Smash the System

To whose benefit is the cultural property regulation which affects our hobby today? Supported by Retentionists, Repatriators and Archeologists on one side but also by Nationalistic States who benefit from total state control and ownership of cultural property on the other, with collectors caught in the middle. The coalition and resulting influence on regulation favors institutional controls rather than the interests of the broader public. This hits closest to home for private collectors of ancient coins when the regulations unreasonably call for verifiable provenance on every coin sold before it can transit national borders. Large firms can bear the financial burden of onerous documentation and registration far more easily than small firms and expensive coins can more easily justify the expense than common inexpensive coins. What this leads to is an advantage for certain types of firms and certain types of customers—generally to the disadvantage of the average citizen or small "Mom and Pop" business. We must stop this madness now, support the ACCG, before it is too late. We will resist. We will prevail.