So how do you
handle ancient coins?
Well, at
Triton and Gemini the last two days, viewers
had coins out of their sleeves and under the lights with loops for better viewing.
Bronze, silver, gold, $40 coins and $40,000 coins.
People held them by the edges, laid them flat in the
palm of their hand, etc.
Unless you just pulled your hand out of a jelly
jar, I venture to guess that washed
hands and white gloves are not really necessary.
How do you store your coins?
Well I have heard that
wood cabinets of many
types can emit vapors which adversely affect the coins.
However, the Jacob Stein
collection in Gemini
had a high percentage of beautifully rainbowed silver coins. The guess by HJB's folks was that the
collection was stored in a coin cabinet that emitted vapors which rainbowed the coins.
My first request was that they find out what
type of cabinet he owned, so I could store mine similarly.
BR
Mark