[bert]

Collateral is in order. I would suggest the Elgin Marbles. They are ancient perfection and of immense, imeasurable valuec

[muawiyah]

A bunch of islands in the Mediterranean are of far more worth to Finland than any statuary. Can you just imagine at Midsummer (the major vacation time for All Scandinavians) the Finns can travel to a Greek Island where ONLY THEY are present!

I'd bet they'd give the Greeks an island of comparable size somewhere in the Gulf of Bothnia ~ any time!

[Cheburashka]

Collateral is in order. I would suggest the Elgin Marbles. They are ancient perfection and of immense, imeasurable valuec

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Unfortunately the Elgin Marbles are in the British Museum.

Perhaps the Parthenon instead. Of the Greeks default the Finns pack it up and move it to Helsinki.

[Mobties]

When last I checked, the magnificent Elgin* Marbles were still on public display at British Museum in London where they have been since 1801 when the British ambassador to Turkey, Lord Elgin, brought them from Athens (then part of the muslim Ottoman Empire). Given the Greeks’ impecunious ways, I can't imagine they'll be back on the Acropolis any time soon.

For that matter, much of the ancient marble architecture and statuary that remains in Greece is reportedly deteriorated horribly from the effects of local air pollution, poor maintenance, and indifferent stewardship.

*Apparently, Greeks don't like to hear these national treasures referred to as “Elgin” marbles and prefer the term “Parthenon Marbles”.