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<p>[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 22194070, member: 101855"]I’ll be skunk in the room and state that I don’t have much use for these governments that confiscate coin hoards. Most of the time they store them in vaults where nobody sees them. If their experts do much research, it’s not easy to find it. And at worst, some government bureaucrat finds a way to profit from it. </p><p><br /></p><p>From personal experience, if you want to use a picture of the item in an educational exhibit, you often can’t get it, or they charge you a big price for it. So much for “public education.” </p><p><br /></p><p>They’ll have an intern program where a 16 year old will get to see an item, but if you are a 50 year old collector who has studied the subject for years, it’s a “no go.” Once more, that was from personal experience. </p><p><br /></p><p>Those who have donated their collections to museums have often been disappointed, if they are still alive. Never seeing the light of day is the usual fate of such items. The best outcome is often when the museum heads decide to sell items, often at auction.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 22194070, member: 101855"]I’ll be skunk in the room and state that I don’t have much use for these governments that confiscate coin hoards. Most of the time they store them in vaults where nobody sees them. If their experts do much research, it’s not easy to find it. And at worst, some government bureaucrat finds a way to profit from it. From personal experience, if you want to use a picture of the item in an educational exhibit, you often can’t get it, or they charge you a big price for it. So much for “public education.” They’ll have an intern program where a 16 year old will get to see an item, but if you are a 50 year old collector who has studied the subject for years, it’s a “no go.” Once more, that was from personal experience. Those who have donated their collections to museums have often been disappointed, if they are still alive. Never seeing the light of day is the usual fate of such items. The best outcome is often when the museum heads decide to sell items, often at auction.[/QUOTE]
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