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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2020682, member: 19463&quot;]I agree those framed ones a special.&nbsp; Not all that long ago, making plaster casts was a skill expected of &#039;numismatists&#039;.&nbsp; There is at least one &#039;modern&#039; expert who still prefers them to photos.&nbsp; I have traded casts of my coins with other collectors and even received casts made from casts someone made of coins in the British Museum.&nbsp; I have misplaced that box and REALLY hope I find it someday since it includes some neat coins.&nbsp; I once attended a travelling exhibit of coins at the Smithsonian that had not one single coin but all painted casts on loan from a European museum.&nbsp; I was grossed out but do wish more museums would display a cast of the other side of the coins they display. </p><p><br /></p><p>I trust we all realize that many/most of the photos we see in old books are not of coins but of casts glued up on a board and photographed at 1:1 ratio on a large format view/process camera.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I do not recall the issue but there once, long ago, was an article published in <i>The Celator</i> magazine on making casts.&nbsp; It was not great but it was mine.&nbsp; There is a more recent set of instructions still available on Forvm written by a leading proponent of the craft.&nbsp; </p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=29974.0;wap2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=29974.0;wap2" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=29974.0;wap2</a></p><p>Every so often I get the urge to make some casts but I usually talk myself out of it since I personally prefer photos.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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