MSNS Code of Ethics

1) To base all of commercial dealings on the best available numismatic information.

2) To the best of our ability, to furnish our clientele with the numismatic information necessary to make an informed decision.

3) To fulfill all contracts, whether oral or written.

4) When purchasing numismatic items, to make prompt payments upon receipt of the items and to return immediately any item that is not satisfactory.

5) To take immediate steps to correct any error made in any transaction.

6) To conform to accepted standards of advertising.

7) To refuse to buy or sell any item of which the ownership is questionable.

8) To represent a numismatic item to be genuine only when, to the best available knowledge and belief, it is genuine.

• i) Not to sell, exhibit, produce or advertise a counterfeit, copy, restrike or reproduction of any numismatic item if its nature is not clearly indicated by the word "counterfeit," "copy," "restrike," or "reproduction," incused in the metal or printed on the paper thereof, with the exception of items generally accepted by numismatists and not in any way misrepresented as genuine.
• ii) To not knowingly handle for resale forgeries, counterfeits, unmarked copies, altered coins or other spurious numismatic merchandise that is not clearly labeled as such.
• iii) Not to buy or sell any counterfeit item or any item with an altered date or mintmark.
• iv)  Not to intentionally misrepresent the grade, condition, provenance or other material fact of object.

 9) To allow our customers a designated period of time in which to return numismatic material for a refund and to provide a refund or replacement for any item that is misrepresented whether or not the misrepresentation was intentional.

10) To abide by all local, state and federal laws relating to numismatic matters and, when applicable, to assist in the prosecution of violators of those laws.