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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3154326, member: 19463"]Since the advent of digital photos, we have seen more images of coins enlarged to fit the space making a hemiobol and dekadrachm the same size on our screens. Printed catalogs of the last century were much more likely to show coins in 'exact size' making sestertii easy to tell from asses. I started recording the weights of my coins decades ago but still have not added a field for diameter in my database but now try to remember to measure new coins and write it on my file cards. I still make a 3x5" card for each new coin as I had done for years before I had a computer database. I have not seen the earliest ones for many years since I started the computer file but I still find it easier to look at a card that dig out a computer list for some uses.</p><p><br /></p><p>Is this a good idea?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]808741[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3154326, member: 19463"]Since the advent of digital photos, we have seen more images of coins enlarged to fit the space making a hemiobol and dekadrachm the same size on our screens. Printed catalogs of the last century were much more likely to show coins in 'exact size' making sestertii easy to tell from asses. I started recording the weights of my coins decades ago but still have not added a field for diameter in my database but now try to remember to measure new coins and write it on my file cards. I still make a 3x5" card for each new coin as I had done for years before I had a computer database. I have not seen the earliest ones for many years since I started the computer file but I still find it easier to look at a card that dig out a computer list for some uses. Is this a good idea? [ATTACH=full]808741[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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