Code of Conduct - for Selling Coins & Paper Money on eBay
eBay has worked with the American Numismatic Association (ANA) to help improve overall trading safety within the Coins category on eBay. Together with the ANA, we developed a Code of Conduct for selling numismatic material on eBay. This has been drawn from the ANA Member Code of Ethics, ANA Dealer Code of Ethics, and specific terms of sale which are considered "general trade practice" within the organized numismatic community. It does not replace eBay's general seller rules and regulations, but rather supplements those rules. Sellers are encouraged to abide by these guidelines when selling items on eBay. Failure to do so could result in disciplinary action by eBay and possible suspension or loss of selling privileges. In addition, such failure may be grounds for further disciplinary action by the ANA against its members.
Code of Conduct
• Sellers agree not to knowingly sell, exhibit, trade, produce, or advertise a copy or reproduction of any numismatic item if its nature is not clearly indicated by the word "copy" or "reproduction," incused in the metal or printed on the paper thereof. These items are allowed to be sold provided:
1) their sale does not violate applicable laws or copyrights,
2) the item is incused in the metal or printed on the paper thereof as a copy or reproduction on the front or back, and
3) the listing title AND description clearly state that the item is a copy or reproduction and includes an image of the marking.
Note: Restrikes are permitted for sale and they are not required to have "copy" or "reproduction" incused in the metal or printed on the paper thereof, if the item was produced or authorized for minting by the original issuing government.
• Sellers agree to represent a numismatic item to be genuine only when it is authentic to the best of their knowledge and belief. Additional information is available about consumer protection at the ANA.
• Sellers agree not to knowingly handle or resell forgeries, unmarked copies, altered coins, or other spurious numismatic merchandise that is not clearly labeled as such.
• Sellers agree not to knowingly participate in any way in the advertisement, sale or trade of any numismatic material using any deceptive practices including, but not limited to, false or misleading claims of sales scarcity, value, condition or investment potential.
• Sellers agree to sell numismatic items that they own free and clear of any challenge or those that they are authorized by the owner to sell.
• Sellers agree not to knowingly sell or buy counterfeit numismatic material.
• Sellers agree to promptly refund the purchase price for any item that has been deemed by the ANA as other than as offered or described by the seller.
• Sellers agree to abide by all laws relating to numismatic matters.
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