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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I came across this cool box to store some of my Romans. But then I remembered wood is a no no. Has anyone stored ancients in wood or is this an urban legend?   |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Some kinds of wood are OK. Others are not good. I don't remember what the good ones are.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1120 Posts |
I believe mahogany is ok.
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Moderator
 United States
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"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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That looks like a fantastic box for storing Romans. I think the concern with wood is that the environment might cause toning on uncirculated coins, but I wouldn't think that would be a problem with ancients.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
36800 Posts |
Its a nice looking box. I prefer anything air tight or nearly for storing coins though.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1120 Posts |
I'm thinking of possibly making the holes a bit bigger to accommodate capsules. I like storing my favs in them, easy to take out when I want to hold a bit of history.  |
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CCF Advertiser
United States
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You gonna match the emperors on the front of the box for the spot inside the box? That would be quite a challenge!
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
90 Posts |
Traditionally rose wood was the go to cabinet material, however modern conservators shy away from using anything organic.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
4208 Posts |
The problem is indeed usually more in the felt and the glue, but some woods will cause a fair bit of chemical change. That looks like plywood - a no-no in my books. You can bypass the issue by isolating the coins from the wood in airtites as suggested, or you can treat the wood.
The real problem with the box is that you'd be hard pressed to get all the emperors shown on top - a Uranius Antoninus coin will set you back $1k on its own.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
36800 Posts |
Putting the coin in capsules then in the box is a good solution.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Agree, but you don't have much room to enlarge these holes.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1120 Posts |
No I don't have much room there, I don't think it can be done with existing piece of wood. I bought it anyway, maybe I can do something with it or just go without capsules. The holes are only 22mm. In any case if anyone is interested this guys makes them and sells on ebay. https://www.ebay.com/itm/AWESOME-Ha...vP:rk:1:pf:0 |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Clodius Macer? Vindix? Jotapian? That's just plain mean.
It's a neat idea, but the holes would drive me crazy. A full box would almost certainly run upwards of "new sports car" expensive, at which point would you really want them in a box you have to open to look at?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Just an update, I canceled the order. I felt so bad because, he gave me a deep discount after telling him I was going to use it in my classroom. But yes Finn, the 2 factors that made me reconsider was the holes are too small and unless I hit the lottery, I would never be able to afford some of the emperors. But it gave me a pretty good idea as to how to make one.
I've done coin cleaning projects with my students, but we always end up with coins from the Constantinian era. This box wouldn't help much in displaying them.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looking at the box a bit more closely:
1) You would actually be hard-pressed to find a sub-22mm coin of any emperor between Philip I and Gallienus; Denarii of those emperors are exceedingly rare, and antoninianii at least through and including Decius are usually over 23mm. The only other option are provincials (also usually larger) and sestertii.
2) Speaking of those emperors, an entire row is missing! The box doesn't have Decius, Herennia Etruscilla, Herennius Etruscus, Hostilian, Trebonianus Gallus, Volusian, Aemilian, Cornelia Suprera (Ha!), Valerian, Mariniana... and while we're at it, it skips over Marius and Victorinus, and also skips over Tacitus and Florian straight from Severina to Probus? And why does it have uber-rare Jotapian but not Macrianus or Quietus, who are actually affordable?
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Posted 11/18/2018 11:45 am
