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To: raybbr
Boy, is the price of those coins going to drop.

Maybe not. Doesn't the UK gubmint usually take/seize a large portion of finds like this? If that happens it will keep most of them off the market.....

9 posted on 07/08/2010 6:28:16 AM PDT by Thermalseeker (Stop the insanity - Flush Congress!)
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To: Thermalseeker
Doesn't the UK gubmint usually take/seize a large portion of finds like this?

Depends upon your definition(s). It works out to the equivalent of Eminent Domain here in the USofA, the Government is taking this but has to offer the "Market Value" of that which they are taking. Obviously the devil is in the determination of the value. Other considerations that come into play are the property owner's rights, the right to keep something and it's value as a historical artifact.

13 posted on 07/08/2010 6:41:50 AM PDT by SES1066 (Cycling to conserve, Conservative to save, Saving to Retire, will Retire to Cycle.)
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To: Thermalseeker
Maybe not. Doesn't the UK gubmint usually take/seize a large portion of finds like this? If that happens it will keep most of them off the market.....

The feds in the UK treat treasure as the USA does eminent domain. They take the treasure but pay the finder a fee, whether it is a fair fee or not I don't know.

23 posted on 07/08/2010 7:59:11 AM PDT by calex59
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