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<p>[QUOTE="Terence Cheesman, post: 7869064, member: 86498"][ATTACH=full]1355447[/ATTACH] Back in September 2018 I was in London and took the opportunity to visit the British Museum. I actually visited twice as on the second day I had planned to walk to the National Gallery, it was raining so hard that I ducked into the BM again. While at the BM I was able to view a large number of exceptional coins, but like pretty well every museum display that I have ever seen the coins were simply too far away to be seen clearly. I did see the Brutus Aureus that is the subject to debate on this thread and tried to take a picture</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1355367[/ATTACH]Even though I had my camera about as close as I could I am still pretty far away but the hole, the indentation on the edge as well as the scratch in the field are all clearly visible. I cannot say that this proves or even has any bearing on the legitimacy of this coin, but in my mind I would think that this is evidence for its authenticity</p><p>A few other treasures[ATTACH=full]1355369[/ATTACH]</p><p>Biggest piece of Swedish plate money that I had ever seen. It was bigger than a skate board.[ATTACH=full]1355370[/ATTACH]A hoard of British medieval Gold.[ATTACH=full]1355371[/ATTACH]Some "Owls" including a Dek I must apologies for my rather poor photos.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Terence Cheesman, post: 7869064, member: 86498"][ATTACH=full]1355447[/ATTACH] Back in September 2018 I was in London and took the opportunity to visit the British Museum. I actually visited twice as on the second day I had planned to walk to the National Gallery, it was raining so hard that I ducked into the BM again. While at the BM I was able to view a large number of exceptional coins, but like pretty well every museum display that I have ever seen the coins were simply too far away to be seen clearly. I did see the Brutus Aureus that is the subject to debate on this thread and tried to take a picture [ATTACH=full]1355367[/ATTACH]Even though I had my camera about as close as I could I am still pretty far away but the hole, the indentation on the edge as well as the scratch in the field are all clearly visible. I cannot say that this proves or even has any bearing on the legitimacy of this coin, but in my mind I would think that this is evidence for its authenticity A few other treasures[ATTACH=full]1355369[/ATTACH] Biggest piece of Swedish plate money that I had ever seen. It was bigger than a skate board.[ATTACH=full]1355370[/ATTACH]A hoard of British medieval Gold.[ATTACH=full]1355371[/ATTACH]Some "Owls" including a Dek I must apologies for my rather poor photos.[/QUOTE]
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