Opinions on mixing new items with old coins collections? What I mean by this is, modern age replicas of statues or items that are too expensive to own originals of. While I would love to retain my collection strictly to antique relics with my coin collection, I know it is not possible. There are figures, statues and various other nick nacks that I could never afford in my life time unless I win the lottery due to their high cost. So I have been debating on adopting other means, not to pass as fraudulent into a collection, but to more appease my own visual or aesthetic sense. One item that I have been looking at adding are modern Intaglios. I enjoy the designs and historical significance behind them. I understand there are def some that have survived the tests of time like the ones above. Though the designs I want or am more interested in at this time are again, just not monetarily possible. Has anyone else added some modern items just to be visually appealing? If so, what items? Just curious to see.
I take paper rubbings of most of my ancients so I can have it in a notebook. I could probably use a putty of some kind to make a little seal, so I could lose a coin but keep the nice design!
When I was 'your age' I was making aluminum foil pressings of coins. In some I poured Elmer's glue to make them better able to stand handling. Later, I started making plaster casts of coin but lately have not been able to find a brand of clay that works well for the process and my old stock has dried out to rocks. Back then I even made some two part resin casts of some coins which would allow handling. Today they sell silicone mold material but I have not tried it and know nothing about how they might affect our coins. Dattari was into paper rubbings as evidenced by the Dattari Savio book but I am not into that process for coins. They do nice tombstones, though. Years ago, a friend sent me a card with his Severans in glue filled foil that have survived nearly 50 years as good as new. If you don't see coins in that group you don't like, you don't collect Rome mint Severans. I have no idea what happened to the owner since these came before the decade I dropped out of the hobby. For this purpose, you want the thinnest foil. Expensive, heavy duty does not do as well.
Dattari-Savio inspired me to start doing it..! of course you personally thust me into ancients and if I had more funding I'd be full steam ahead I have done tombstone rubbing in the past. Those are cool
