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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Blake Davis, post: 25221682, member: 91820&quot;]Sorry for being unclear - I meant many lost opportunities to buy and missed out for one reason or another - my budget is limited especially in comparison to what I want to buy so opportunities for great buys don’t come often - there were just three beautiful sestertii being sold on French eBay that went for basement prices - but the seller refused to ship ancient coins to the United States - a lot of French sellers on eBay have the same restriction - in fact I believe that all Italian sellers on eBay refuse to ship to the United States - there is probably some nonsensical cultural patrimony law adopted by Italy that prevents coins from being shipped.&nbsp; Soon enough Italians be tossing away antiquities like is done in Greece when housing developers find antiquities - either that or the project is held up, sometimes for years. This would not happen if the land owners could sell what they find as in Britain, but Greece will not provide for it - </p><p><br /></p><p>In the example I gave I didn’t buy the coin - the seller ended the auction because the second highest bidder contacted him and they made a private arrangement.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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