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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 3980914, member: 44316&quot;]Mark Fox wrote the Moneta list this:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Late last year, Turkey and Tunisia formally requested the US to impose import restrictions on a very wide range of archaeological and ethnological material.&nbsp; I only became aware of the proposed MoUs a few days ago.&nbsp; Coins are only implied in the Turkish request, but will almost assuredly be raised and burdened with import restrictions in the upcoming Cultural Property Advisory Committee (CPAC) meeting on January 21.&nbsp; For the regulars among us not attending the meeting, we have only until January 7 to submit electronic or printed public comments to influence the outcomes.&nbsp; Interested parties (from around the world) can do so by entering the docket DOS-2019-0043 at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.regulations.gov/" rel="nofollow">https://www.regulations.gov/</a> and clicking on the “Comment Now!” button.&nbsp; More info on the current MoUs and instructions on what points should be addressed in electronic comments can be found at:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://culturalpropertyobserver.blogspot.com/2019/11/please-comment-on-proposed-mous-with.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://culturalpropertyobserver.blogspot.com/2019/11/please-comment-on-proposed-mous-with.html" rel="nofollow">http://culturalpropertyobserver.blogspot.com/2019/11/please-comment-on-proposed-mous-with.html</a>&nbsp; &nbsp; &quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I went to </p><p>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.regulations.gov/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.regulations.gov/" rel="nofollow">https://www.regulations.gov/</a></p><p>searched on </p><p>DOS-2019-0043</p><p>found the comments page and wrote a comment opposing the inclusion of ancient coins. I encourage you to do it too.</p><p><br /></p><p>Many ancient coins come from Turkey. If Turkey and the US government agree to restrict import of some of them, officials might decide is is simply easier to restrict all of them. Who will be enforcing this? Surely not knowledgeable customs officers who will only intercept truly significant coins. Restrictions on imports from Tunisia will include coins of Carthage. Do you really think Tunisia needs more coins of Carthage and US collectors should not have them? </p><p><br /></p><p>If it gets harder and harder to buy ancient coins from abroad because MOU&#039;s are approved, will you be able to, at least, say you tried to help limit the MOU&#039;s so they did not include ancient coins?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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