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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtisimo, post: 2891519, member: 83845&quot;]I would also be disappointed if I went to an ancient coin exhibition and there were no authentic coins in the whole show.&nbsp; That&#039;s like going to dinner and getting served plastic replica food!</p><p><br /></p><p>Another interesting method I&#039;ve seen to display coins that works well, especially with small coins, is to have a blown up photo of obverse and reverse next to the coin like in the Ophel Archeological Museum in Jerusalem.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]695147[/ATTACH] </p><p>The drawback is that it takes up a lot of space so a museum would never be willing to do this with a larger collection. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve also seen coins displayed standing upright in a glass case which takes up even more space but looks nice.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]695150[/ATTACH] </p><p>These were at an exhibit at the Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City. </p><p><br /></p><p>I tend to like the idea of sandwiching the coins between pieces of glass but I&#039;ve never actually seen this done.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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