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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kirispupis, post: 8013477, member: 118780&quot;]<i>If</i> a museum ever asked, whether I would accept would be on a case-by-case basis. Conjecturing here is a bit of a waste of time.</p><p><br /></p><p>My suspicion, is even if I did have an extraordinary collection, few museums would even think of asking. From what I&#039;ve seen, the vast majority of people aren&#039;t that interested in old coins. That&#039;s why it&#039;s actually affordable for us to buy them.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d be interested in the following experiment. With random non-ancient-collectors, ask them which of the following coins is more interesting.</p><p><br /></p><p>1) An owl tet</p><p>2) Another tet, denarius, or drachma worth at least $100k</p><p><br /></p><p>The random person is told where the coin is from and its ancient denomination, but is given no clue about the value.</p><p><br /></p><p>I guarantee the most people will choose the owl. Museums know this, which is why coin rooms are becoming scarcer and smaller museums are liquidating their coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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