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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RaceBannon, post: 1929140, member: 25357&quot;]I&#039;m a little late to this party but I found the article very interesting.&nbsp; Thanks for posting it Mat.&nbsp; The fact that museums would consider ancient coins a bother is something I never would have considered.</p><p><br /></p><p>What I&#039;ve found, as many have opined on this thread, is that sharing my love for coins with other collectors is a great thing.&nbsp; The internet is a fantastic tool for facilitating this, and may be the wave of the future as the article intimated,&nbsp; but there&#039;s nothing like seeing coins first hand, in person.&nbsp; I enjoy going to a museum to look at coins.&nbsp; I haven&#039;t really visited any museums that feature ancients since I started collecting them.&nbsp; But last Summer I did visit the old Carson City mint out in Nevada which has a phenomenal collection of CC minted coins.&nbsp; Morgan Dollars, Trade Dollars and CC Gold coins.&nbsp; That was a sight to behold!&nbsp; One example of every coin date and type ever minted in Carson City.&nbsp; There are some rare and expensive coins in that collection I can assure you.&nbsp; But I liked it because I&#039;m a coin collector.&nbsp; Many people just walked past that particular display giving it only a cursory look.</p><p><br /></p><p>As Doug mentioned though, there is something special about the hunt for the collector.&nbsp; It adds something to the experience if I&#039;m looking at coins that I might actually buy.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then again, I&#039;d definitely get some serious &quot;Wow Factor&quot; going to a museum to view coins that are so beautiful, rare and expensive that they would be unobtainable by me.&nbsp;&nbsp; I think coin displays and exhibits will maintain their place in museums simply because coins reflect so much about the history and culture of the society which minted them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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