Person detained in Samarkand for trying to smuggle 1st century coins abroad
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30 May 4012 1 minute
A citizen has been detained in the Samarkand region while attempting to smuggle ancient coins to Turkey. This was reported by the Customs Committee.
According to the report, customs officers at Samarkand International Airport discovered that a passenger traveling to Istanbul was trying to illegally take two ancient gold coins out of the country.
The coins were identified as 100 kurus and 65 kurus, minted in Turkey in 1923. Their preliminary estimated value is around 15 million soums.
For reference, the export of cultural valuables, including numismatic items created more than 50 years ago, is prohibited in Uzbekistan.
It is worth noting that earlier, customs officers at Tashkent International Airport found a citizen attempting to fly to Munich, Germany, in possession of a gold cup valued at 135 million 200 thousand soums.
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