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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 2584557, member: 44316&quot;]It could get worse. Consider the &quot;Terrorism Act and Antiquity Revenue Prevention Act of 2016&quot; introduced by a Republican senator and co-sponsored by six Republican senators.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://committeeforculturalpolicy.org/legislation-proposed-in-us-to-seize-and-forfeit-cultural-property/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://committeeforculturalpolicy.org/legislation-proposed-in-us-to-seize-and-forfeit-cultural-property/" rel="nofollow">https://committeeforculturalpolicy.org/legislation-proposed-in-us-to-seize-and-forfeit-cultural-property/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Selling &quot;cultural property&quot; is one way to generate revenue. Some people in the US are afraid that revenue will be used to sponsor terrorism. They are willing to throw out the baby with the bathwater.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you were a Syrian refugee, what would you take on your trek to the west? </p><p><br /></p><p>If there is an uptick in Syrian coins on the market, and I&#039;m not sure there is, I propose it is because refugees are bringing out something of value to help support their family while they go off into the unknown with no assurance it will turn out well if they are destitute. </p><p><br /></p><p>Those who use &quot;terrorism&quot; as an excuse to shut down the trade in coins are either disingenuous or so fearful they have abandoned reason and likelihood.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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