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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Al Kowsky, post: 4573750, member: 97383&quot;]singig, Thanks for your post <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. I found your attached link interesting &amp; informative. The <b>International Criminal Police Organization </b>(INTERPOL) is obviously interested in going after large hoards of looted treasure, not single coins being offered by dealers &amp; auction houses, or unprovenanced coins in the hands of collectors. If the FBI, Romanian government representative, or INTERPOL agent came to my residence demanding my Koson Stater, they would have to take me jail &amp; torture me before I surrendered the coin <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie79" alt=":rage:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. International auction houses have sold thousands of Koson Staters. Over the last 20 years Heritage has sold over 200 of these coins. On the other hand, if I was approached by a dealer like AncientJoe was, who had a bag of 100+ loose coins for sale, I&#039;d shy away from that too <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. At the risk of sounding cavalier I have to ask, what will the Romanian government do with the gold coins that have been returned to them <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />? Will they be put on display at the Romanian National Museum? Would anyone travel to see a display of hundreds of coins that all basically look alike <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie27" alt=":bored:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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