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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Dafydd, post: 5139943, member: 86815&quot;]On the whole I would say there is excellent collaboration but of course bad news sells better than good news so the bulk of the interaction doesn&#039;t see the light of day. However If you go onto the PAS site you can research 1.5 million reported finds see <a href="https://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/q/denarius" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/q/denarius" rel="nofollow">https://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/q/denarius</a> </p><p>I would say that the bulk of these end up on the market as Museums do not have the budget or inclination to buy duplicates unless there is a particularly scholarly reason to do so such as the location of a hoard. </p><p>I was probably too negative in my earlier comments and expressing more the frustration of an individual than collective experience. I hold by my belief that pride of ownership by private owners often serves to perpetuate the history of an artefact better than being hidden in a vault. Although this is not the forum for, it although we are all collectors, medal collecting is a prime example where individual collectors will either study recipients themselves or engage researchers to delve into the service and genealogy of the medals recipient as they have the time and interest to do so. My &quot;buckets of medals&quot; scenario would take a huge amount of financial resource to do this for every medal.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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