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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 514578, member: 112&quot;]A large part of the problem with this issue are the non-coin artifacts. For 100 years or more, archeologist have bemoaned the fact that wealthy collectors, or those searching for them, loot sites, take what they want and destroy any archeological evidence in the process. And they have a right to be mad about that because it definitely happens - a lot. </p><p><br /></p><p>Even Heinrich Schliemann, who was an archeologist, was decried as a looter by others in the field both when he discovered Troy and in later years.</p><p><br /></p><p>It has only been in relatively recent years that the issue with coins has really come up. Many countries have passed laws and made it all but impossible to import or export coins from certain time periods because of the concern about them possibly being looted artifacts. And it is a valid concern for many of them (coins) are in fact looted artifacts. But I think they are going about it in all the wrong ways.</p><p><br /></p><p>I suspect it will get much worse before it gets better.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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