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<p>[QUOTE="baseball21, post: 8404580, member: 76863"]Why would the TPGs pay money for that? </p><p><br /></p><p>Why should a donor have to pay a "caretaker" fee each year for what they gave away for free?</p><p><br /></p><p>Also its a horrible idea to encourage everyone to start donating everything to the ANA or a museum. You're going to just end up sky rocketing the price of everything that doesnt get donated when the nicest examples are removed from the market. </p><p><br /></p><p>The ANA would also be probably the worst place to donate it in terms of people getting to see it. At least the major museums are in major cities that you could stop by while passing through for something else. Even among coin collectors and enthusiasts the vast majority arent going to pay for plane tickets/car rental/hotels etc just to go to the ANA museum. There's really not much or ever a reason to go to Colorado Springs unless you're skiing or going to the Air Force Academy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="baseball21, post: 8404580, member: 76863"]Why would the TPGs pay money for that? Why should a donor have to pay a "caretaker" fee each year for what they gave away for free? Also its a horrible idea to encourage everyone to start donating everything to the ANA or a museum. You're going to just end up sky rocketing the price of everything that doesnt get donated when the nicest examples are removed from the market. The ANA would also be probably the worst place to donate it in terms of people getting to see it. At least the major museums are in major cities that you could stop by while passing through for something else. Even among coin collectors and enthusiasts the vast majority arent going to pay for plane tickets/car rental/hotels etc just to go to the ANA museum. There's really not much or ever a reason to go to Colorado Springs unless you're skiing or going to the Air Force Academy[/QUOTE]
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