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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gallienus, post: 13312904, member: 42034&quot;]My estimate on the whole collection is maybe $1,300.&nbsp; The Macedonian tet is apparently the biggest &amp; best coin and that&#039;s not a particularly good one.</p><p><br /></p><p>It may even be Burke that bought the lot as Chicago is his address.&nbsp; Also, the Chicago Coin Club is noted for being one&#039;s of this nation&#039;s best and most educational.</p><p><br /></p><p>It could be a dealer&#039;s lot: bought for resale.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Everybody agrees that the UK Treasure Trove law works best.&nbsp; I asked about this at an academic coin congress.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think the answer given was that yes it works, but it takes some political will to execute.&nbsp; It may be that some government official somewhere enjoys getting 100% of the confiscated coins.&nbsp; Even tho it results in most of the coins not being declared and winding up on the black market.</p><p><br /></p><p>With this collection, it&#039;ll either end up being stuck in a basement or gotten by a government employee.&nbsp; Like the Univ of Chicago Educational Coin Collection formed around 1880-1900? many of the coins were exposed to moisture and were corroding.</p><p><br /></p><p>Even in the famous Boden Museum, one of Europe&#039;s best numismatic museums, the coins are not properly cared for.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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