According to the General Administration of Customs, West Kowloon Station Customs recently intercepted a foreign outbound passenger carrying 680 cultural relic coins and banknotes and 42 paleontological fossils.
While supervising outbound passengers, customs officers at West Kowloon Station noticed a foreign passenger who entered the customs supervision area without making any declaration. The X-ray inspection of the passenger's suitcase showed an anomaly. Upon opening the suitcase, officers found that the items inside were individually wrapped in plastic bubble wrap. After unwrapping the bubble wrap piece by piece, officers discovered a large number of metal and paper coins and banknotes suspected to be cultural relics, as well as numerous shell-shaped items suspected to be fossils.
Subsequent appraisal by the Guangdong Provincial Cultural Relics Authentication Station confirmed that the metal coins carried by the individual included 574 pieces of ancient Chinese coins, copper coins of the Republic of China, Hong Kong ten-cent silver coins, and ancient foreign coins — all of which are general cultural relics prohibited from being taken out of the country. The paper banknotes consisted of 106 pieces of Republic of China currency, which are restricted cultural relics for export. Further appraisal by the Guangdong Provincial Department of Natural Resources determined that the shell-shaped items carried by the individual were 40 ammonite fossils and 2 nautilus fossils, all of which are generally protected paleontological fossils.
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