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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1003694, member: 19463&quot;]While I have known several really well educated academics that were a hundred times smarter than I am the fact remains that the subject of ancient coins is huge and the number of school trained paid professionals available to numismatic projects pretty much guarantees that most of the coin in the ground will rot there if they wait for &#039;proper&#039; academic investigation.&nbsp; That is why it hurts so much to see the attitude that coins would be better melted down than allowed in the hands of uneducated scum like me.&nbsp; Certainly there are many academics that maintain a good relationship with collectors but just try to find a scholarly journal that will publish new studies by someone who has devoted his life to that study but did not devote half a dozen years to obtaining an advanced degree.&nbsp; Today the advent of self publishing has allowed more books on more subjects so some of us have a chance of learning something from someone else who was merely interested in the subject.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;m a bit glad I know nothing worth publishing since I suspect it is more frustrating to know truth and not be believed than it is to seek it and not be able to find it published as of yet.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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