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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 6732378, member: 19463&quot;]When I was &#039;your age&#039; I was making aluminum foil pressings of coins.&nbsp; In some I poured Elmer&#039;s glue to make them better able to stand handling.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; Back then I even made some two part resin casts of some coins which would allow handling.&nbsp; Today they sell silicone mold material but I have not tried it and know nothing about how they might affect our coins.&nbsp; Dattari was into paper rubbings as evidenced by the Dattari Savio book but I am not into that process for coins.&nbsp; They do nice tombstones, though. </p><p><br /></p><p>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.&nbsp; If you don&#039;t see coins in that group you don&#039;t like, you don&#039;t collect Rome mint Severans.&nbsp; I have no idea what happened to the owner since these came before the decade I dropped out of the hobby.&nbsp; For this purpose, you want the thinnest foil.&nbsp; Expensive, heavy duty does not do as well.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1271211[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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