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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 2518004, member: 39&quot;]Guess it&#039;s a matter of perspective. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; If Germany for example adapts it cultural property law (export), this also affects potential customers in other countries (import). And while I have been following the debate here in Germany, I am &quot;cautiously satisfied&quot; with the result as far as coins are concerned. Collectors here who have precious rare old coins - other coins are not affected anyway - will have documented their collections by now, and it does make sense in my opinion that <i>such</i> pieces are accompanied by pedigrees.</p><p><br /></p><p>The new act is pretty complex, and in some regards it is vague. §4 for example says that an online portal should be set up that supposedly helps determining whether an item can be exported or not, and what kind of documentation will be required. Don&#039;t think that we have this portal site yet, and I am sure that lawsuits will follow.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now for the discussion in the US comments about how this, <a href="http://culturalpropertyobserver.blogspot.de/2016/06/germanys-controversial-cultural.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://culturalpropertyobserver.blogspot.de/2016/06/germanys-controversial-cultural.html" rel="nofollow">quote</a>, &quot;brings back bad memories of Germany&#039;s totalitarian past&quot;, may be helpful. Playing with such stereotypes is always easier especially since the &quot;audience&quot; of the ACCG is not in Germany. But, to pick a famous recent example, Künker certainly knew why they brought the former Preussag Collection from DE to the UK before the new Cultural Property Act became effective. MDM paid almost a million euro in order to have the &quot;top&quot; piece back in this country ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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