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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GinoLR, post: 8420413, member: 128351&quot;]Protecting cultural patrimony is not &quot;bureaucracy&quot;. Looters and antiquities traffickers severely harm History by destroying archaeological sites, erasing all interesting data that may come with the coins such as their provenance, which other coins they were hoarded with, etc. In some countries (in which most ancient coins happen to be auctioned) auctioneers are satisfied with forged paperwork with no further questions asked, a coin&#039;s provenance is clean unless it can be proved illegal. In other countries (like Germany for ex.) the burden of proof in on the seller: a coin may be auctioned if its provenance is proved legal.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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