"Anka" wrote in message
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Fletch wrote:
Useful not for the numerical grade, but for authentication and
(important to
me) protection of the coin.

--Keith


I dunno, Keith. My oldest ancient dates from 450 B.C. or thereabouts.
With a little TLC, your ancients could last a few more millennia. I
just bristle at the thought of a 2,000 year old coin in a plastic
coffin. But that's just me.



Anka


And me. I want to feel history in my hand and think of all the hands it was
in before mine and of the empires it has seen rise and fall. Tough to do if
its locked up in plastic.