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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ancient coin hunter, post: 8208113, member: 87200&quot;]While I am in favor of museums and universities owning coins and antiquities, many of them obtained by what now would be regarded as questionable methods (during the 19th century for example), when European academics regarded their colonies as fair game for the conveyance of even large items, e.g., large statues and objects like the Rosetta stone back to Europe to be cataloged, studied, and exhibited - but perhaps the pendulum has swung back a bit too far with overly restrictive import laws. </p><p><br /></p><p>So long as there is money to made in the antiquities trade enforcement will always be a step behind unscrupulous characters. Collectors who preserve, classify, and extend the provenance of coins are in fact increasing the body of knowledge surrounding these items. The U.K. seems to have struck a balance with the competing priorities involved in the discovery of treasure, something that other nations could emulate.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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