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Message:: [QUOTE="Nerva, post: 3026469, member: 87761"][ATTACH=full]753537[/ATTACH] 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.[ATTACH]753538[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]753539[/ATTACH]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.[ATTACH=full]753560[/ATTACH] Similarly for Republicans:[ATTACH=full]753561[/ATTACH] Then there are reverse types:[ATTACH]753562[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]753563[/ATTACH]And cities:[ATTACH=full]753565[/ATTACH]  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.[ATTACH=full]753543[/ATTACH]  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.[/QUOTE]