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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtisimo, post: 6407148, member: 83845&quot;]If you looked closely at the coins in the sale almost all of them had the place the coins were purchased and the price noted on the collector tag. The prices were such that I imagine the coins were purchased pre-1950s. My guess is this sale was part of an estate sale of a collector who is now deceased. That collector seems to have purchased the coins and would have had nothing to do with acquiring them from Yale.</p><p><br /></p><p>If Yale can only prove that 6 coins were part of their excavation then they should only have received 6 coins from the sale. Even for those 6, are we really to believe that Yale has kept good enough records for 90 years that they can prove they didn’t sell or trade them legitimately?&nbsp; Is there a police report or record on file of a theft? That is what a private citizen would need to provide in such a case to get their coins back. I feel bad for the family of the collector who might be getting the raw end of the deal just because the institution making the complaint is Yale.&nbsp; The irony is that if you or I tried to donate better coins than these Yale would probably refuse to take them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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