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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 8450219, member: 26430&quot;]Yes, I&#039;ve had that request (and complied) from multiple Spanish auction houses. (I&#039;m the USA, just give them my Driver License # or photo with certain things blacked out.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I have two reactions, personally, but understand that others will feel differently. (N.B., I&#039;ve shared more or less the same thoughts in multiple venues re: questions about Spain&#039;s export licenses.)</p><p><br /></p><p>First, I&#039;m a &quot;papyrophile&quot; (love paperwork) and fastidious about recording all provenance details. So I love it when I get export licenses (worth the wait and fee for me), and appreciate that the coins won&#039;t have any trouble with U.S. Customs once they have the License (unless, conceivably, they figure it was first found elsewhere and then &quot;trafficked&quot; through Spain). Examples from one of my Vico purchases:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>*EDIT</b>: Vico seems to send the licenses, but at other auction houses/dealers you may have to ask them include a copy for your records.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1497613[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Second, I do agree that ancient coins are different from other commercial objects, so I accept a certain public interest or governmental oversight on trading. I do NOT agree with the extreme &quot;nationalist&quot; versions that all antiquities/ancient coins belong within the modern political borders where they&#039;re found or that the trade should be eliminated.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do try to support the systems of countries (e.g., Britain, much of W. Europe) where they&#039;ve found a way to allow legal trade to continue, rather than the &quot;prohibition&quot; approach elsewhere (most of E. Europe and Middle East, N. Africa).</p><p><br /></p><p>Whether the restrictions are unfair and present an unreasonable burden to Spanish dealers (especially small ones), I cannot say. But as an American buyer, I accept and even appreciate the Spanish system.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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