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Message:: [QUOTE="Nicholas Molinari, post: 3137597, member: 78411"]I just met a really interesting young lady who is both blind and autistic, and collects US and Canadian coins and also various tokens.  She handed me her bag of coins, which included dozens of various coins and tokens from the late 19th and early 20th century, and she was able to identify them ALL, including dates and major devices, by feel and SOUND.  That's right, she would feel it in her fingers and lift it to her ear to hear the sound it made as she rubbed it.  She couldn't quite articulate what was different from coin to coin, just that it had a slightly different feel and sound.  I thought it was amazing how she could do this and just had to share it. I brought her some ancients, of course, and she was delighted.  A follis of Justinian I, big and chunky, a denarius of Julia Domna, and a 1/16th shekel from Tyre(a gift to me which was re-gifted). I figured a Greek, Roman, and Byzantine would be a good start.  I'm excited for the next time I visit. [ATTACH=full]801433[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]801434[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]801435[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]