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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3576697, member: 10461"]Agreed. I seldom have my actual coins out in front of me anymore, and mostly view them on a monitor. </p><p><br /></p><p>This is kind of strange, but it works for me. Just knowing that I have the actual coins in my ownership, if not in hand, is good enough for me. It's certainly a 21st century way of collecting.</p><p><br /></p><p>I did have them out of the safe deposit box today, for the first time in a while, and laid eyes on the actual pieces while adding the stuff that just came back from PCGS. </p><p><br /></p><p>Some were kind of surprising. For instance, this Egyptian coin is smaller than I remembered it being, and in hand, it is much lighter in color- mostly white. The toning only shows under certain lighting conditions. It is not an expensive piece.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><a href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/rvD39xrqp67PxLZaXrJm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/rvD39xrqp67PxLZaXrJm" rel="nofollow">Egypt: silver 2 piastres of King Farouk, AH 1356 (1937)</a></font></font></b></p><p><b><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/2rewid5jRA6HGZ4z37kA_34678507_Large.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></b></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><a href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/34678507" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/34678507" rel="nofollow">PCGS MS62</a>; population 6 with 9 higher as of 5/20/2019.</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This recent addition is really impressive in hand. I have had medals and jetons, but this is the first big high-relief one I've had. At 41 mm or so, it barely fits in a standard Gold Shield holder. (Standard length and width, that is. The holder is thicker than a normal PCGS slab.)</p><p><br /></p><p><b><a href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/XJ3a9tnXh3eBotr8EVTs/nbFvchb7PippT2TZ8lzb" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/XJ3a9tnXh3eBotr8EVTs/nbFvchb7PippT2TZ8lzb" rel="nofollow"><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">France: gilt bronze Napoleon Bonaparte medal by Antoine Bovy; special specimen striking for Napoleon's 1840 Paris funeral</font></font></a></b></p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/ObaDaCSQR1mhlgfCCz6g_32592814_Large.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><a href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/32592814" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/32592814" rel="nofollow">PCGS SP64</a>; population 1- the only example certified by PCGS as of 6/20/19. </font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3576697, member: 10461"]Agreed. I seldom have my actual coins out in front of me anymore, and mostly view them on a monitor. This is kind of strange, but it works for me. Just knowing that I have the actual coins in my ownership, if not in hand, is good enough for me. It's certainly a 21st century way of collecting. I did have them out of the safe deposit box today, for the first time in a while, and laid eyes on the actual pieces while adding the stuff that just came back from PCGS. Some were kind of surprising. For instance, this Egyptian coin is smaller than I remembered it being, and in hand, it is much lighter in color- mostly white. The toning only shows under certain lighting conditions. It is not an expensive piece. [B][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5][URL='https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/rvD39xrqp67PxLZaXrJm']Egypt: silver 2 piastres of King Farouk, AH 1356 (1937)[/URL][/SIZE][/FONT] [IMG]https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/2rewid5jRA6HGZ4z37kA_34678507_Large.jpg[/IMG][/B] [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5][URL='https://www.pcgs.com/cert/34678507']PCGS MS62[/URL]; population 6 with 9 higher as of 5/20/2019.[/SIZE][/FONT] This recent addition is really impressive in hand. I have had medals and jetons, but this is the first big high-relief one I've had. At 41 mm or so, it barely fits in a standard Gold Shield holder. (Standard length and width, that is. The holder is thicker than a normal PCGS slab.) [B][URL='https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/XJ3a9tnXh3eBotr8EVTs/nbFvchb7PippT2TZ8lzb'][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5]France: gilt bronze Napoleon Bonaparte medal by Antoine Bovy; special specimen striking for Napoleon's 1840 Paris funeral[/SIZE][/FONT][/URL][/B] [IMG]https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/ObaDaCSQR1mhlgfCCz6g_32592814_Large.jpg[/IMG] [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5][URL='https://www.pcgs.com/cert/32592814']PCGS SP64[/URL]; population 1- the only example certified by PCGS as of 6/20/19. [/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE]
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