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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 2760101, member: 12789&quot;]Curious how Netherlands has a Portable Antiquities Scheme seemingly similar to Britain&#039;s but the finders of the 8 solidii in 2012 failed to report them until the 23 coins were found in 2016.</p><p><br /></p><p>In Britain significant finds need to be reported - even seemingly insignificant finds that add to the historical record need to be reported.&nbsp; I purchased a 17th century Irish token from a seller in England a few years ago - the coin had been found in a rural Shropshire field by a detectorist in 2007.&nbsp; It was unusual because of finding an Irish token in rural northern England and as such was reported by the finder and recorded.&nbsp; When I purchased it the seller had to get an export license to send the coin out of Britain.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Seems like a lot of legwork, but I have an otherwise fairly common 1670s Irish halfpenny token from Cork that has an unusual story attached to it - sometime nearer to when it was circulating it travelled to rural northern England with a trader or traveller and was lost.&nbsp; I have this piece with a documentation of where and when it was found, by whom etc.&nbsp; In a way it has a provenance when so many coins/tokens don&#039;t.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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