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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 3261538, member: 10461&quot;]While this is not exclusively about ancient coins, I was really absorbed in it when my father gave me a copy.&nbsp; The photos showed all kinds of types I had never seen before.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>It was around 5 BC when I got the book.&nbsp; That&#039;s five years Before Computer in my case; circa 1994.&nbsp; I didn&#039;t have the Internet at my fingertips to show me all those amazing coins I otherwise never would have gotten to see.&nbsp; This book helped me &quot;travel the world&quot; in that sense.</p><p><br /></p><p>I still have it, in a dilapidated and dogeared state.&nbsp; Loved that book to death, I did.</p><p><br /></p><p>Picture borrowed from <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Coin-Atlas-Coinage-Origins-Present/dp/0816020973?ref_=mw_olp_product_details" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.amazon.com/Coin-Atlas-Coinage-Origins-Present/dp/0816020973?ref_=mw_olp_product_details" rel="nofollow">Amazon</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]858062[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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