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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Blake Davis, post: 8337624, member: 91820&quot;]Too bad more museums aren&#039;t selling more of their extras, especially coins that may be hidden away in basement storage.&nbsp; Anything to relieve the high prices and lack of good coins - it is the very inverse of what we had in the early 2000&#039;s.&nbsp; With ironically, not as many collectors, or so it appears to me.</p><p><br /></p><p>This may not be the place for it but there was a very interesting thread some years back about the lack new collectors, and the fact that many collections were being sold to dealers.&nbsp; Is this still going on?&nbsp; It is always difficult to understand the ancient coin market but it seems to me that what we have are fewer collectors, fewer coins offered for sale, and paradoxically higher prices.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do not mean to criticize museums - I am sure that nearly all take good care of their collections.&nbsp; On the other hand, there have to be many that have large numbers of ancient coins, very few of which are ever on display.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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