Update on Opposing Import Restrictions on Ancient Coins
According to the Ancient Coin Collectors Guild (ACCG) noted that 1,934 discrete addresses used their fax service to send notes opposing import restrictions on ancient coins from Italy. I would like to...
View ArticleAnother Call To Action!
Following the lead of Italy, Greece has asked the State Department’s Cultural Property Advisory Committee (CPAC) for import restrictions be imposed on cultural property. Even though there has not been...
View ArticleBeware of the 2055th Ides of March
One of the most recognizable coin from ancient Rome is the Eid Mar denarius commemorative coin issued by Marcus Junius Brutus after he participated in the assassination of Julius Cæsar on the Ides of...
View ArticleHelp Protect the Ancient Collecting Hobby
I received this in email and thought it was important enough to reprint here. This message is being transmitted on behalf of the Ancient Coin Collectors Guild (ACCG) concerning an urgent matter that...
View ArticleFirst They Came For The Ancient Coins…
I am sharing the following from Wayne G. Sayles, Executive Director of the Ancient Coin Collectors Guild (ACCG). Please read my comment following Wayne’s letter. The following is an extremely important...
View ArticleHelp the Ancient Coin Hobby TODAY
Start your new year off right and help the ancient coin collectors in the United States! On December 17, I posted “First They Came For The Ancient Coins…” about the State Department accepting public...
View ArticleThe Hopi Tribe shows us why we should care
While the State Department’s Cultural Advisory Committee (CPAC) continues to kowtow the the whims of foreign government looking to use the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act (CPIA; 19...
View ArticleThe law of unintended consequences
Fred and Wilma (not their real names) are friends who decided to celebrate their empty nest by taking a trip to the Mediterranean after dropping their youngest child off at college. Fred is what I...
View ArticleAncient Collectors need your help
Before I begin today’s missive, please read the story I wrote about my friends who were arrested at the airport of a foreign country after digging up the $20 worth of ancients coins they found on a...
View ArticleAn ancient dilemma
During a time where disinformation is a product of hyper-partisanship, it is difficult to write about issues without feeding into the conspiracy theories of the day. The problem with conspiracy...
View ArticleStop the government from turning ancient coin collectors into criminals
Over the last few years, I have asked readers to sign various petitions and write to the Department of State to stop restrictions on ancient coins. Once again, the Ancient Coin Collectors Guild (ACCG)...
View ArticleCollectors of ancient coins need your help!
Here we go again… the government want to take your ancient coins away from you. This is different from other conspiracy theories because since there is no mechanism for them. Here, foreign governments...
View ArticlePrinceton displays coin collection
While growing up in the New York City area, my mother felt that her children should go out and see the area which we lived. New York has a lot to see and do, but many do not visit the attractions even...
View ArticleStolen Ancient Coins and Art helps fund ISIS
If counterfeit Canadian currency or badly made British pound errors were not enough, the focus is now being placed on antiquities stolen by ISIS from captured areas in Syria and Iraq. The proceeds have...
View ArticleNumismatic Eclipse
As we wait for the shadow of the moon to trek across the United States from Oregon to South Carolina, I was curious as to whether there were coins ever created to commemorate any of the past eclipses...
View ArticleWeekly Numismatic World News for August 27, 2017
This week, the BBC reported about Toby Robyns, a 52-year-old ambulance driver from the U.K., who may be facing an up to three-year prison sentence for trying to take home ancient coins he found on a...
View ArticleThey will come for you next!
I said that if we do not act that we would become victims! A man came into my shop the other day. Like all new visitors, my assistant greeted him with her usual charm while he looked at the eclectic...
View ArticleWeekly World Numismatic News for January 5, 2020
I have been a busy week, month, and year. Many of you have stuck with me while Real Life has taken a lot of my time. I appreciate your support. I have more things to write about and will try to do so...
View ArticleWeekly World Numismatic News for January 19, 2020
A lesson in unintended consequences was filed in an Egyptian court this week. As part of policy disagreements between Egypt and Turkey, the case asks the courts to demand the return of 23 million gold...
View ArticleAncient Coin Online Exhibit
Continuing the Museum Week celebration, there was an announcement from another numismatic exhibit added to the online world. The Walsh Library of Seton Hall University announced the addition the...
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