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This series brings together all documents relating to Treasure and portable antiquities statistics
Mandatory microchipping of cats will help reunite thousands of lost or stray pets every year.
Report treasure finds to the local coroner within 14 days - items officially defined as treasure, Portable Antiquities Scheme, inquest, valuation, rewards
The Treasure Valuation Committee (TVC), comprising of independent antiques or coin experts and a representative of the hobby of metal-detecting, establishes the likely market value of each treasure find. A reward of this value can then be made to the...
How to report treasure or wreck - check it's treasure, find out who gets a share of the worth, what happens if a museum wants the treasure
Proposal to introduce a legally binding mechanism into the export control process for retaining national treasures
Information on the National Underground Asset Register (NUAR).
Research on options for a significance-based definition of treasure.
‘Bona Vacantia’ means vacant goods and is the name given to ownerless property, which by law passes to the Crown. The Treasury Solicitor acts for the Crown to administer the estates of people who die intestate (without a Will) and...
Annual statistics of the number of objects of treasure found in 2010 (and the headline number for 2011).
The following review concludes that there is a continuing role for the Treasure Valuation Committee (TVC) as an advisory non-departmental body…
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