tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279887958085077691.post1377850333870619356..comments2024-02-22T10:35:12.485-08:00Comments on Cultural Property Observer: Against Legal Trade? Cultural Property Observerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05924359202414555962noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279887958085077691.post-6232879061675142322014-03-21T07:05:43.363-07:002014-03-21T07:05:43.363-07:00Yes, certainly a lot of collectors' coins go b...Yes, certainly a lot of collectors' coins go back and forth between the US and UK and the US and Germany. There are also lots of collectors in places like Bulgaria. We can no longer legally import most of their coins, but they can still import anything they want from the US and the rest of the EU.Cultural Property Observerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05924359202414555962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279887958085077691.post-52655904298143819632014-03-21T06:12:03.216-07:002014-03-21T06:12:03.216-07:00Peter,
I heard (in the mid sixties) that this sor...Peter,<br /><br />I heard (in the mid sixties) that this sort of material travels back and forth across the Atlantic quite a lot over the decades. Nowadays, the return to the UK of such objects will be somewhat lessened by VAT etc, but the Internet will have countered that effect to a very great degree.<br /><br />The only way to see the true picture would be to examine both imports and exports over a long time period. The idea of "one way traffic" is silly.<br /><br />JohnJohn Hooker FSAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10001080340384925879noreply@blogger.com