ACCG Code of Ethics

The private collecting community has long been in need of a national organization and of a stated code of ethics by which members of the fraternity ought to abide. The code, as adopted by the Board of Directors in 2005 and revised in June of 2010 and March of 2023, includes the following points:

1. Coin collectors and sellers will not knowingly purchase coins stolen from private or public collections or reasonably suspected to be the direct products of illicit excavations in contravention of national patrimony laws. Coin collectors and sellers will also comply with all applicable customs laws.
2. Coin Collectors and Sellers will protect, preserve and share knowledge about coins in their collections.
3. Coin Sellers will not knowingly sell modern forgeries of ancient coins, and all ancient counterfeits or Renaissance type copies will be clearly identified as such.
4. Coin Sellers will disclose all known defects, including tooling, re-engraving or reconstruction of coins they sell.
5. Coin Sellers will not misrepresent the value or provide unsubstantiated provenance for the coins they buy or sell.