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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Deacon Ray, post: 2525827, member: 81896&quot;]I&#039;ve enjoyed participating in this &quot;Coin Talk&quot; forum for a little over a week now and I love it! I look forward to checking in two or three times a day to read or contribute to one of the new threads and reading the new posts. There are many very accomplished ancients collectors on this site and my knowledge is microscopic by comparison!</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Provenance—the &quot;P&quot; word</b></p><p>It&#039;s time for me to bring up the topic which most worries me and that is—<i>What kind of impact will the &quot;proof of provenance&quot; requirements have on ancient coin collecting in the United States? Are the laws likely to get more strict? Will it one day be illegal to buy and sell ancient coins that have no pedigree paperwork accompanying them?</i> Most of my coins have no proof of provenance paperwork. Fairly recently, I have started purchasing my &quot;Biblical&quot; coins from dealers in Israel because they include an export document from the Israel Antiquities Authority. I&#039;ve been reluctant to purchase &quot;orphaned&quot; coins in this country. I need to hear your thoughts.</p><p><br /></p><p>Example: This is my &quot;orphaned&quot; Azes II silver tetradrachm (unknown pedigree)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]539115[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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