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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 458135, member: 12789&quot;]The problem in the Balkans and even in Ukraine, it is illegal to excavate the coins without a permit.&nbsp; But where there is a will there is a way and it happens anyway so just look on major ancient coin site and you get the picture... there are plenty of coins available.</p><p><br /></p><p>So when the laws are too punitive they actually result in performing exactly the inverse of what they are supposed to accomplish - the looting and indiscriminate destruction of find locations -&nbsp; not to mention losing the historical aspects of the finds.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Treasure Trove law is not perfect, but it is one of the best and most fair programmes available.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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