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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;windwalker, post: 1522969, member: 38923&quot;]As you can tell, I&#039;m not only new to this forum, but also new to coin collecting and am trying to understand the laws and customs of your country as you relate them, so please forgive this question. </p><p><br /></p><p>You say that certain coins that are of historical nature have to be turned in as the laws are quite strict.</p><p><br /></p><p>So if you were doing remodeling to you own home and you found a similiar token to the one that you were offered for purchase, is there a point where you could keep the coin without running afoul of your local laws.&nbsp; For example you find the token behind some wall board can you keep the item and if you cannot to whom do you have to turn the coin into.&nbsp; Are the local coin preserver or museum required to purchase the coin from you at a fair market value or do they just sumarily take and keep the coin with no money coming your way.</p><p><br /></p><p>I believe that England has such a law but if memory serves me sufficiently and I&#039;m not going dotty, the authorities have to fix a fair market price for the coin and if the museum cannot pay that price then the coin reverts to the finder.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think that such provisions would keep a coin out of the black market and the finder is truly reqarded for his honesty.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just ideal curiousity honestly.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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