Assault On Collecting

CNG and others wrote me about an assault on collecting in Germany (below). I wrote a response on the site and you should too.
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Over the last couple of days many of you will have received emails from various numismatic dealers and organizations asking you to digitally sign a petition asking that legislators in Germany's Bundestag vote against new legislation on cultural property in Germany.

The proposed restrictions would effectively eliminate the traditional trade in coins and antiques (i.e. cultural property) that has existed for centuries in Germany.

By law in Germany, the Bundestag has to answer any petition with 120,000 plus signatures. This is a case where numbers do matter. We are asking that you take a few minutes to sign the petition to preserve private collecting.

https://www.openpetition.de/petitio...ten-sammelns

CNG supports participation in this online petition. It only takes a few minutes to complete. You can sign with your name or anonymously.

We encourage you to forward this email to other collectors, either in the field of numismatics or other areas.

Thank you for taking the time to read this and react. Again, we stress that this is a case where numbers do matter.



All the best,

The Staff at CNG, Inc.