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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 3755172, member: 39&quot;]Took the link out as it seems to be dead - after all, this topic is about 15 years old. But hey, I needed an opportunity to brag! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This past weekend I was in Brussels with some members of a coin forum, and one of the highlights was a tour at the KBR (Royal Library). The director of the coins and medals department showed us some pieces in the library&#039;s vast collection. We saw many great coins, including very rare pieces such as this one:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1006588[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1006589[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a coincard with a commemorative €2 coin (not silver of course) that was never issued. The mint had to melt all pieces down - well, almost all of them. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The next one should be in the Ancients forum, but since this is a mixed topic, I&#039;ll just write about it here. We saw precisely this Aetna Tetradrachm when our guide took it out of one of the many drawers ...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1006593[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1006594[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Some information about this coin: <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetradrachme_van_Aetna" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetradrachme_van_Aetna" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia (Dutch)</a> / <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tétradrachme_d'Aitna" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tétradrachme_d'Aitna" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia (French)</a> / <a href="https://www.europeana.eu/portal/en/record/92002/BibliographicResource_1000093325356_source.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.europeana.eu/portal/en/record/92002/BibliographicResource_1000093325356_source.html" rel="nofollow">Europeana (English)</a>. And yes, each of us was allowed to hold this thing. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Another guy in our group said he will not wash his hands at least for several weeks, hehe.</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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