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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;FitzNigel, post: 3113432, member: 74712&quot;]It’s attitudes like this that give us collectors a bad reputation - that instead of trying to preserve our heritage, we are just looking for personal profit and gain.&nbsp; It’s people engaging in this kind of activity which has lead to the strict import/export laws which are making it more difficult and more expensive to engage in this hobby.&nbsp; To take the attitude that finding an artifact and not reporting the find for personal gain robs all of us of the information that artifact can provide.&nbsp; These artifacts - coins included - each tell us a little more information about the past - money circulation, economic connections, wealth and status of individuals, trade patterns, mint activity, employment, tax and tribute payments, and I could probably keep going.&nbsp; To then even suggest stealing from such a rich and culturally significant site such as Pompeii is outrageous!&nbsp; You are not just stealing from Italy - you are stealing from the history of humanity, and thus stealing from us all.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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