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<p>[QUOTE="illini420, post: 2215088, member: 19423"]Some high end pieces in a dealer's case</p><p><img src="http://www.kittlecoins.com/photos/0815ANA19.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>1947 Philippines MacArthur in plaster</p><p><img src="http://www.kittlecoins.com/photos/0815ANA20.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Awesome 1792 copper cent, dime and quarter</p><p><img src="http://www.kittlecoins.com/photos/0815ANA21.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Unique 1870-S half dime at the Legend table</p><p><img src="http://www.kittlecoins.com/photos/0815ANA22.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>$4.50 of silver coins melted together during the 1906 SF Earthquake & Fire on display at the Barber Coin Collectors Society table</p><p><img src="http://www.kittlecoins.com/photos/0815ANA23.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, I had a few hours to kill one afternoon so I went to the Museum of Science of Industry which I hadn't been to since I was a kid. Definitely one of the best spots to visit in Chicago if you have time. The museum is in one of few surviving structures from the 1893 Columbian Exposition. Here's the building on one of the So-Called Dollars from the Expo.</p><p><img src="http://www.kittlecoins.com/photos/0815ANA24.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here's the building today</p><p><img src="http://www.kittlecoins.com/photos/0815ANA25.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>So much to see in the museum and this isn't really the place to show you everything, but I thought you'd like to see at least a few of the highlights.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's one of the Mercury space capsules on display, the Aurora 7</p><p><img src="http://www.kittlecoins.com/photos/0815ANA26.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the Apollo 8 capsule from the first manned mission around the Moon</p><p><img src="http://www.kittlecoins.com/photos/0815ANA27.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And the U-505 submarine which has been restored and on display, the only German U-Boat on display in the U.S. and you can go inside too</p><p><img src="http://www.kittlecoins.com/photos/0815ANA28.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for looking <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="illini420, post: 2215088, member: 19423"]Some high end pieces in a dealer's case [IMG]http://www.kittlecoins.com/photos/0815ANA19.jpg[/IMG] 1947 Philippines MacArthur in plaster [IMG]http://www.kittlecoins.com/photos/0815ANA20.jpg[/IMG] Awesome 1792 copper cent, dime and quarter [IMG]http://www.kittlecoins.com/photos/0815ANA21.jpg[/IMG] Unique 1870-S half dime at the Legend table [IMG]http://www.kittlecoins.com/photos/0815ANA22.jpg[/IMG] $4.50 of silver coins melted together during the 1906 SF Earthquake & Fire on display at the Barber Coin Collectors Society table [IMG]http://www.kittlecoins.com/photos/0815ANA23.jpg[/IMG] Finally, I had a few hours to kill one afternoon so I went to the Museum of Science of Industry which I hadn't been to since I was a kid. Definitely one of the best spots to visit in Chicago if you have time. The museum is in one of few surviving structures from the 1893 Columbian Exposition. Here's the building on one of the So-Called Dollars from the Expo. [IMG]http://www.kittlecoins.com/photos/0815ANA24.jpg[/IMG] Here's the building today [IMG]http://www.kittlecoins.com/photos/0815ANA25.jpg[/IMG] So much to see in the museum and this isn't really the place to show you everything, but I thought you'd like to see at least a few of the highlights. Here's one of the Mercury space capsules on display, the Aurora 7 [IMG]http://www.kittlecoins.com/photos/0815ANA26.jpg[/IMG] Here is the Apollo 8 capsule from the first manned mission around the Moon [IMG]http://www.kittlecoins.com/photos/0815ANA27.jpg[/IMG] And the U-505 submarine which has been restored and on display, the only German U-Boat on display in the U.S. and you can go inside too [IMG]http://www.kittlecoins.com/photos/0815ANA28.jpg[/IMG] Thanks for looking :)[/QUOTE]
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