Thursday 30 May 2013

ACCG Again Fall into their own hole...


The ACCG has the following article on its Facebook page:
 'Worthless' ancient coins may hold key to distant past  www.theage.com.au "An Australian anthropologist based in the US says he is excited to be finally able to explore the Northern Territory site where five medieval-era African coins..."
I presume their highlighting it is supposed to illustarate how coin collectors "preserve" history, or can "prove something" through their coin accumulation. What the article does in fact show very well is the precise opposite of everything the ACG stands for, the importance of findspot, and collectors keeping a record of where coins came from...

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