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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gam3rBlake, post: 7787937, member: 115909&quot;]Well I mean if the person gets a refund then you’re right there is no theft.</p><p><br /></p><p>Knocking down straw men? What does that mean?</p><p><br /></p><p>As for Native American artifacts not counting I was referring to not counting in terms of the discussion. I didn’t mean not counting in general. Obviously the artifacts of all cultures count as cultural heritage and that heritage should be respected.</p><p><br /></p><p>What I meant was that the market for Native American artifacts is nowhere near as large as ancient coinage. It’s a very small market.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes the most expensive Native American arrowhead may have sold for $276,000 but that’s still only a tiny fraction of the ancient coin market and a small fraction of what some coins are worth.</p><p><br /></p><p>The fact is that the two markets cannot be compared.</p><p><br /></p><p>If it came across otherwise I apologize. I’m not trying to demean or degrade Native American objects but they aren’t really relevant in terms of what we’re talking about which is the seizure of high value coins and their return to their country of origin.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the future I will make sure that when I write a post I explain everything I mean in detail so that nothing gets misinterpreted.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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