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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3162809, member: 56859&quot;]I have to agree with IdesOfMarch and jamesicus about the use of bold and italic for the body of messages.&nbsp; It&#039;s just as off-putting and abrasive as reading a message typed entirely in capital letters.</p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps in personal emails it is fine because the message is probably not surrounded by other fonts, but on a forum such as this it jumps out and is visually disruptive.&nbsp; I feel it is better to use the intended font weight, style, and size for the bodies of messages, reserving other weights, fonts, styles, and colors for special uses such as headings.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the collectibility of modern fakes, some have their own place in history and their own appeal.&nbsp; Here&#039;s a Robert Ready electrotype I enjoy having:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/readyelectrotype-rt-jpg.463688/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>KYRENAIKA, Kyrene</b></p><p><b>modern copy by electrotypist Robert Ready</b></p><p>host coin, c. 410-400 BCE, acquired by the British Museum in 1872</p><p>AR &quot;tetradrachm&quot;, 27 mm, 16.64 gm</p><p>Obv: Bearded head of Zeus-Ammon, wearing tainia with uraeus-like ornament at forehead, facing slightly left within laurel wreath</p><p>Rev: silphium plant; K V P A N A (split between fields, retrograde K)</p><p>Edge: initials R R</p><p>Ref: BMC 77 (host coin); B.V. Head. <i>A guide to the principal coins of the Greeks, from circ. 700 B.C. to A.D. 270</i>. London. 1965 pl. 20, 61 (host coin); host coin BM accession number 1872,0709.361; B.V. Head. <i>A Guide to the Select Greek and Roman Coins Exhibited in Electrotype</i>, London. 1880. Period III C #44.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/readyelectrotypesideview-1000-jpg.463701/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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