Of an age exceeding 100 years

This code covers collections and individual pieces of old coins (numismatic interest) exceeding 100 years in age. Use this code when importing antique coins for collecting purposes, as these items generally receive free duty under standard trade agreements, falling within Chapter 97 dedicated to works of art, collectibles, and antiques.

Detailed information for HTS Code 9705.31.00

AI Summary

This section of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers collections and individual pieces of cultural property, including archaeological, historical, and numismatic items. Specifically, code 9705.31.00 applies to numismatic collections—coins—that are over 100 years old. Several subdivisions exist based on age and material—for example, coins from before the 14th century, or gold coins over 250 years old—and the appropriate statistical suffix should reflect these specific characteristics when reporting imports or exports. If a collection contains items of different types, each component should be reported separately under its corresponding statistical reference number.

Chapter	Chapter 97 - Works of art, collectors' pieces and antiques
Section	Section XXI - Works of Art, Collectors' Pieces and Antiques

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General Duty

Free

Standard trade partners (NTR)

Special Duty

N/A

Eligible FTA or preference programs

The general duty rate for HTS code 9705.31.00 and all its subdivisions is free, applying to standard trade partners (NTR). No special duty rates or FTA/preference programs are specified, meaning the free rate applies universally unless specific trade agreements dictate otherwise. All entries under this code and its subdivisions—including 9705.31.00.01, 9705.31.00.10, 9705.31.00.40, 9705.31.00.50, and 9705.31.00.65—must be reported in units of grams (g).

Rate of Duty (Column 2): Free

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Code subdivisions

9705.31.00.01

Collections and collectors’ pieces of archaeological, ethnographic, historical, zoological, botanical, mineralogical, anatomical, paleontological or numismatic interest: > Collections and collectors’ pieces of numismatic interest: > Of an age exceeding 100 years > Coins made prior to the 14th century and not known to be the direct products of excavations, finds or archaeological sites

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9705.31.00.10

Collections and collectors’ pieces of archaeological, ethnographic, historical, zoological, botanical, mineralogical, anatomical, paleontological or numismatic interest: > Collections and collectors’ pieces of numismatic interest: > Of an age exceeding 100 years > Other: > Of an age equal to or exceeding 250 years: > Gold

9705.31.00.40

Collections and collectors’ pieces of archaeological, ethnographic, historical, zoological, botanical, mineralogical, anatomical, paleontological or numismatic interest: > Collections and collectors’ pieces of numismatic interest: > Of an age exceeding 100 years > Other: > Of an age equal to or exceeding 250 years: > Other

9705.31.00.50

Collections and collectors’ pieces of archaeological, ethnographic, historical, zoological, botanical, mineralogical, anatomical, paleontological or numismatic interest: > Collections and collectors’ pieces of numismatic interest: > Of an age exceeding 100 years > Other: > Of an age exceeding 100 years but less than 250 years: > Gold

9705.31.00.65

Collections and collectors’ pieces of archaeological, ethnographic, historical, zoological, botanical, mineralogical, anatomical, paleontological or numismatic interest: > Collections and collectors’ pieces of numismatic interest: > Of an age exceeding 100 years > Other: > Of an age exceeding 100 years but less than 250 years: > Other

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Chapter & section notes

Chapter notes

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Revision 29 (2025) Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes CHAPTER 97 WORKS OF ART, COLLECTORS' PIECES AND ANTIQUES XXI 97 - 1 Notes 1. This chapter does not cover: (a) Unused postage or revenue stamps, postal stationery (stamped paper) or the like, of heading 4907; (b) Theatrical scenery, studio backdrops or the like, of painted canvas (heading 5907) except if they may be classified in heading 9706; or (c) Pearls, natural or cultured, or precious or semiprecious stones (headings 7101 to 7103). 2. Heading 9701 does not apply to mosaics that are mass-produced reproductions, casts or works of conventional craftsmanship of a commercial character, even if these articles are designed or created by artists. 3. For the purposes of heading 9702, the expression "original engravings, prints and lithographs" means impressions produced directly, in black and white or in color, of one or of several plates wholly executed by hand by the artist, irrespective of the process or of the material employed by him, but not including any mechanical or photomechanical process. 4. Heading 9703 does not apply to mass-produced reproductions or works of conventional craftsmanship of a commercial character, even if these articles are designed or created by artists. 5. (a) Subject to notes 1 to 4 above, articles of this chapter are to be classified in this chapter and not in any other chapter of the tariff schedule. (b) Heading 9706 does not apply to articles of the preceding headings of this chapter. 6. Frames around paintings, drawings, pastels, collages or similar decorative plaques, engravings, prints or lithographs are to be classified with those articles, provided they are of a kind and of a value normal to those articles. Frames which are not of a kind or of avalue normal to the articles referred to in this note are to be classified separately. Additional U.S. Notes 1. Heading 9703 covers not only original sculpture made by the sculptor, but also the first 12 castings, replicas or reproductions made from a sculptor's original work or model, by the sculptor himself or by another artist, with or without a change in scale and whether or not the sculptor is alive at the time the castings, replicas or reproductions are completed. 2. Whenever an article is entered for sale under heading 9706, and thereafter determined to be not over 100 years of age, a duty of 6.6 percent ad valorem for articles subject to column 1-general treatment, free of duty for goods originating in the territory of Canada or a duty of 25 percent ad valorem for articles subject to column 2 treatment shall be assessed thereon in addition to any other duty or penalty imposed on such article under the tariff schedule. Statistical Notes: 1 For the purposes of statistical reporting number 9705.10.0010, "Archaeological pieces" are objects of cultural significance that are at least 250 years old and are of a kind normally discovered as a result of scientific excavation, clandestine or accidental digging or exploration on land or under water. For the purposes of statistical reporting number 9705.10.0020, "Ethnographic pieces", which may also be called "ethnological pieces" are objects that are the product of a tribal or nonindustrial society and are important to the cultural heritage of a people because of their distinctive characteristics, comparative rarity or their contribution to the knowledge of the origins, development or history of that people. See Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Informed Compliance Publication on "Works of Art, Collector's Pieces, Antiques, and Other Cultural Property". 2. For statistical reporting of merchandise provided for in subheading 9705, collections made up of articles of more than one type of cultural property, i.e., zoological, biological, paleontological, archaeological, anatomical, etc., shall be reported by their separate components in the appropriate statistical reference numbers, as if separately entered. Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Revision 29 (2025) Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes XXI 97-2

Section notes

SECTION XXI WORKS OF ART, COLLECTORS' PIECES AND ANTIQUES XXI - 1 Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Revision 29 (2025) Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes XXI-2 Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Revision 29 (2025) Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes

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