Posted 11/30/2015 10:57 pm
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...if every nation did this would the supply of ancient coins be significantly curtailed leading to higher prices for the remaining 'legal' coins already in private collections?
...if every nation did this would the supply of ancient coins be significantly curtailed leading to higher prices for the remaining 'legal' coins already in private collections?
Yes... but you haven't finished the loop. Supply goes down, price goes up... and the incentive for the locals to break the law goes up.
It also depends on what kinds of "laws" we're talking about. If every nation had Greek-style laws, then there would be no such thing as "legal coins in private collections", not as we currently understand the concept, anyway.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
