First I snap the AirTites into thick stock cardboard mounts that you can buy online at the AirTite website, then I slide the cards into a little rectangular box made for that very purpose. You have to pull the cards out of the box to see the coins, but they look great.
I have a set of Lincoln cents I'm building in 19mm Airtites. Right now I've got em in 9-coin easels, with 6 easels to a binder, but I don't really like that particularly.
I always figured that once I got around to it, I'd build or buy a small cabinet with multiple, shallow drawers, then make inserts for the cabinet made of 1/2" or 1/4" solid oak planks, with holes drilled through so that the AirTites fit (relatively loosely) in a pattern in the drawer. The coins would rest on the bottom of the drawer, organized by the pattern of holes in the planks.
I'd also probably drill in a thumb-hole for each coin so that each individual coin could be removed easily.
First I think I'll concentrate on filling all those holes in the binders :-)
I always figured that once I got around to it, I'd build or buy a small cabinet with multiple, shallow drawers, then make inserts for the cabinet made of 1/2" or 1/4" solid oak planks, .......
Bad idea, wood, particularly oak, puts off a lot of gasses that are harmful to coins. That's why coin cabinets are largely a thing of the past.
But if you insist on using a coin cabinet, then mahogany is the wood of choice - the only wood of choice. And even it is not harmless, but it is less harmful than all others.
My employer has access to a great deal of thick plastic billet stock (ABS, UHMW, etc) -- maybe I'll look to that as an option in a non-wood cabinet.
We need to team up! I have access to a machine shop.
The hard plastic 2x2 boxes do a decent job of holding the 'I' size Air-Tites with rings. (I just counted 38 Air-Tites in the 100 2x2 size blue plastic box. Not as bad, bulkwise, as I thought!)
The other sizes rattle around too much to suit me. I guess we need to be on the lookout for different size boxes!
I too like the cute easels, 900 fine, and the Air-Tite card type boxes, BigH, but they do take a lot of room.
I really like displaying 2x2s in 3 ring binder pages.
The storage boxes for 2x2s really allow you to pack them into a small area.
Doug has recently convinced me that most nice coins need Air-tites but I'm unsure of how to handle the increased size of the Air-tites.
Anyone have some ideas?
Ever consider this type of presentation? I am working on a BU Red collection of Lincolns, and keeping current on Canadian Commerative Silver dollars, and I got them showcased in airtights within this type of arrangement.
I think the trays were approx 25 bucks Canadian and the aluminium case was 80. Lincoln cent trays hold 48 coins, so its a good yield. Aluminum case can be carried and has a small lock on it. Im thinking about using a brother label maker somehow and marking the storage compartments with whats in there and its grade.
I thought the whole arrangment is worth the intial investment, especially when you are showcasing coins worth umpteen times more than what you paid for it.
Ever consider this type of presentation? I am working on a BU Red collection of Lincolns, and keeping current on Canadian Commerative Silver dollars, and I got them showcased in airtights within this type of arrangement. http://www.ihobb.com/cgi-bin/ws400CS...nsupplies.html
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