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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kevin McGonigal, post: 2312912, member: 72790&quot;]Yes, I do. As a history teacher I collected and brought into my classroom all kinds of historical artifacts from ostraka to Athenian Owls to Imperial denarii, Byzantine bezants, Venetian ducats, pillar dollars, fractional currency, gold certificates, old documents ( a hand stamped letter to Nicholas Biddle, an original dispatch from Sheridan to Grant from the Shenandoah Valley)) and weaponry from repro swords to original swords to antique firearms, Brown Bess to &#039;03 Springfields. For me these artifacts are the living , tangible links to history and my students, at least some of them, were pleased, perhaps even awed by handling a denarius that might have been spent by Julius Caesar or a musket that might have been used at Gettysburg. For me these items are a direct portal to the past, not simply objects of value, but objects of wonder.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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