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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 2200998, member: 44316&quot;]CNG and others wrote me about an assault on collecting in Germany (below). I wrote a response on the site and you should too.</p><p><br /></p><p>*****</p><p>Over the last couple of days many of you will have received emails from various numismatic dealers and organizations asking you to digitally sign a petition asking that legislators in Germany’s Bundestag vote against new legislation on cultural property in Germany.</p><p><br /></p><p>The proposed restrictions would effectively eliminate the traditional trade in coins and antiques (i.e. cultural property) that has existed for centuries in Germany.</p><p><br /></p><p>By law in Germany, the Bundestag has to answer any petition with 120,000 plus signatures.<b>This is a case where numbers do matter.</b> We are asking that you take a few minutes to <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=17737628&amp;msgid=389644&amp;act=4X7X&amp;c=257042&amp;destination=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.openpetition.de%2Fpetition%2Fonline%2Ffuer-den-erhalt-des-privaten-sammelns" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=17737628&amp;msgid=389644&amp;act=4X7X&amp;c=257042&amp;destination=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.openpetition.de%2Fpetition%2Fonline%2Ffuer-den-erhalt-des-privaten-sammelns" rel="nofollow">sign the petition to preserve private collecting.</a></p><p><br /></p><p>CNG supports participation in this online petition. It only takes a few minutes to complete. You can sign with your name or anonymously.</p><p><br /></p><p>We encourage you to forward this email to other collectors, either in the field of numismatics or other areas.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you for taking the time to read this and react. Again, we stress that this is a case where numbers do matter.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>All the best,</p><p><br /></p><p>The Staff at CNG, Inc.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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