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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;nerosmyfavorite68, post: 8210407, member: 134416&quot;]Right on, Tejas and others!</p><p><br /></p><p>There&#039;s only a few things in life which make me really angry, and the ones mentionable on this forum are: people who drive 2mph on the highway, snow (more upset there) and forces who want to take away our coins.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Per my other hobby, old time radio, generally the worst place one can have them is in archives, where they&#039;re either left to rot or never heard.&nbsp; While there are some very good archives, even some who make the audio available to the public (those places should be commended), many don&#039;t have the time or the inclination to do anything with the original recordings.</p><p><br /></p><p>Painting with a broad brush, the original recordings were largely tossed out in the 1950s/60s (or some were eventually sold by the original owners), being perceived as having no value, finding their way into collections, and there&#039;s about 100,000+ in collectors&#039; hands. And guess where 99% of OTR research comes from?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Back to the coin topic.&nbsp; Of course no one wants places like the acropolis dug up.&nbsp; We&#039;re talking private land.&nbsp; And usually the more poorly run the country is, the more drastic the coin laws.&nbsp; It also only takes one conflict/event/accident and poof, that museum&#039;s collection is fini.&nbsp; It worked out real well for Iraq, Syria and Egypt.&nbsp; Just leave or collections alone and hooray for the people who are disobeying unjust laws! (Except for the worst of the worst of the &#039;looters&#039;.)</p><p><br /></p><p>My VG Antoninus Pius Drachm isn&#039;t shattering the world.&nbsp; Leave me be.</p><p><br /></p><p>Furthermore, why not rely on the marketplace?&nbsp; The musueums will generally win (or have a good chance) in auctions for really rare or spectacular types.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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