We at American Historic Society are committed to protecting your privacy.  You can feel confident that orders you place at americanhistoricsociety.com are secure.  American Historic Society’s privacy policy, as outlined below, was updated on November 19, 2008.  We value your trust, so we created this page so that you can be fully informed about how we use the information that we collect.  As well as what protocols are in place to make sure that your personal information stays secure.

What information is collected?

In order to provide you with high quality collectible coins on our website, we collect some personal information.  For most transactions we request some basic information from you.  For example, your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, credit card number and credit card expiration date.  We may use your e-mail address or telephone number to get in touch with you about an order you placed.  Hence, we use that personal information to serve you better.  We may, from time to time, send you email regarding our other products and services.  At times we may send special offers to you in the mail.

The personal information delineated above is collected only when you order a product, subscribe to our newsletter, or participate in a promotional event.  When you submit personal information to us it is encrypted to ensure confidentiality.  All personal information is then maintained on a secure database.  Although we must share some of this information with our business partners for credit card authorization, order processing, shipping and e-mail distribution we limit the information they receive and work closely with them to make sure that your information is safe.

In addition to personal information americanhistoricsociety.com collects some routine data about those who visit so the website can work optimally.  For example, when you visit americanhistoricsociety.com our servers automatically recognize your IP address, as well as what sites you are coming to us from.  Not only does this help us diagnose potential problems with our server, but we are able to use this piece of information to help us identify you and your shopping cart. 

When someone registers on our site and provides an e-mail address we assign a code to that e-mail address and send a cookie to that person’s PC.  This makes our site more user-friendly. 

We are able to use that information to pre-populate input fields and limit the advertisements on the site to those that may be of interest to that particular user.  We also use cookies and action tags to track the effectiveness of our website and the advertisements on it.

In harmony with our efforts to provide excellent service, we will occasionally share our customer list with select partners who are able to provide specific services or additional products to our customers.  When we transmit personal information, it is securely encrypted and protected by SSL encryption software.  If you would prefer not receive any of these offers, please e-mail us at mailto:customerservice@americanhistoricsociety.com?subject=Opt-Out .

Please note that americanhistoricsociety.com may contain links to third-party websites, these offer additional products and services that we think you will enjoy.  However, these sites operate independently from our site.  Each site has its own privacy policy.  We encourage you to read the policy carefully and review the privacy policy of each site you visit.  Further, by clicking on advertisements by other companies they may send their own cookies, or solicit personal information.  If you have questions about this information we encourage you to contact those sites directly.

Our goal is to provide historical treasures in American coinage.  Our site is only intended for those 18 or over.  We will never knowingly collect personal information about anyone under 18 years of age.

By registering with this site you agree to the terms of our Privacy Policy.  At times we may need to update our privacy policy.  Consequently, we reserve the right to modify this policy at any time.  The policy change will be effective when it is posted to this website.