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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;FitzNigel, post: 3113988, member: 74712&quot;]You’ll note that my post said nothing about coins being relegated to museums.&nbsp; I quite agree that many coins don’t need to be in museums, (not all - unique or rare often should be) and would be far more appreciated in private collections.&nbsp; The step you seem to be missing is the process of finding, gathering, and RECORDING the coins.&nbsp; This often provides more information than the coins themselves.&nbsp; Take the recent example of the man found in Pompeii whose head was crushed by a stone.&nbsp; He had coins on him, which then told us about his status amongst other things.&nbsp; Had a looter come in and stole those coins, we would have lost that knowledge.&nbsp; This is why many countries have such restrictive laws - EXACTLY because of what you are proposing to do, which just keeps MORE coins out of the hands of collectors.&nbsp; This is also why Britain’s Portable Antiquities Scheme is such a great compromise - it encourages metal detectorists to report their finds, they either get to keep their finds or are compensated, and Britain&#039;s museums have first crack at acquiring culturally significant items.&nbsp; Looters, again, rob from all of us.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=51347]@Alegandron[/USER] - thanks for the reminder...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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