The E-Sylum:  Volume 7, Number 4, January 25, 2004, Article 22

THROWING COINS AWAY

  Regarding the "throwing coins away" discussion relating to the
  Ancient Coins for Education project, Gar Travis writes:
  "I have, in the past encountered some of this "talk" regarding
  the ill disposition by archeologists of coins on site.  I have
  attached a rather lengthy grouping of  e-mails between
  numismatists about a certain archeologist. Somewhere in
  all this is mention of discarding coins, I'm sure you'll enjoy
  the read...

  Also - here is a related link:
  http://www.people.memphis.edu/~tjbuggey/ethics.html

  [The exchange was far too lengthy to even to attempt
   to excerpt.  The first salvo came from an archeologist
  speaking against the ACE project, followed by others
  rebutting his position.  As with any emotional discussion,
  both sides waxed eloquent and presented what they felt
  were ironclad arguments. -Editor]

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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