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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 2638402, member: 15445&quot;]It’s mid-week so here’s a fun pile-on thread. Please post your coins that are in someway thick (3D) and possibly difficult to store. I can start by posting these phat examples:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]581646[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]581645[/ATTACH] </p><p>This first one is an Aegean Turtle Stater which is round like a marble.&nbsp; I speculate that the original planchet was basically spherical &amp; the weak strike didn’t do much to flatten it to a disk shape.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]581647[/ATTACH] </p><p>This DiShekel was just manufactured with an inordinately thick planchet.&nbsp; The coin doesn’t include a particularly high relief design. It’s just that the darn planchet is over 5.5 mm thick</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]581648[/ATTACH] </p><p>Here, the owl is struck within the incuse square leaving a really thick rim below the owl.&nbsp; This coin has always been challenging to fit into a holder because the lower finned edge is over 7.5 mm thick</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]581652[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]581654[/ATTACH] </p><p>These two beauties are just plain phat. They include very high relief designs.&nbsp; The challenge I have is keeping the high points from receiving contact. Storing coins like these in slabs has helped me to protect the high points.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I’ve got a couple more that are deliberately bent by the mint and are challenging to fit in the collection.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Please post ‘em if you got ‘em.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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