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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IdesOfMarch01, post: 2303014, member: 39084&quot;]While I understand and agree with this principle, there may be other forces and issues at work here.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>For example, suppose one of the museum&#039;s staff -- someone who really did appreciate coins -- noted that they were doing a poor job of maintaining and displaying their ancient coins.&nbsp; It would be constructive to suggest that, rather than continuing to do a poor job, they sell the coins and use the proceeds to improve other exhibits to which they were firmly committed.&nbsp; The coins would end up in the hands of collectors who really treasured them, and other exhibits would be improved.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think this is a distinct possibility, and I&#039;m grateful that they did sell them -- otherwise I wouldn&#039;t have my Claudius Fides Praetorianorum aureus.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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