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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Andrew McCabe, post: 7848367, member: 90666&quot;]Yes</p><p><br /></p><p>Collect coins with provenances.</p><p><br /></p><p>There&#039;s various levels but the gold standard are coins published in illustrated sale catalogues outside their source country before 1970, which are deemed legal enough for museum acquisition the world over so, absent specific claims, legal to the entire collecting world. Next level down are coins stated to be in that group, for example due to being owned by a collector who acquired before 1970. Next might be old patina coins whose surfaces suggest old collection. Next would be coins published in sale catalogues before legality challenges began with the Euphronios Krater scandal about 2000. This led to Memorandum of Understandings being drawn up with source countries c.2010 so any coins exported by host countries before that date are at least considered legal in the USA. Finally, the weakest level is to avoid buying coins from large accumulations of the same type in freshly cleaned condition which are evidently not legal as there&#039;s no country that today allows excavation or export of masses of freshly dug coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Provenance is key. Its up to collectors to research and decide whats good for them. Legal in the collectors country might not mean legal when and where a coin was first dug up[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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