Smithsonian Coin Exhibition 2010 Visit
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A couple of years ago, 2010 during Summer, we visited the museums in D.C. I was a little let down by the presentation of the exhibit but the coins were real eye candy. Today I was going over the photos I took of the coins back then. Please do not expect the best of pictures because I took them with a small camera through a glass wall. I hope you enjoy them:
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eric
<< <i>What sucks is if anyone noticed, that hook/holder thats holding the coins at 12 o clock has scratched/damaged that area of the coins
Most of them look improperly handled....
how many of them do you think would come back as having issues if they tried to grade them?
<< <i>What sucks is if anyone noticed, that hook/holder thats holding the coins at 12 o clock has scratched/damaged that area of the coins
Then you better not look at the Pine Tree Shilling in the Met! It is highly polished on what appears to be a weekly basis!
Eric
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Basically, a numismatic museum that housed an example of each coin in existence (Yes, I know how monumental that would be). Each coin would be slabbed (Let's say in a nice PCGS slab).
This museum would have seating area's where you can look in a computer at their inventory (To see if it is on hand, when it will be available or how many other people are waiting to see said coin (The que).
Once you locate the coin that you would like to see you hit the request button and the coin is retrieved from the vault via a computerized automated system all behind secure glass/plastic. The coin would then be brought to you within a small secure chamber located at your cubical. I envision the slab being held on on two sides by two steel rods to minimize hindrance of viewing the coin. Along side the glass enclosure (Of course steel re-enforced) there would be a way to rotate the slab to be able to see the other side.
When you are done marveling at the coin, the machine would zip it back safe into the vault.
During the day, the bank of coins would raise up from the secure underground vault and would sit behind a wall of bullet proof glass. Looking at this wall you see thousands of coins all stacked up with a minimal distance between them (Just enough for the machine to zip up like a soda machine and extract the coin that you want). As soon as you plug in the coin you want, you can watch the arms zip away and gingerly pluck your coin from the wall.
After closing hours, the entire wall of coins sings into the vault to be secured for the night.
Just a dream I had is all,
Ray
First time I have seen the 1906 Barber - neat !!
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I'll probably go back this year with my DSLR and try to be a little bit more patient to get the right shots. I went on a busy weekend and was only carrying a regular point and shoot. The pictures turned out okay considering the camera; but, given the coins on display I wish I had a better camera in hand.
The exhibit itself is kind of disappointing. It's small and the coins only display the obverse. I wish they had something a little bit more high tech (like they do for the precious stones display). Maybe secure glass displays or something like that...