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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Only a Poor Old Man, post: 8280878, member: 111037&quot;]Hello everybody, it has been a long time since I have been active on CoinTalk. Real-life and its hectic aspects has meant that my coin collecting has subsided somewhat. In fact, I actually had to sell/consign some of my coins, but I guess I am happy to only have a small eclectic set of specimens that talk to me historically and aesthetically.</p><p><br /></p><p>One collecting area though that is still strong for me is antique books. And I recently acquired one that could pretty much be regarded as a numismatic one (even though the title doesn&#039;t imply it). It is pretty much covered with pretty coin drawings on almost every single page! I thought I should share a tiny sample with you.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1462493[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1462494[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1462495[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1462496[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1462497[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1462498[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1462499[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1462500[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1462501[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1462504[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>As you can see, the coin drawings are idealistic rather than accurate depictions of specific samples, even though they were obviously based on some. And as my Latin are rather rusty, I would appreciate if someone is able to share a general idea of how the author is trying to elaborate on the book&#039;s subject based on the coin thematology.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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