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Edited by RenaL
07/04/2007 07:15 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Interesting!! Thanks for sharing.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That was cool. I've never seen so many ancient coins and in such great shape all in one place. What were the numbers written on some of the coins? I'm assuming the writing was on a mylar holder and not the coin  |
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Australia
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Thanks for the picture show RenaL
Makes you wonder what else is around to be discovered.
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 United States
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Czech Republic
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Very cool pictures and coins!
Ken - the writing is often found on coins came from museums. They use grease pen to write inventory numbers. I've seen some pieces where the marker pen itself was dissolved, using Acetone or other solvent, but the toning underneath remained very different from the rest of the coin without any way to remove it, except for acidic dip.
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Pillar Of The Community
 Turkey
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Yep, those numbers are on coins :(
Since they are treated no different than other historical artifacts, they are labeled too.
I have no idea if the numbers can be cleaned without any harm.
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United States
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Thanks RenaL & TwoKopeiki, it makes sense that a museum would catalog stuff it just kinda hurts seeing how hey did it
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Australia
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That's an awesome collection on display there. It's nice to see a local museum putting their coins on show, rather than sitting in a dusty cabinet where nobody sees them. Especially for a country like Turkey, with strict cultural heritage laws.
As for the numbers, as RenaL says, the coins are treated as any other artefact - and for a museum, it's of paramount importance that an artefact not be disconnected from it's identity, context and provenance. There's nothing researchers and museum staff hate more than finding a "lost" or "unidentified" object in their collections.
If and when such items are eventually sold, many collectors appreciate the "collection numbers" staying on their coins - it's part of their provenance, proof that the coin was "ex museum collection". Not that the Turkish museums are going to be selling off their coins anytime soon.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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France
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 WOW great coins RenaL ! Thanks for the visit of Antalya Museum  |
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Egypt
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Wow! They have quite the collection.
Thanks for taking the photo's as I doubt I'd ever make it to that Museum to see the display for myself.
So many coins, you'd think they would give away a few to the visitors. LOL
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Canada
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You have posted some interesting photos here. Thank you.
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Turkey
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Toast, I just wish I had a security guy watching me as I was taking the photos. I guess he thought I was a foreign tourist so he didn't say a word while I was leaning the camera to the glass and drooling  |
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United States
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RenaL - Very interesting group of coins. I am always interested in accumulations in museums. I always look for counterfeits and restrikes (within series that I am familiar with). I was interested in the Maria Theresa Thaler. This link does not work and I can not figure out why - but the coin is the 14th link listed in the second group of links. Just go to the top and click on the link ending with "eum/01-7". http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y8...eum/01-7.jpgI was wondering how that coin was labelled? It is a restrike (made after 1850), not an original and was wondering if they identified it as such? The key diagnostics are the S.F. below the bust which is NOT found on originals, the square top on the A on the obverse and the shape of the letter U in AUST. The originals are U but the restrikes are V.
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07/07/2007 09:47 am
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United Kingdom
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Thank you very much RenaL, great shots! sorry swamperbob,: <<Page not found .but while you're at Photobucket, why not try:>> |
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