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<p>[QUOTE="GarrettB, post: 25457875, member: 139253"]Happy Friday everyone. I finally got around to ordering some trays and printing off attributions for my growing collection of ancients. I knew my wife would be up late on Thursday watching the Labour Party victories being announced, so i thought I would keep her company and start filling in some coin trays.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obviously I'll need double the number of trays because I only put a coin in every second compartment (I'm not sure if the ink or paper could damage the coin over time if I put the coin directly on it?). This first lot is mostly second century emperors and spouses. It was strange to realize I have even more coins from the third century because I (like many I'm sure) was trying to pick up a silver for each emperor.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway - in my fit of excitement I thought I'd share my first tray here. I've included the tickets from where coins were bought at fairs or where the coin came with an older ticket. I'm tempted to build a nice coin box (Meat man inspired) as there are plenty of tools at my family's home in Ireland and I've enjoyed word work in the past. However, I'm quite busy at the moment and I have a friend who is a talented joiner who I might commission for a small project.</p><p><br /></p><p>Any thoughts, comments, or advice would be appreciated!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1629482[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GarrettB, post: 25457875, member: 139253"]Happy Friday everyone. I finally got around to ordering some trays and printing off attributions for my growing collection of ancients. I knew my wife would be up late on Thursday watching the Labour Party victories being announced, so i thought I would keep her company and start filling in some coin trays. Obviously I'll need double the number of trays because I only put a coin in every second compartment (I'm not sure if the ink or paper could damage the coin over time if I put the coin directly on it?). This first lot is mostly second century emperors and spouses. It was strange to realize I have even more coins from the third century because I (like many I'm sure) was trying to pick up a silver for each emperor. Anyway - in my fit of excitement I thought I'd share my first tray here. I've included the tickets from where coins were bought at fairs or where the coin came with an older ticket. I'm tempted to build a nice coin box (Meat man inspired) as there are plenty of tools at my family's home in Ireland and I've enjoyed word work in the past. However, I'm quite busy at the moment and I have a friend who is a talented joiner who I might commission for a small project. Any thoughts, comments, or advice would be appreciated! [ATTACH=full]1629482[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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