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<p>[QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 2891472, member: 83845"]Great posts everyone!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you Jamesicus. It was a fascinating trip almost everywhere we went. </p><p><br /></p><p>That is a bummer that the museum wouldn't agree to display your collection. You would think that a local museum would jump at the chance to inherit a focused collection that has already been attributed and described at length on your website (they could even link to it on thier own website). All the work is already done for them. I think a large collection of coins is far more impressive than one or two additional artifacts or antique pictures or wax busts of whatever the British equivalent of a Kardashian is!</p><p><br /></p><p>I have thought about donating my collection to my alma mater some day if none of my neices / nephews / future children take an interest in coins and history. I give one coin a year to all my nieces and nephews for Christmas just to see if it sticks. So far no go <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie65" alt=":meh:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I'm going to try ancients this year.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nice [USER=79017]@Andres2[/USER]. I've never been to Spain but it is high on the list. The museum with the windmill looks cool even from the outside <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> thank you for sharing.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Wow AA! That is awesome. I didn't get a chance to spend much time in the capitoline museum the last time I was there but I will be going back in April and I'm going to make sure I block out enough time. The British museum pictures are awesome as well. Probably the greatest ancient coin collection in the world! I always enjoy seeing photos of all the cool places you have been. Thank you for sharing![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 2891472, member: 83845"]Great posts everyone! Thank you Jamesicus. It was a fascinating trip almost everywhere we went. That is a bummer that the museum wouldn't agree to display your collection. You would think that a local museum would jump at the chance to inherit a focused collection that has already been attributed and described at length on your website (they could even link to it on thier own website). All the work is already done for them. I think a large collection of coins is far more impressive than one or two additional artifacts or antique pictures or wax busts of whatever the British equivalent of a Kardashian is! I have thought about donating my collection to my alma mater some day if none of my neices / nephews / future children take an interest in coins and history. I give one coin a year to all my nieces and nephews for Christmas just to see if it sticks. So far no go :meh: I'm going to try ancients this year. Nice [USER=79017]@Andres2[/USER]. I've never been to Spain but it is high on the list. The museum with the windmill looks cool even from the outside :) thank you for sharing. Wow AA! That is awesome. I didn't get a chance to spend much time in the capitoline museum the last time I was there but I will be going back in April and I'm going to make sure I block out enough time. The British museum pictures are awesome as well. Probably the greatest ancient coin collection in the world! I always enjoy seeing photos of all the cool places you have been. Thank you for sharing![/QUOTE]
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