IgorS Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 I recently visited the Smithsonian at Washington DC, specifically the Museum of American History.As you might know, the collection of Russian coins once owned by Grand Duke Georgii Mimkhailovich Romanov "lives" there. Coins were not on public view at the museum for a long time, but finally some coins went back on display and the exhibit was open to public yesterday. I have a few blurry pictures showing the layout and the feel. Hopefully Alex can help me in posting them here. Better pictures will be available in the near future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kopeikin Posted July 3, 2015 Report Share Posted July 3, 2015 Interesting. I did not know this collection is at Smithsonian. Looking forward to see the pictures. When I will happen to be in Washington DC will definately go to look at the collection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IgorS Posted July 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2015 Well, not the entire collection is on display, but only the highlights. The rest is in the back rooms in the Numismatic Department. Some explanation on how coins ended up at the Smithsonian is here: http://americanhistory.si.edu/numismatics/russianc/russ.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corina Posted July 3, 2015 Report Share Posted July 3, 2015 very cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squirrel Posted July 3, 2015 Report Share Posted July 3, 2015 pics from the Grand Dukes Collection at the Smithsonian, I took on a visit in 2003, are in this old thread... http://www.coinpeople.com/index.php/topic/22308-1811-2k-overstruck-mintmark/?p=439391 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IgorS Posted July 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2015 I posted pictures here as well: http://staraya-moneta.ru/forum/messages/forum16/topic75396/message683164/#message683164 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted July 3, 2015 Report Share Posted July 3, 2015 Very nice! I really like how some of the large coins appear very distinctive from a distance. In particular the copper plate, Sestroretsk ruble as well as the Japanese oban. Think there's the silver hryvnia as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extant4cell Posted July 4, 2015 Report Share Posted July 4, 2015 I wish I could visit it any time soon... Happy to help with posting larger pictures, if you still need help with that. Thank you for the update IgorS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squirrel Posted July 4, 2015 Report Share Posted July 4, 2015 Very nice! I really like how some of the large coins appear very distinctive from a distance. In particular the copper plate, Sestroretsk ruble as well as the Japanese oban. Think there's the silver hryvnia as well? The presentation gives great context, comparing and contrasting small coins with large coins, round coins, square coins gold, silver, copper, etc I think it adds quite a bit of interest. This is why i enjoy your presentations, such as the Paul type set you just created, Gx! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted July 5, 2015 Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 squirrel - the beautiful of using photoshop is that you can arrange any set the way you like it. It does take a bit of time to get your heads around it. Once you have it setup, it should not take too long to make one. I reckon I had that Paul I pages done in about 2 hours or so. That included retaking some photos as they were not too good in the first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extant4cell Posted July 5, 2015 Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 Pictures from IgorS: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extant4cell Posted July 7, 2015 Report Share Posted July 7, 2015 IgorS, is that OK if I'll post the information and pictures on CFN, or if you could do that here http://coins.su/forum/index.php?showtopic=111960&page=4 by yourself? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IgorS Posted July 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2015 Yes, go ahead and post it. I am not registered at coins.su Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extant4cell Posted July 9, 2015 Report Share Posted July 9, 2015 Great, thanks for that, I'll do this a little later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted July 9, 2015 Report Share Posted July 9, 2015 First picture in #11 is upside down btw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extant4cell Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 It looks better that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extant4cell Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 Here is one more coin from GM collection (from Smithsonian images archive): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 It looks better that way. Not when the text on the oban is clearly upside down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extant4cell Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 I agree, it's up side down, didn't notice when put it up, as was focusing on the last 2 pictures of coins... I changed the pic to normal orientation now. Here are the last two: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extant4cell Posted July 11, 2015 Report Share Posted July 11, 2015 (re: from image archive on amhistory.si.edu ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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