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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 7850396, member: 110226&quot;]The whole question of legality is a sticky one, even for coins with a providence.&nbsp; The central problem is in the details.&nbsp; Some coins come out of old collections.&nbsp; Does that mean they were obtained legally by the original owners?&nbsp; Could they have come from looted archeological sites or exported without government approval?&nbsp; Perhaps, and then perhaps not.&nbsp; What can be proven through provenance is that a given coin was exported before the date required by law for its type.&nbsp; Meeting that criterion seems to satisfy the customs authorities.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>There is, actually has been, a flood of new coins entering the market on a daily basis through various venues, notably eBay.&nbsp; Without doubt these come from hoards or individual finds.&nbsp; The vast majority come in with scant or no information regarding find location or date of the find.&nbsp; The dearth of this information is, I am sure, intentional, both on the part of the finders and the dealers selling these coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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