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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1927000, member: 19463&quot;]It has been my experience that public displays of coins not for sale and coins that do not have a market value attached draw small crowds.&nbsp; Sometimes there are displays or programs at coin shows.&nbsp; I once gave a program at a Virginia Numismatic Association show that drew five people but that was more than the US program before it in the same hall drew.&nbsp; When I go to a show, I want to buy coins, not see yours.&nbsp; In a museum, the general public wants to see spectacular stuff like the leather jacket Fonzie wore on Happy Days TV show or maybe a coin that sold for $10 million that most of them could not pick out of a box with similar coins that sell for $10,000.&nbsp; Museums pay their bills by people coming through the doors.&nbsp; I once looked at the coins in the Smithsonian collection but I was in the minority so they took most of them off display and left what a normal person could see in 5 minutes before going on to see the First Ladies&#039; dresses and TV memorabilia.&nbsp; Encourage museums to sell their coins (perhaps you will get one).&nbsp; Having a warehouse full (think the final scene of Raiders of the Lost Ark) that no one wants to see except weird guys like us does them little good.&nbsp; Spending a million dollars to create an exhibit for a hundred people a year to enjoy is not even a consideration.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>How much time in the last month did you spend looking at coins online or in museums that were not for sale?&nbsp; Home much time did you spend looking at ones that were?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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