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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 13256838, member: 26302"]Completely disagree respectfully sir.</p><p><br /></p><p>1. The modern country in most cases are invaders, they are not the same people who lived there in antiquity? Why are they more entitled to these items than all of us are?</p><p>2. Coins are NOT antiquities. Antiquities mainly are found where made. Coins were made to be traded, and were widely traded throughout the world. Therefor, why does Greece get to reclaim Coins minted there when they were legally traded to maybe someone at Cyrene, than Andalusia, and further on to Celts in the UK? These were all legal trades.</p><p>3. "Looting" implies destroying important archeological digs to find coins. Only a fool would do that. Most ancient coins are found as random lost coins or buried in a pot under a random tree somewhere. Would you hide your life savings in a public area or a private spot only you know about?</p><p><br /></p><p>Coins are simply completely different from antiquities. I do not collect antiquities for the negative things associated with them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 13256838, member: 26302"]Completely disagree respectfully sir. 1. The modern country in most cases are invaders, they are not the same people who lived there in antiquity? Why are they more entitled to these items than all of us are? 2. Coins are NOT antiquities. Antiquities mainly are found where made. Coins were made to be traded, and were widely traded throughout the world. Therefor, why does Greece get to reclaim Coins minted there when they were legally traded to maybe someone at Cyrene, than Andalusia, and further on to Celts in the UK? These were all legal trades. 3. "Looting" implies destroying important archeological digs to find coins. Only a fool would do that. Most ancient coins are found as random lost coins or buried in a pot under a random tree somewhere. Would you hide your life savings in a public area or a private spot only you know about? Coins are simply completely different from antiquities. I do not collect antiquities for the negative things associated with them.[/QUOTE]
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