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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Drusus, post: 573803, member: 6370&quot;]<span style="color: #800000"><a href="http://www.accg.us/issues/news/can-we-help-this-museum" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.accg.us/issues/news/can-we-help-this-museum" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #800080">http://www.accg.us/issues/news/can-we-help-this-museum</span></a> </span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This is a good cause recently brought to my attention so if you are able to help them out, I urge you to. This is a small local museum in Britain who has coins that are relevant to their area. The person who found them has obeyed the law and reported their find...something that must be encouraged if collectors are to be viewed as anything but looters to countries, archeologists and academia. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This museum will not be shuffling these coins into the basement never to be seen again, they will be displayed for all visitors to see. The museum is so small that they ONLY have a budget of roughly 100 pounds to purchase things for display and I believe it is a good cause to aid this small museum to acquire coins to display to the people.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I have a serious problem with museums and archeologist who believe they are the only ones entitled to own portable antiquities...these are the people who are trying to pressure governments to turn all collectors and sellers into criminals no better than looters (and they have done a rather good job of it as of late). These draconian measures should be frowned upon and we as collectors. I mean anyone who collects anything more than 100 years old or owns what might be viewed as antiquities or might one day become a target by owning something that some day could be labeled &#039;Culturally Significant&#039; (many countries will label a ratty LRB coin as significant and have outlawed ALL trade in these items).</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>There is a rabid contingent that would see all collectors, they refer to as &#039;coin fondlers&#039;, outlawed...complete disdain for this great hobby and field of study.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This is a fine example of a treasure hunter following the law and making it known he has found treasure. While larger museums do not deem these coins as significant, they could find a great home ON DISPLAY at this smaller museum...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>To many collectors, it might be unbelievable that all the museum has is 100 pounds to purchase things like this and the price the person who found these coins is asking is small and reasonable...easily within the price range of many of us...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So I am going to send them money and I hope some among us will do the same...I honestly think it is a good cause and will show collectors support for more logical laws that look to aid collector and museum to work TOGETHER instead of against each other...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Thanks[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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