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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 3240882, member: 66&quot;]Yes, numismatists and museums, both of which tend to be chronically short on funds and storage space.&nbsp; As Baseball said the Smithsonian, and most other museums only display a TINY percentage of everything they have and most of it stays in storage (think ending scene of Raider of the Lost Ark) where in some cases small valuable items eventually disappear.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Well it was bought with taxpayer money, but when it becomes surplus it makes sense to sell it so some of that taxpayer money comes back.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sure it would be nice for museums to get items, but are they just given away to the museums? (Remember they do belong to the taxpayers)&nbsp; If they have to pay for them see my comments above to BanBam about money and storage.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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