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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtisimo, post: 8093373, member: 83845&quot;]Everyone knows that storm troopers only illegally confiscate droids.</p><p><br /></p><p>As to the coins, I have linked to the article and I’ll let people who care to read it draw their own conclusions about how valid they think the HSI case was and whether it is a precedent worthy of concern. I happen to think it is a concerning precedent.&nbsp; They were seized by US CBP. The coins were already in the US and there is no MOU with Afghanistan. Why was proof of ownership&nbsp; even needed in this case and what was demanded as proof?&nbsp; It seems the coins were presumed illegal until proved otherwise. We don’t know many of the specifics but we do know that some of the “evidence” to justify the seizure was scientifically dubious to put it mildly (BD is evidence of illegal excavation now?).&nbsp; This willingness to resort to blatant misrepresentation to justify taking low value coins should, by itself, be enough to cause disquiet even to conscientious and ethical collectors.&nbsp; My point is that it is not just a crackpot concern.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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