Case 1: When Mr. Liu turned over his old house, he dug up several cans of ancient coins from his homestead, which made Mr. Liu ecstatic. After the news came out, the staff of the museum came to confiscate Mr. Liu's ancient coins and exhibited them as cultural relics in the collection. To this end, Mr. Liu took the museum to court and demanded the return of ancient coins.
According to Article 240th of the Civil Law, the owner of ancestral property has the right to possess, use, profit from and dispose of his real estate or chattel according to law. According to the proof of Mr. Liu's elders, Mr. Liu's great-grandfather was once a famous local rich man, and this house was built by his great-grandfather himself in the late Qing Dynasty, so it is proved from the side that the canned ancient coins in the house should be Mr. Liu's own ancestral property, and the museum has no right to confiscate them.
Ancient coins handed down in an orderly manner should be privately owned, and authoritative institutions such as museums have no right to collect them. In the above case, Mr. Liu Can proved that the ancient coins were the private property handed down by his ancestors, and the museum had no right to confiscate them.
Case 2: The history teacher of a middle school in Shaanxi Province has collected thousands of ancient coins through various channels such as the coin market for decades in order to explain the historical knowledge to the students well. After retirement, these ancient coins became his great hobby. As a result, it was confiscated by the local police when the plane passed the security check. Seeing that his half life's hard work was wasted, the history teacher was naturally unwilling. Since then, I have embarked on the road of begging for ancient coins and retired at the age of 60 after 20 years of hard work.
Ancient coins can be divided into unearthed and handed down. According to the provisions of the Cultural Relics Law, the underground cultural relics unearthed in the cultural relics protection areas planned by the state belong to the state. At the same time, the Cultural Relics Law also stipulates that unearthed cultural relics can be proved to be handed down from generation to generation by individuals, and the law should protect the legitimate ownership of individuals. In the second case, the ancient coins handed down from generation to generation are precious wealth acquired by history teachers after decades of collection, which cost countless efforts and financial resources, so the ancient coins handed down from generation to generation have been handed down.