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<p>[QUOTE="SeptimusT, post: 3271041, member: 91240"]Of course coins belong in museums. But that doesn't mean that they <i>only</i> belong in museums. There are more than enough to go around, for the most part.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think it is fantastic for museums to maintain accessible collections of rare coins, and even common ones, since that is the only way in which many members of the general public will ever be exposed to them. </p><p><br /></p><p>There is also great usefulness in maintaining collections which seek to catalogue all known coin types to ensure preservation and to facilitate research. There's also nothing wrong with museums maintaining hoards of poor quality coins, even off display, if they were discovered in context together, since that also facilitates research and there are, for the most part, more than enough to go around for everyone.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="SeptimusT, post: 3271041, member: 91240"]Of course coins belong in museums. But that doesn't mean that they [I]only[/I] belong in museums. There are more than enough to go around, for the most part. I think it is fantastic for museums to maintain accessible collections of rare coins, and even common ones, since that is the only way in which many members of the general public will ever be exposed to them. There is also great usefulness in maintaining collections which seek to catalogue all known coin types to ensure preservation and to facilitate research. There's also nothing wrong with museums maintaining hoards of poor quality coins, even off display, if they were discovered in context together, since that also facilitates research and there are, for the most part, more than enough to go around for everyone.[/QUOTE]
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