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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Snible, post: 2835296, member: 82322&quot;]There was a story yesterday in the <i>Egypt Independent</i> about an attempt to smuggle coins out of Egypt.&nbsp; This story is a little different because the passenger was an Egyptian who is accused of planning to sell the coins in Saudi Arabia.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.egyptindependent.com/cairo-airport-foils-attempt-smuggle-khedival-era-antiquities-saudi-arabia/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.egyptindependent.com/cairo-airport-foils-attempt-smuggle-khedival-era-antiquities-saudi-arabia/" rel="nofollow">Cairo Airport foils attempt to smuggle Khedival-era antiquities to Saudi Arabia</a> (no byline)</p><p><br /></p><p><i>The Cairo International Airport antiques’ unit blocked an attempt by an Egyptian passenger to smuggle a collection of Khedival-era coins, paper currency, contracts, and bonds to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, the unit head said in a statement.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>(I had to look up &quot;Khedival&quot;.&nbsp; It does not mean medieval!&nbsp; It&#039;s 1867-1914.)</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Head of the Central Administration for Antiquities Units at the Ministry of Antiquities, Ahmed Al-Rawi, said that the smuggler planned to hold an exhibition in Saudi Arabia to sell the antique items.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>(I am not sure how high up Al-Rawi is.&nbsp; The article also spells his name Al-Rawy.&nbsp; Wikipedia says the head of the Ministry of State of Antiquities is Khaled El-Anany.)</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Director General of the Antiquities Units at Cairo International Airport, Hamdy Hammam, said the coins included 25 Ottoman coins, 50 from the Sultan Hussein Kamel era (1914 – 1917), 74 from the reign of King Fouad (1922 – 1936), 247 from the King Farouk era (1936 – 1952), as well as three Saudi Arabian coins from the reign of King Abdulaziz Al Saud (1932 – 1953) and two pre-1948 Palestinian coins printed.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>(Unlike the Turkish case most of these coins are pictured in the newspaper article.&nbsp; They are nearly all low-grade 20th century coins.&nbsp; I would not offer $100 for the lot.&nbsp; There might have been a gold coin but it is not pictured.)</p><p><br /></p><p>It can be very important to declare the items you are bringing out of a country.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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