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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1691880, member: 26302&quot;]I have read that you might get offered ancients in Turkey, but many of them are fakes. If you get caught with them at customs, you will WISH they are fake, since going to a Turkish jail for coins is not my idea of a good time.</p><p><br /></p><p>Always buy coins where they are legal to purchase. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have a story not about Turkey but about Egypt. A friend, (well known numismatist), went to Egypt once. He was part of a large group from his church. Out of 100 tourists someone came up to him at a site, pulled him aside, and offered him coins. He looked at them, saw they were fakes, and declined. Two days later same thing, only he was pulled aside and taken to a place to look at coins. This time they were real. He declined a second time. Then when leaving the country, he was pulled into an office at the airport and all of his luggage was gone through with a fine tooth comb, looking for hiden compartments, xrayed over and over, and he was strip searched. I do not think this was a coincidence. While we are not famous numismatists, (maybe Bill and Doug are), be very careful and don&#039;t even think of buying coins when in such countries.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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