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<p>[QUOTE="Jim Dale, post: 7895885, member: 100459"]I understand both sides of that argument as well. I didn't understand it at all until I found out the treatment of coins by Archeologists. Supposedly, the have the training to conserve things they find, but, as was said, most coin collectors either know how to conserve coins or know of a source to conserve them, basically, because of coin collectors training and the volume of coins that collectors deal with.</p><p>I remember a 60 minutes story a while ago. There was a custodian that had worked for the Smithsonian for a great many years. Management had a great regard for his care of the displays. The custodian did not have a family, so, he had a great love for the displays. He worked at the Smithsonian until he was required by his age, to retire. A neighbor found him in his bed when his phone nor knocks on the door would arouse him. When the police finally got into his apartment, they found he in his bed, dead.</p><p>After he had been cremated, the FBI had gotten into his apartment and found many items that were supposed to be in the Smithsonian storage facility. It turned out that the items found were in storage for many, many years, and due to his work as the custodian, he had access to all of the pieces found. After this collection was returned, the Smithsonian worked with a security analyst to develop a way that all collections, either being displayed, or in storage, have some type of badge or something like that to ensure theft of items in storage cannot be taken. Drawers, boxes, or any other type of container that houses the many collections, can only be opened with specific types of tags on the items as well as drawers or other storage devices. Movement of any object without approved security, will set off alarms that will alert the security staff that someone is moving something without approval.</p><p>This story was on 60 Minutes several years ago. I'm sure that this story has alerted many museums and other places that store ancient items, are aware of their poor security and have taken action to avoid this type of loss.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jim Dale, post: 7895885, member: 100459"]I understand both sides of that argument as well. I didn't understand it at all until I found out the treatment of coins by Archeologists. Supposedly, the have the training to conserve things they find, but, as was said, most coin collectors either know how to conserve coins or know of a source to conserve them, basically, because of coin collectors training and the volume of coins that collectors deal with. I remember a 60 minutes story a while ago. There was a custodian that had worked for the Smithsonian for a great many years. Management had a great regard for his care of the displays. The custodian did not have a family, so, he had a great love for the displays. He worked at the Smithsonian until he was required by his age, to retire. A neighbor found him in his bed when his phone nor knocks on the door would arouse him. When the police finally got into his apartment, they found he in his bed, dead. After he had been cremated, the FBI had gotten into his apartment and found many items that were supposed to be in the Smithsonian storage facility. It turned out that the items found were in storage for many, many years, and due to his work as the custodian, he had access to all of the pieces found. After this collection was returned, the Smithsonian worked with a security analyst to develop a way that all collections, either being displayed, or in storage, have some type of badge or something like that to ensure theft of items in storage cannot be taken. Drawers, boxes, or any other type of container that houses the many collections, can only be opened with specific types of tags on the items as well as drawers or other storage devices. Movement of any object without approved security, will set off alarms that will alert the security staff that someone is moving something without approval. This story was on 60 Minutes several years ago. I'm sure that this story has alerted many museums and other places that store ancient items, are aware of their poor security and have taken action to avoid this type of loss.[/QUOTE]
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