Dealers / collectors arrested at Munich coin fair

Bad legislation leads to bad results. Still think your government works for you?

http://www.coinweek.com/ancient-coins/cultural-property-law-leads-to-arrests-of-coin-collectors-in-munich/

It would be nice if our governments would send 30 officers to arrest those importing fake coins from China.

Senseless

I do agreed with some level of law to protect rare objects, but this is Bananas...

20 years of pedigree?

I wonder how the TPG's will handle this?

Does possessing an antiquity make you liable?

A pedigree for every coin. That's the dream right there.

If only it were possible.

It's like they WANT people to lie about their coins.

One good thing I like about the coin shops I go to here is that it's pay cash without taxes. What you see is what you get. Plus I get unusual change, like 50 cent or dollar pieces and two dollar bills, which I like to spend. I have had cashiers ask me me if an Eisenhower dollar or a two dollar bill is real money.

Regarding China, I did get some counterfeit gold from China a couple of years ago. At least that's what the coin shop owner told me.