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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Troodon, post: 1929361, member: 4626&quot;]Actually I go to coin shows party to see a lot of coins up close that I don&#039;t intend on buying lol... and I love it when they have coin exhibits somewhere (last coin show I went to had ANA&#039;s 1913 Liberty nickel on display, as well as an 1804 silver dollar; I got to see Israel Switt&#039;s 10 1933 double eagles at the World Series of Money when it came to Denver a few years ago).</p><p><br /></p><p>Numismatics is a niche field of interest, and isn&#039;t going to draw the big crowds as much as more well known pieces of history and pop culture will.&nbsp; Can&#039;t be helped, unfortunately.&nbsp; I&#039;ve seen more ancient coins in coin stores than in museums.&nbsp; I have seen a few places that give decent respect to coinage: The British Museum comes to mind, big time, but Costa Rica has a great coin museum in San Jose, despite having a relatively short history of coinage.</p><p><br /></p><p>ANA has a great museum in Colorado Springs that&#039;s worth have an ANA membership all by itself.&nbsp; Mostly just US coins though.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve heard people remark on the irony that buffalo ranchers are the main reason buffaloes are still conserved.&nbsp; Ancient coins are probably going to be the same way lol... private collectors are probably keeping them in the spotlight better than museums are.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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