There's a whole pavilion of coins at the Eretz Israel Museum, which I visited recently. I loved the display. It mixes beautiful rarities like an Athenian decadrachm with quite ordinary coins. I have better examples of some of the Republicans in my own collection! It showed some supreme numismatic masterpieces alongside more ordinary coins that can be just as interesting. It's a bit like the cointalk forum! It starts with a display about how coins were made, including some original moulds and some dramatic 'error' coins. There were lots of different kinds of displays, which were like an illustrated guide to 'ways of collecting ancient coins'. I think the 'denominations' display was just an excuse to show off their decadrachm. Similarly for Republicans: Then there are reverse types: And cities: There are some hoards shown in context, like this bag of coins found on a shipwreck. Altogether there were 500kg of copper coins from Syrian mints, struck in the late 14th century. I got the sense that this was a coin collector's museum and I enjoyed it immensely. Other pavilions showed glass, ceramics and postal history, and there are some impressive ancient remains on the museum campus.
