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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 7751129, member: 57495"]Yes, it does! While I wouldn't consider the 10 coins that comprised my first purchase of ancients to be especially nice, I did enjoy re-photographing them some years later. I had neglected them for newer/prettier/more interesting coins subsequently purchased, but it was nostalgic to pull each of them out again for awhile.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1327122[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>More recently - maybe about a week ago - I got out my first denarius of Antoninus Pius on a whim and did get that feeling of rediscovering a nice coin. I also took the opportunity to update its photograph and was quite pleased with the results. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1327123[/ATTACH]<b>ANTONINUS PIUS with MARCUS AURELIUS</b></p><p>AR Denarius. 3.44g, 18.9mm. Rome mint, AD 140 AD. RIC 417a. O: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, laureate head right. R: AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG PII F COS, bare head right.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 7751129, member: 57495"]Yes, it does! While I wouldn't consider the 10 coins that comprised my first purchase of ancients to be especially nice, I did enjoy re-photographing them some years later. I had neglected them for newer/prettier/more interesting coins subsequently purchased, but it was nostalgic to pull each of them out again for awhile. [ATTACH=full]1327122[/ATTACH] More recently - maybe about a week ago - I got out my first denarius of Antoninus Pius on a whim and did get that feeling of rediscovering a nice coin. I also took the opportunity to update its photograph and was quite pleased with the results. [ATTACH=full]1327123[/ATTACH][B]ANTONINUS PIUS with MARCUS AURELIUS[/B] AR Denarius. 3.44g, 18.9mm. Rome mint, AD 140 AD. RIC 417a. O: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, laureate head right. R: AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG PII F COS, bare head right.[/QUOTE]
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