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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 7294877, member: 101855&quot;]I would rather see most items in private collections than in museums. Museums often end up storing more stuff, that no one ever gets to see, than what they display. Sometimes, when they get too much stuff, they sell it or auction it, which is actually a good thing. Sometimes they clean numismatic items and ruin them. </p><p><br /></p><p>The Smithsonian gets on my nerves. They have some coins that no one ever sees. If they made more photos free for public use, it would be great, but it’s dicey. We all pay taxes, why aren’t those photos available for free? The Heritage Auction House lets us use their photos if you give the credit. That’s great. Why can’t the Smithsonian do that? </p><p><br /></p><p>The Boston Public Library has the Washington Before Boston medal in gold that the Continental Congress awarded to him. A group of citizens got together and raised the funds to buy it in the 1870s. Nobody ever gets to see it. The only photos I have seen are in one the Whitman “100 Greatest” books, and they are not great. </p><p><br /></p><p>Enough of my rant, but you can see that I am not a fan of museums who hold stuff and never share it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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