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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Parthicus, post: 2623096, member: 81887&quot;]Oh, and two notable royal collectors were King Farouk of Egypt (reigned 1936- 1952) and King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (reigned 1900- 1946).&nbsp; Farouk was mainly into &quot;showy&quot; coins, especially gold, and is well-known as having had one of the 1933 US $20 gold coins.&nbsp; (He was a voracious collector, who also left significant collections of antique furniture, fine art, automobiles, and one of the largest privately-held collections of pornography ever.)&nbsp; Victor Emmanuel was a more academic and focused collector, who wrote several important books on the coinage of Italy, and his collection is now housed in the Museo Nazionale Romano.&nbsp; Interestingly, Farouk died in exile in Italy, while Victor Emmanuel died in exile in Egypt.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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