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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 25380770, member: 10461&quot;]I was going through my SDBs the other night.&nbsp; It was my first time looking at my coins in hand in a while.&nbsp; (90+% of the time I view my collection online- I know that makes me different from some of you in that regard.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Aside from the unflattering fluorescent light in the office, one thing that struck me is how <i>small</i> a lot of my coins are.&nbsp; For years my budget&nbsp; limited me to minors, and I didn&#039;t add a lot of my crowns and sestertii and Seated/Trade dollars, double eagles, etc. until later.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some of the ancients are tiny, even.</p><p><br /></p><p>In hand, the big dollars and crowns and sestertii were much more impressive, while the smaller stuff shines more online.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>In <a href="https://www.colleconline.com/en/collections/4508/lordmarcovan" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.colleconline.com/en/collections/4508/lordmarcovan" rel="nofollow">my online galleries</a>, where all the photos are the same size regardless of the diameter of the coin, they’re all kind of equalized.</p><p><br /></p><p>I guess diminishing eyesight as one ages contributes to the preference for bigger coins somewhat.&nbsp; But bigger coins are definitely more popular, and I can see why.</p><p><br /></p><p>(&quot;<i>Duh, thanks, Captain Obvious</i>&quot;, I hear you say.&nbsp; &quot;<i>Tell us something we didn&#039;t already know</i>.&quot;)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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