Why coins matter: Trafficking in undocumented and illegally exported  
ancient coins in the North American marketplace by Nathan Elkins

Ancient coins are among the most widely collected and demanded  
objects among American collectors of antiquities. A vocal lobby of  
ancient coin dealers/collectors has arisen to protect the importation  
of undocumented material into the United States and also seeks to  
make a distinction between antiquities trafficking and that in  
ancient coins. Coins are an equally important historical source and  
are no less important 'antiquities' than a Greek painted vase.  
Numismatist Nathan Elkins examines the scale of the trade in ancient  
coins in North America and address some points made by proponents of  
a continued unfettered ancient coin trade.

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