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<p>[QUOTE="Moe "Wolfy" Wilder, post: 5131368, member: 114824"]I did some research on this hot topic and as far as I could tell the US laws weren't changed. Can you tell me what my legal responsibilities are or point me to a site that can?</p><p><br /></p><p>I usually try to purchase from European sources, but just to complicate things, I purchased a lot of uncleaned coins from a seller in Israel. He purchased them "12 years ago as part of an estate sale in England from the deceased former owner's son", but at first glance, the coins appear to be just common Balkan. The seller was an art dealer and knew nothing about ancient coins or of English Treasure laws and their registration process which has been in effect since 1969. This indicates one of four possibilities: they were registered in England when found but the records were lost when the owner died, they were not properly registered when found, they were found before 1969, or that my first guess is correct and they were not found in England. I won't know until if/when I start seeing some mintmarks and even that may not be conclusive.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Moe "Wolfy" Wilder, post: 5131368, member: 114824"]I did some research on this hot topic and as far as I could tell the US laws weren't changed. Can you tell me what my legal responsibilities are or point me to a site that can? I usually try to purchase from European sources, but just to complicate things, I purchased a lot of uncleaned coins from a seller in Israel. He purchased them "12 years ago as part of an estate sale in England from the deceased former owner's son", but at first glance, the coins appear to be just common Balkan. The seller was an art dealer and knew nothing about ancient coins or of English Treasure laws and their registration process which has been in effect since 1969. This indicates one of four possibilities: they were registered in England when found but the records were lost when the owner died, they were not properly registered when found, they were found before 1969, or that my first guess is correct and they were not found in England. I won't know until if/when I start seeing some mintmarks and even that may not be conclusive.[/QUOTE]
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