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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 2875627, member: 39&quot;]Wow, that was cool! But of course a miniature chocolate factory, that is just torture. Gimme the real thing, including lots of samples. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Incidentally, I just returned from a weekend trip to Rome. Saw the Colosseum too (the big one, hehe) and the fabulous coin collection at the Palazzo Massimo alle Terme: <a href="http://archeoroma.beniculturali.it/musei/museo-nazionale-romano/palazzo-massimo/medagliere" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://archeoroma.beniculturali.it/musei/museo-nazionale-romano/palazzo-massimo/medagliere" rel="nofollow">http://archeoroma.beniculturali.it/musei/museo-nazionale-romano/palazzo-massimo/medagliere</a> (in Italian; the &quot;English&quot; button works for the menu items etc. but not for the actual text). Thousands of ancient, medieval and modern coins, mostly collected by Francesco Gnecchi and king Vittorio Emanuele III, are on display there. They even show tools of ancient counterfeiters. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>What was also interesting was a visit to the Mint (IPZS) Museum. We were a group of collectors and had made an appointment before; you cannot simply walk in. The museum not only has Italian (mostly kingdom and republic) coinage but also many machines and instruments that were used for coin production, from pantographs to presses. Even better, we had two guides, and one of them turned out to be Valerio de Seta, one of the mint&#039;s designers and engravers. Oh, and the weather was definitely better than here in Germany ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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