Musings by a dealer in ancient coins concerning his unusual profession, cultural property law, efforts by archaeologists to make collecting illegal, and related issues
The next Syria?
Afghanistan - the next Syria?
The Afghan government is under increasing military pressure from the Taliban, and lacks public confidence or public respect due to its pervasive corruption and toleration of repellent moral turpitude.
See http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/09/28/green-beret-discharged-for-shoving-accused-afghan-rapist/?intcmp=hphz10
I am concerned that this will be the next US supported regime to collapse due to its own internal flaws and US refusal to intervene with boots on the ground.
Throughout history no outside power has ever succeeded in establishing an enduring government in this fractious nation. Its unique cultural treasures, including superb ancient coins, and other ancient artifacts are now in significant peril, since collapse of the present regime could be rapid and violent.
posted by Dave Welsh at 10:29 PM
Name: Dave Welsh
Location: Temecula, California, United States
David Welsh received a classical education from the Jesuits. After pursuing interests as a professional numismatist, he took up an Engineering career and operates an Engineering consultancy. David received B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Engineering from California Coast University, specializing in optical physics. He reads or speaks five modern languages in addition to Latin, Greek and studies in extinct ancient scripts found on coins. In 1994 David visited Paris, attending the Antiquarian Exposition where he met a French dealer whose love for Greek coins reminded David of his passion for numismatics. After ten years of gathering stock, Classical Coins [www.classicalcoins.com] opened in December 2003. David discovered that the dream he had put so much effort into was threatened by developments in cultural property law. In February 2004 he founded Unidroit-L, an Internet study group focusing on this topic. David was an early supporter of the Ancient Coin Collectors Guild, for which he chairs the International Affairs Committee, and has become well known as a collectors' rights activist.
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