International buyer from Germany asking me to lower value and mark as gift on customs form

[vp-enterprise]

I am a 20 year eBay seller and have never had this asked of me...  but I have an International buyer from Germany asking me to lower the value to $10. and mark as gift on customs form.  The item is a pure silver coin and he paid $200 for it and that is about the value of it.  As far as I know that is against eBay rules and customs fraud isn't it?  

[impeeryus]

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@artyom78 wrote:

You say you have 20 years experience on eBay but yet you fail to use USPS help page to find all the info you need.

Coins; banknotes; currency notes, including paper money; securities of any kind payable to bearer; traveler’s checks; platinum, gold, and silver; precious stones; jewelry; watches; and other valuable articles are prohibited in Priority Mail Express International shipments to Germany.

In most (all) cases you can't ship precious metals to other countries. The coin will be seized by the German customs. As to customs form - I always put low price in customs form and mark item as a gift to make life easier for my dear customers all over the world. If you don't have desire to bear risks then why even bother to ship internationally? 

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This is not true-or misleading at best. The above cannot be sent Priority EXPRESS  They CAN be sent with the following services:The following services can be used to send the articles noted in 134.2:
First-Class Mail International service with Registered Mail service or First-Class Package International Service with Registered Mail service.
Priority Mail International service.