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<p>[QUOTE="TypeCoin971793, post: 2964576, member: 78244"]As you may infer, I spent yesterday in Luxembourg. I had a much better time than I was expecting, due to the presence of good company and the surprising quality of the museums. I found it novel that several of the artifacts were not encased, so I could be up close and personal with them. Of course, there were the coins. The first museum I went to had a massive and impressive collection of stellar coins including FDC aurii and denarii, hoards of hammered gold and silver, and much more high-grade Roman bronze. I tried taking pictures of everything interesting, but sometimes the lighting was too poor or the photos were sub-par due to the encasement. But here are my efforts:</p><p><br /></p><p>First you are greeted by various hoards found in the area, which are labeled as to where and when they were found.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]726246[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]726247[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]726248[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]726249[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]726250[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Then you have a display case with very high-grade Roman Republic coins (though my pictures can't really show how nice these were <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> )</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]726251[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]726252[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]726253[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TypeCoin971793, post: 2964576, member: 78244"]As you may infer, I spent yesterday in Luxembourg. I had a much better time than I was expecting, due to the presence of good company and the surprising quality of the museums. I found it novel that several of the artifacts were not encased, so I could be up close and personal with them. Of course, there were the coins. The first museum I went to had a massive and impressive collection of stellar coins including FDC aurii and denarii, hoards of hammered gold and silver, and much more high-grade Roman bronze. I tried taking pictures of everything interesting, but sometimes the lighting was too poor or the photos were sub-par due to the encasement. But here are my efforts: First you are greeted by various hoards found in the area, which are labeled as to where and when they were found. [ATTACH=full]726246[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]726247[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]726248[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]726249[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]726250[/ATTACH] Then you have a display case with very high-grade Roman Republic coins (though my pictures can't really show how nice these were :( ) [ATTACH=full]726251[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]726252[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]726253[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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