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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrsmat71, post: 2445065, member: 42634&quot;]last month i mentioned i was going to do a small coins display in our school library, many of you made comments in that thread that i considered very carefully...thank you!</p><p><br /></p><p>well, it&#039;s up.&nbsp;&nbsp; extra special thanks to [USER=56859]@TIF[/USER] and [USER=44140]@Ancientnoob[/USER] for help with the display write up, and thanks to [USER=44357]@AncientJoe[/USER]&nbsp; for letting me have some high resolution pics of his sweet coins!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>sorry the pics are small, if any of you want to actually read the items in the display, there is a link below.&nbsp; &nbsp; here is the entire case...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]510161[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>here is the upper right with title and pic...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]510162[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>the three shelves have actual coins, with general info against the back wall, and specific details of each coin on a angled piece of photo paper above the coin on the shelf.&nbsp; the paper also shows the an enlarged pic of the coin reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>Greeks...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]510163[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>roman coins...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]510164[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;other&quot; coins...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]510165[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>the bottom just has pictures with descriptions of the coin below...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]510166[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]510167[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>the lighting is poor, but there is movable celing lighting so light can be focused at various places.&nbsp; maintenance is going to move things around to brighten things up for me.</p><p><br /></p><p>on a small stand next to the display is info for people interested in ancients...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]510176[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>there are also a pile of these that people can take with them.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>if you would like to actually read the document, it can be found here..</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/p7dk408iyb9jck7/Want%20to%20learn%20more%20about%20ancient%20coins.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/p7dk408iyb9jck7/Want%20to%20learn%20more%20about%20ancient%20coins.pdf?dl=0" rel="nofollow">https://www.dropbox.com/s/p7dk408iyb9jck7/Want to learn more about ancient coins.pdf?dl=0</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>the text of the material in the display case can be found here, it&#039;s out of order a bit, but looking at the pics you can figure it out.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/i6cr4ehidnn1t1u/Main%20Display.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/i6cr4ehidnn1t1u/Main%20Display.pdf?dl=0" rel="nofollow">https://www.dropbox.com/s/i6cr4ehidnn1t1u/Main Display.pdf?dl=0</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>the actual coins in the display case can are here...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/t8aybwrz7u31kdj/COINS.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/t8aybwrz7u31kdj/COINS.pdf?dl=0" rel="nofollow">https://www.dropbox.com/s/t8aybwrz7u31kdj/COINS.pdf?dl=0</a></p><p><br /></p><p>i think you can see the large pictures of the coins ok, the text that describes them is in the main document.</p><p><br /></p><p>while i was setting it up a couple of high school kids stopped by and checked it out, one girl was pretty hyped to get to hold a roman coin.&nbsp; well see if it sparks any more interest.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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