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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 7897026, member: 112"]And while I understand your thinking, you could have all the international standards you want, problem is they are completely and totally unenforceable. And besides that, what gives one country, or a group of countries, the right tell another what their laws should or should not be ?</p><p><br /></p><p>Think for a minute. If international standards said that you, in the US, could not collect the coins you like to collect - what would you say then ? Or that mere possession of the coins you own was suddenly illegal, and that you had to be prosecuted for owning them - would that be OK ?</p><p><br /></p><p>Or what if international standards suddenly said that metal detecting for coins was illegal and could no longer be done in the US, that only archeologist could search for coins - would you think that to alright too ? </p><p><br /></p><p>No matter what side of the fence stands on regarding this situation, it's a very complicated and complex situation with no easy answers. </p><p><br /></p><p>As for me personally, when it comes to stuff like this I kind of fall back to an old saying - if it aint broke, don't fix it. And as I see it, it aint broke. Of course, some others may not see it that way.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 7897026, member: 112"]And while I understand your thinking, you could have all the international standards you want, problem is they are completely and totally unenforceable. And besides that, what gives one country, or a group of countries, the right tell another what their laws should or should not be ? Think for a minute. If international standards said that you, in the US, could not collect the coins you like to collect - what would you say then ? Or that mere possession of the coins you own was suddenly illegal, and that you had to be prosecuted for owning them - would that be OK ? Or what if international standards suddenly said that metal detecting for coins was illegal and could no longer be done in the US, that only archeologist could search for coins - would you think that to alright too ? No matter what side of the fence stands on regarding this situation, it's a very complicated and complex situation with no easy answers. As for me personally, when it comes to stuff like this I kind of fall back to an old saying - if it aint broke, don't fix it. And as I see it, it aint broke. Of course, some others may not see it that way.[/QUOTE]
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