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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 26409375, member: 12789&quot;]My definition of a &quot;hoard&quot; is a larger accumulation of coins, whilst that is a nice assortment. Four years in limbo with the PAS is egregious and will only result in people not reporting their finds.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have several coins and tokens that have been found by detectorists, all reported and easily documented and returned to the finder.&nbsp; If they are sold out of the UK they require a no fee export license.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1685058[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>By itself the Mc Wilson token from Dublin Ireland from 1672 is pretty unexceptional - but it was found by a detectorist in rural Shropshire in 2007, reported to the PAS, documented and returned to the finder.&nbsp; He sold it on eBay later on and I purchased it - it required the no fee export license that resulted in having to wait another week before he could send the parcel out.&nbsp; The token was reported because it is rather unusual to find a 17th century Irish token in Shropshire - obviously it traveled across the Irish sea to England and thence was lost.&nbsp; So I have an inexpensive Irish token with a lot of documentation and a good tale to share.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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