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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gallienus, post: 25507015, member: 42034&quot;]Unfortunately the museum curator was too busy to talk w/ me but I&#039;ve the following surprising observations of the coinage display at the Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier in Trier, Germany.&nbsp; Wiki info is here</p><p>&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rheinisches_Landesmuseum_Trier" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rheinisches_Landesmuseum_Trier" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rheinisches_Landesmuseum_Trier</a></p><p><br /></p><p>As far as the coins on display, they seem to do a superb job on display and conservation.&nbsp; For example they have on display a heavy milarense of Constantine or Constantine II (I forget which) ca. 320&#039;s or 340&#039;s AD. It is held up by 3 pins against a black background.&nbsp; This is a high purity silver coin. The coin appears to be brilliant UNC or ch AU.&nbsp; It shows no sign of tarnish or corrosion.&nbsp; They have a number of Roman Republican (J. Caesar) denarii displayed similarly.&nbsp; I can only imagine that the coin was treated with some sort of oxidation inhibitor to maintain it&#039;s brilliant color.&nbsp; I know I&#039;ve a problem with silver ancients tarnishing to grey once I get them from coin dealers.&nbsp; I use silica gel for moisture control and keep everything as air tight as possible but have problems preventing tarnishing.&nbsp; I&#039;d like to find out how they do this.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coinage displays at this museum are very well done and are by far the most crowded part of the museum.&nbsp; Even when the rest of the museum is empty, often the coinage displays are crowded and people are looking at things.&nbsp; I&#039;ve noticed the same, last year to a lesser extent, with the coinage displays in The British Museum, London.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is good in that it mantains popular interest in ancient coinage.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also I think they bring high school classes in to force the students to look at the ancient history displays and coinage.&nbsp; This is not the rule in the US as we instead focus on &#039;other issues&#039; in instructing our youth.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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