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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 2237430, member: 15445&quot;][ATTACH=full]440845[/ATTACH]</p><p>The Bode has 4 or 5 rooms for public coin displays.&nbsp; This one room had a big bulky modern Canadian gold coin.&nbsp; Although the signage didn’t actually state it, I believe it is on loan to the Staatliche from the stevex6 collection.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]440847[/ATTACH]</p><p>There was also some modern gold on display that would entertain most collectors of UK material.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]440846[/ATTACH]</p><p>That’s enough modern material.&nbsp; Time to explore the older items:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]440844[/ATTACH]</p><p>All the coins are displayed so that you can get your face right up close &amp; photos are permitted.&nbsp; All the pictures in this thread were taken with my phone using the museum’s ambient lighting. </p><p>In most cases, you can only see one side of the coin.&nbsp; This Sicily coin probably has a nice rabbit on the other side but we can only imagine what it looks like.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]440843[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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