When I was growing up we were terrified of the Soviet Union's hydrogen bombs. The official Soviet newspaper was Pravda. We were worried when American newspapers reported angry talk from Russian leaders in Pravda.
Pravda now has a web site, and on the web site is a report of the arrest of a 70-year-old barber. He was arrested in Greece for possession of ancient coins without a license (a license is needed to collect in Greece).
http://english.pravda.ru/news/world/03-12-2007/102135-Greece_coins-0
The barber had 2,300 Hellenistic and Roman bronze coins. Pravda, the mighty former mouthpiece of the Kremlin, wanted to illustrate the Associated Press story. Pravda's editors didn't have a photo of the barber's collection or even a good stock photo of Roman bronzes from the Hermitage collection. They illustrated, with credit, an uncleaned lot offered by VCoins dealer Ancient Coins Canada.
The lot can be seen at http://www.ancientcoins.ca/uncleaned.html. Lot #unclgreek — uncleaned Greek coins for $6.50 each. Your chance to own a coin published in Pravda!
Time Again to Tell the Cultural Property Advisory Committee What You Think
About Import Restrictions on Coins and Other Artifacts, including Minority
Cultural Heritage, for Romania, Albania and Nigeria
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The State Department has announced a Cultural Property Advisory Committee
(CPAC) Meeting to consider a new Cultural Property Agreement (CPA) with
Romani...
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