It's not antiquities! A report by Anne Szustek in Finding Dulcinea quotes heavily from Uki Goni's story in last week's Time: “Spare Change? There's None in Buenos Aires”.
Goni claims there is no simple explanation for the coin shortage but Szustek points out that there is more copper value in the coins than face value.
A black market has developed to sell coins at a profit to small business owners. Stores that can't afford to buy coins are giving their customers candy instead of change.
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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