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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2490153, member: 19463"]I agree fully. Anyone who defines their collection by what it does not include will never find happiness in the hobby. The Big Dogs play rough. On the other hand, I was impressed by what I saw as some thought put into coin selection. She only had three Pescennius Niger coins including a very ordinary denarius, a very nice Provincial and a rather beat up Indian copy of an aureus. Medium dog stuff...Still the kind of material for people who own Mercedes the company not just a five year old C class (or, in my case, a Honda). </p><p><br /></p><p>Not long ago someone posted a photo of coin cabinets in the museum in Berlin. Their containers are better than mine but I can't handle their coins and I can mine so mine are better. Whatever you do, don't visit the British Museum. Might be depressing, if you let it be. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie77" alt=":pompous:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2490153, member: 19463"]I agree fully. Anyone who defines their collection by what it does not include will never find happiness in the hobby. The Big Dogs play rough. On the other hand, I was impressed by what I saw as some thought put into coin selection. She only had three Pescennius Niger coins including a very ordinary denarius, a very nice Provincial and a rather beat up Indian copy of an aureus. Medium dog stuff...Still the kind of material for people who own Mercedes the company not just a five year old C class (or, in my case, a Honda). Not long ago someone posted a photo of coin cabinets in the museum in Berlin. Their containers are better than mine but I can't handle their coins and I can mine so mine are better. Whatever you do, don't visit the British Museum. Might be depressing, if you let it be. :pompous:[/QUOTE]
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