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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Terence Cheesman, post: 5191200, member: 86498&quot;]I am not certain the the main function of museums are to display items for public viewing. One of their more important functions is to serve as a platform for research. Most of the books that we use today RIC, Price RPC and many others have as their basis the massive collections stored at places such as the British Museum or the Ashmoleon, the Bibliotheque Nationale&nbsp; the ANS the Bode Museum just to name a few. True everything said so far in this thread is mostly accurate. ( The Bode was where the &quot;100 Kg Giant Canadian Gold Maple leaf&quot; was stolen) I myself have done research on subjects that have interested me in the British Museum and the ANS. I have found the staff courteous and helpful. One comment though. One member thought that Dekadrachms belong in a museum. Syracusian Dekadrachms of the Euainetos type are rather common and i have one and I don&#039;t think it belongs in a museum<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Dekadrachm of Syracuse 405-400 BC Obv Charioteer driving quadriga left. Rv. Head of Arethusa left surrounded by four dolphins. Gallatin&nbsp; R XIII F VI&nbsp; 42.65 grms 35 mm Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1214161[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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