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<p>[QUOTE="Gam3rBlake, post: 7787281, member: 115909"]Has anyone heard or read about this story?</p><p><br /></p><p>A group of ancient coin collectors bought 23 ancient coins from a London <i>dealer</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>They were seized by US customs because they didn’t have the “proper paperwork” to <u>prove</u> that the coins weren’t looted objects.</p><p><br /></p><p>Is it safe to even buy ancient coins internationally?</p><p><br /></p><p>According to the article they were 1,000-2,000 year old coins. But basically that would apply to all Roman Republic & Roman Empire coins as well as Greek coins like the famous Athenian owl Tetradrachm which is even older at 2,400 years old.</p><p><br /></p><p>How exactly do you <b>prove </b>that a coin you bought overseas from a dealer or collector isn’t a looted object?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1336667[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Gam3rBlake, post: 7787281, member: 115909"]Has anyone heard or read about this story? A group of ancient coin collectors bought 23 ancient coins from a London [I]dealer[/I]. They were seized by US customs because they didn’t have the “proper paperwork” to [U]prove[/U] that the coins weren’t looted objects. Is it safe to even buy ancient coins internationally? According to the article they were 1,000-2,000 year old coins. But basically that would apply to all Roman Republic & Roman Empire coins as well as Greek coins like the famous Athenian owl Tetradrachm which is even older at 2,400 years old. How exactly do you [B]prove [/B]that a coin you bought overseas from a dealer or collector isn’t a looted object? [ATTACH=full]1336667[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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