight limit 😂

Edited January 1, 2022 by booboobear

[SovereignBishop]

$9,999 in silver one dollar coins would weigh 267.27KG

 

 

[modofantasma]

7 minutes ago, booboobear said:

$9,999 in silver one dollar coins would weigh 267.27KG

 

 

Would have to make it into jewelery or clothing then so it doesn't count towards your luggage? 

[SovereignBishop]

1 minute ago, modofantasma said:

Would have to make it into jewelery or clothing then so it doesn't count towards your luggage? 

Quarter tonne necklace

[ArgentSmith]

23 minutes ago, booboobear said:

Quarter tonne necklace

Great idea but then it's not coins. Is there official weight limit on a necklace?

[LukeStacker]

27 minutes ago, booboobear said:

Quarter tonne necklace

Can you imagine going through with a 10kg necklace. 

41 minutes ago, booboobear said:

I agree with @sixgunif it is circulating currency then there is no argument against carrying it in, below the limit for cash.

the cost to stow it in the home though, I’m sure you would be over your bag weight limit 😂

Yes would have to be no more then say 5kg

[ArgentSmith]

I pity the fool who stops at 10kg

[SovereignBishop]

40 minutes ago, ArgentSmith said:

I pity the fool who stops at 10kg

Officially the first Mr T quote on the silver forum ?

[SidS]

Can you put them in sealed tubes and then string the tubes together as a necklace? Then it's jewellery and coins!

[LukeStacker]

36 minutes ago, SidS said:

Can you put them in sealed tubes and then string the tubes together as a necklace? Then it's jewellery and coins!

Style and convenience all in one

[SidS]

Buy some hollow dumbbells and fill them with your stash. Then you could say they are simply tools for a workout regime you've got going on.

[Pete]

21 hours ago, sixgun said:

You won on the bandits at Vegas.

Until you discover that the casino you named to the customs officer, defending your pile of treasure, doesn't use coins - so need to check this out very thoroughly in advance.

[sixgun]

9 minutes ago, Pete said:

Until you discover that the casino you named to the customs officer, defending your pile of treasure, doesn't use coins - so need to check this out very thoroughly in advance.

At the end of the day where you got it from is not an issue.
Is it circulating currency? Y/N
If YES then it is cash - by their definition.
If it is cash then it is more than £10 000? Y/N
If NO then go through the Green channel. 

Don't act guilty - you aren't; it's in their rules. 
 

Edited January 2, 2022 by sixgun

[ArgentSmith]

3 hours ago, sixgun said:

At the end of the day where you got it from is not an issue.
Is it circulating currency? Y/N
If YES then it is cash - by their definition.
If it is cash then it is more than £10 000? Y/N
If NO then go through the Green channel. 

Don't act guilty - you aren't; it's in their rules. 
 

Bullion and constitutional Silver aren't circulating cash.

So go through the Green channel and act guilty 😃

[sixgun]

19 minutes ago, ArgentSmith said:

Bullion and constitutional Silver aren't circulating cash.

So go through the Green channel and act guilty 😃

When was the pre-1965 coinage withdrawn from circulation?
i don't believe they ever were. They have been hoarded but never withdrawn. Do you have a reference to say they were withdrawn and therefore are no-longer circulating currency coins.

Edited January 2, 2022 by sixgun

[ArgentSmith]

I would have "thought" 🤪 they would have been taken out of circulation by now but you are probably right @sixgun

Go back to not acting guilty 😀

[SidS]

Curious thing legal tender in the US. Without looking it up, to my knowledge most coinage issued by the US mint since 1793 are still legal tender. Certain denominations, half cents, trade dollars etc. have been demonetised. The gold coinage I'm unsure whether it was demonetised or simply outlawed for the ordinary citizen (at least until 1974).

[SidS]

Actually a brief search shows half cents may still be legal tender. Seems trade dollars were the only ones to beat the dust.

[LukeStacker]

I will speak to the importing department and also customs to try and get an answer, but I don't think it will be straight forward. I'm thinking to still ere on the side of caution and stay below the 390 threshold and perhaps a small bit of loose change of constitutional on my person. 

[sixgun]

i read a number of posts on blogs - Americans talking - it seems what happened is that Congress agreed to take the silver out of the new coinage. The silver coins were still on a par with the base metal coins. Naturally collectors, stackers started taking them out of circulation. It seems there were official attempts to pull them out until the 1970's - so now there are some silver coins floating around. Some will get discovered and some will get pulled b/c they are worn. However the silver coins are still circulating coins. Gold sovereigns are legal tender - but they haven't been circulating coinage for a long time. You would have an issue if you handed them over at Tesco. In the USA if you handed over a bunch of silver dimes at the local Taco Bell, they would be taken and put in the till.

Edited January 2, 2022 by sixgun