Posted 02/17/2009 5:07 pm
I prefer to keep ancients in flips, rather than 2x2s, for several reasons:
- The size issue, as already mentioned - a thick, dumpy, 3-D ancient just doesn't sit and stack as nicely in a 2x2 as modern coins do.
- The extra stretching and distortion of the plastic makes imaging an ancient in a 2x2 even more challenging than a modern coin.
- Ancient coins often have subtle details and differences that can be hard to spot sitting inside a 2x2.
Generally, if I buy an ancient coin that's already in a 2x2, it stays in there, unless much of the information the dealer records on it is wrong, or I need to image it for the forums or my coin club magazine, or I simply want to have a closer look at the details. Once it's out, it doesn't go back in.
- The size issue, as already mentioned - a thick, dumpy, 3-D ancient just doesn't sit and stack as nicely in a 2x2 as modern coins do.
- The extra stretching and distortion of the plastic makes imaging an ancient in a 2x2 even more challenging than a modern coin.
- Ancient coins often have subtle details and differences that can be hard to spot sitting inside a 2x2.
Generally, if I buy an ancient coin that's already in a 2x2, it stays in there, unless much of the information the dealer records on it is wrong, or I need to image it for the forums or my coin club magazine, or I simply want to have a closer look at the details. Once it's out, it doesn't go back in.
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