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U.S. v. ANCIENT COIN COLLECTORS GUILD

No. 17-1625.

899 F.3d 295 (2018)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. ANCIENT COIN COLLECTORS GUILD, Claimant-Appellant, v. 3 Knife-Shaped Coins; 7 Cypriot Coins; 5 Other Chinese Coins, Defendants. Professional Numismatists Guild, Inc; American Numismatic Association; International Association of Professional Numismatists; Association of Dealers and Collectors of Ancient and Ethnographic Art; Committee for Cultural Policy, Inc.; Global Heritage Alliance, Amici Supporting Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: August 7, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Peter Karl Tompa , Bailey & Ehrenberg, PLLC, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Molissa Heather Farber , Office of the United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Jason H. Ehrenberg, Bailey & Ehrenberg, PLLC, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Stephen M. Schenning , Acting United States Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee. Armen R. Vartian , Law Offices of Armen R. Vartian, Manhattan Beach, California, for Amici Professional Numismatists Guild, Inc., American Numismatic Association, and International Association of Professional Numismatists. Michael McCullough , Michael McCullough LLC, Brooklyn, New York, for Amici Association of Dealers and Collectors of Ancient and Ethnographic Art, Committee for Cultural Policy, Inc., and Global Heritage Alliance.

Affirmed by published opinion.

This appeal is pursued by the Ancient Coin Collectors Guild (the "Guild") from the judgment in the District of Maryland ordering forfeiture to the United States of seven ancient Cypriot coins and eight ancient Chinese coins, which were imported into this country by the Guild. Incorporated within its challenge to the propriety...

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