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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 4986212, member: 112&quot;]And nobody ever does wanna hear it, but that doesn&#039;t change anything. It never has and it never will. And before you think I&#039;m going down my usual road, well, I kinda sorta am but not really. Instead I&#039;m gonna take a fork in the road this time.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ya see, I get it that people like and want nice ways to display their coins. They worked hard to find the coins, worked hard to earn the money to buy them. They like their coins, are proud of them, want to see them and in some cases allow others to see them too. And that&#039;s why they use things like coin albums, or nice cases so they can have them out in the open and ENJOY the coins ! That&#039;s why they&#039;re doing all of this after all, because they ENJOY the coins !</p><p><br /></p><p>Now in a lot of cases people know or have at least heard of how and why various storage methods and or display methods are at the least, potentially quite harmful for the coins. But, being able to enjoy the coins, the way they want to enjoy the coins, is worth more them than the risk. And as I said, I understand all of that, always have. And what&#039;s more than that, when I had my collections I used to feel exactly the same way. And for those who have seen many of the coins in my collections it should be patently obvious why I wanted to do all those things too.</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, what I&#039;m going to suggest this time is a way to have your cake and eat it too. That&#039;s the fork in the road I mentioned above <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Now just suppose that you took the time to take nice quality pictures of your coins. I think most folks do that anyway just so they can share them with everybody else in places like this forum. Point is, just about everybody&#039;s already got the pictures. And if you don&#039;t, you can get some.</p><p><br /></p><p>So just suppose again that you take those pics and put a bunch of them together, say into 8x10 or even poster sized pictures. Then you print those pics out or have them printed, and then frame them and hang on the walls wherever you want. And that way you enjoy your coins every minute of every day for they&#039;ll all be there right in front of you, in nice enlarged sizes so they can be admired and enjoyed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Meanwhile, the actual coins themselves can be put away, in a safe place, and using proper storage methods so that the coins are protected as best they can be. And for those who particularly enjoy the tactile experience of being able to look at your coins in hand every now and then, you can still do that as often as you wish. And, you have those beautiful pictures of your coins to enjoy all at the same time.</p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s having your cake and eating too !</p><p><br /></p><p>Just an idea mind ya <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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