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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;willieboyd2, post: 1480900, member: 4910&quot;]Dr. Weiss makes a plea bargain.</p><p><br /></p><p>A prominent coin collector thought he had some valuable, ancient pieces with a problem: They shouldn&#039;t have been taken out of Italy.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coins turned out to be fakes, but they led to very real trouble for the collector, noted Rhode Island hand surgeon Dr. Arnold-Peter Weiss. He pleaded guilty Tuesday to criminal charges in a case that set the numismatic world abuzz.</p><p><br /></p><p>...</p><p><br /></p><p>Weiss was arrested in January amid a coin auction at the posh Waldorf-Astoria hotel, planning to sell what was listed as a silver tetradrachm, a Greek coin from the fourth century B.C., according to a criminal complaint. Weiss expected it to net about $350,000, according to the complaint.</p><p><br /></p><p>Under his plea deal, Weiss must forfeit his interest in 23 coins seized from him when he was arrested, perform 70 hours of community service and write an article about the problem of trading in unprovenanced coins — those of uncertain origin — and &quot;the continuing threat of this practice to the archaeological record.&quot; He also must try to get it published in the numismatic society&#039;s magazine or a similar venue.</p><p><br /></p><p>Wall Street Journal article:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/AP910efeb3395c4e069f8387715326edd6.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://online.wsj.com/article/AP910efeb3395c4e069f8387715326edd6.html" rel="nofollow">http://online.wsj.com/article/AP910efeb3395c4e069f8387715326edd6.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Previous thread on this subject:</p><p><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t198480" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t198480">http://www.cointalk.com/t198480</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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