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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 3253780, member: 10461&quot;]Saturnalia won&#039;t be so secret this year, on my end.&nbsp; My recipient and I have known each other for 25 years, so I knew any attempt at secrecy was likely to be futile.</p><p><br /></p><p>Furthermore, since he&#039;s gone full time as a professional dealer, I knew I had little hope of finding a <i>coin</i> that would impress him, on my paltry budget.&nbsp; Which leaves books, but he&#039;s got a huge library and I wouldn&#039;t have the savvy to know what to get in the book department.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, I think he&#039;ll enjoy this set of 1880 William Mackenzie engravings, since they depict both ancient and medieval coins, which we share an interest in.</p><p><br /></p><p>The secret&#039;s out, since I had watchlisted a couple of different items, and had narrowed it down to three choices.&nbsp; So I opted to let him pick among those final selections rather than risk giving something he wasn&#039;t that crazy about.</p><p><br /></p><p>He chose these four 19th century engravings instead of a single 17th century engraving which showed one coin.&nbsp; (I also had a French jeton watchlisted for him.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Good choice, I think.&nbsp; They&#039;ll look nice in either his home library or his shop.</p><p><br /></p><p>They&#039;re in transit from the UK now.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://bookzangle.com/images/books/00395/258356.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://bookzangle.com/images/books/00395/258356_2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://bookzangle.com/images/books/00395/258356_3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://bookzangle.com/images/books/00395/258356_4.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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