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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 860671, member: 39&quot;]In another topic about the very same issue, Ardatirion quoted from an e-mail: &quot;I should also note this rule would only discriminate against American collectors. Collectors in the EU-- including in Italy itself-- do not have to make such a showing when they purchase ancient coins.&quot; <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t102425/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t102425/">http://www.cointalk.com/t102425/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Well, the Unidroit Convention (which country-specific regulations, bilateral agreements, etc. are based on) is fairly general, so it makes sense to specify some issues in, for example this US-Italian MoU. But it is the very nature of a bilateral agreement that it does not directly affect any country except these two.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you want to speak out against the MoU, by all means do so. I have no idea either how one could differentiate between ancient Roman coins from what today is Italy, and ancient Roman coins from other countries. And it is also difficult to draw a precise line between mass coins and pieces that are culturally more &quot;relevant&quot; ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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