Comments on: Can Coin Collectors Make Change?

By: bklyntatgirl

bklyntatgirl — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:41:48 +0000

Hi!

I work for a website for collectors of all kinds and thought you might like to check out some pretty interesting coin collections:
http://www.collectorsquest.com/featured-week/Coins.html

Have Fun!

By: Wayne G. Sayles

Wayne G. Sayles — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 23:07:14 +0000

While this may seem like a "fuss" to some, it is to others a very serious battle for the personal rights of American citizens. The law suit is not about Cyprus, and not about coins, it is about the U.S. State Department and the way that it interacts with the American people. The court will judge the merit of this complaint in relation to federal sunshine laws. The rest is just hyperbole.

By: David Gill

David Gill — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 09:20:08 +0000

I recently made this point about the case: What is the real issue? I hope that nobody will lose sight of the issue of the looting of archaeological sites on the island of Cyprus - for that was the purpose of the US restrictions on coins. I close with the words of Andreas Kakouris, Cyprus’s ambassador to Washington: Coins constitute an inseparable part of our own cultural heritage, and the pillage they are subjected to is the same as other archaeological material. For a fuller discussion see: http://lootingmatters.blogspot.com/2007/11/coins-and-cyprus-why-is-accg-filing.html

By: Paul Barford

Paul Barford — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 21:02:27 +0000

There is no overall "ban". The Cyprus MOA which all the recent fuss is about states: "Note that, beginning July 16, 2007, coins of Cypriot types are a subcategory of archaeological objects that may enter the U.S. if they have an export permit issued by the Government of Cyprus or verifiable documentation that they left Cyprus prior to the effective date of the restriction". So if these coins have been legally exported, then there is no "ban" and no problem. But this raises the question, what kind of "rights" are US coin collectors wanting to claim? To buy ILLEGALLY exported objects? To buy items without bothering whether or not they can be shown to be legally exported? Surely the times when US collections are filled with other people's stolen heritage should be coming to an end shouldn't they?

By: Scott Hodes

Scott Hodes — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:22:45 +0000

For more on the FOIA aspect of this, see http://thefoiablog.typepad.com.

By: Wayne G. Sayles

Wayne G. Sayles — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 07:17:48 +0000

A copy of the complaint as filed is available at http://accg.us/issues/news/complaint.pdf