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For some coin collectors, federal regulations don't add up


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Interesting article regarding coin collecting and the law...

 

They're only worth about $275, but 23 bronze coins seized by the federal government at Baltimore-Washington International Marshall Airport last year just might be the most important chunk of change for numismatists in years....

Under federal rules, anyone bringing certain ancient coins that are Cypriot or Chinese into the United States must either have an export permit from that country or documents that show they were unearthed elsewhere or purchased before the regulations went into effect....

 

...read the full artcle at the Washington Post

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