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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 2202093, member: 39&quot;]Sorry, don&#039;t know. Here in Germany the debate so far has primarily been about works of (modern) art such as sculptures or paintings by Max Beckmann or Georg Baselitz. In both cases, the artist or their heirs have said they would cancel the permanent loan agreements that they have with various museums.</p><p><br /></p><p>From what I have read about the plans of minister Monika Grütters, the government&#039;s initiative is well meant but not well done: It certainly makes a lot of sense to make illegal exports of ancient objects impossible or as difficult as possible. What Ursula Kampmann&nbsp; (the initiator of this petition) emphasizes, however, is that many ancient coins are mass products - think of a Beckmann reprint, not a unique original. That is not her only point (<a href="http://www.coinsweekly.com/en/page/4?&amp;id=3549" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinsweekly.com/en/page/4?&amp;id=3549" rel="nofollow">Münzenwoche article in English</a>) but a view that I certainly share.</p><p><br /></p><p>Whether it was a good idea to end that article with a reference to &quot;fanatic archaeologists&quot;, I don&#039;t know. Maybe you are heard better in these days of social media like Facebook and Twitter if you are shrill. The German Numismatic Society puts it a little differently, a little more conciliatory maybe (<a href="http://www.numismatische-gesellschaft.de/index.php/kurznachrichten.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.numismatische-gesellschaft.de/index.php/kurznachrichten.html" rel="nofollow">DNG media release, German</a>) but the concerns are the same.</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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