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Mike Markowitz, Coin Week (Oct. 27, 2016)

THERE IS A GLOBAL WAR against colletors of ancient coins. And like so many wars in history, it is largely based on lies.

Rampant looting of archaeological sites around the world has created tragic gaps in our knowledge of human history. But the role of coins in this tragedy is routinely exaggerated to advance the political agendas of those who seek to define all ancient coins outside state control as “stolen property” and to criminalize the private ownership of antiquities.  Read more...

Peter Tompa

It Should Be About Conservation, Not Control: A Collector’s Perspective, ANS Magazine 26 (Fall 2011) Read more...

Wayne G. Sayles and David Welsh, Ed.1

CULTURE DEFINED

Tragically, the cultural property world has today become a complex arena of conflicting interests where intellectual gladiators compete for ideological supremacy. Although, within their own coterie, the adversaries often hold divergent personal views they can generally be divided into two groups: Cultural Property Nationalists and Cultural Property Internationalists. Even the definition of “Cultural Property” is a bone of contention.  Read more......