My Home is in constant chaos. We are old but are again raising two young and very active children. Any display at home is out of the question. My office on the other hand has a fully monitored alarm and is well covered with live cameras. It is in an industrial area that does experience the occasional crime. My office is thirty minutes from my house. I been dying to put together a display of my seated series. It just seems a crime to keep them hidden in my safe. I have the perfect display area in my office and it would look spectacular..... If it were stolen however, my loss would be in the thousands. I do keep a few coins at my office to enjoy. Am I foolhardy to consider displaying some of my finer coins there?
Randy, normally I would say you are hardly a fool ...but I may change that opinion if you display them . (There are many criminals to which alarms & cameras mean nothing - mostly they are the stupid ones.) I am assuming you would make this display so that others, including visitors, could share in your joyous hobby. Don't do it there! Do like the Deacon & make a poster! (A poster, as opposed to pictures, will not advertise to anyone that you actually own the coins.) JMHO!
I sympathize with your predicament and at one time felt the same, but have learned to be satisfied with viewing my collection via the computer/tablet. Safety deposit boxes (with insurance) are the way to go.
I am a big fan of keeping ones coins secured. f you must display coins, I'd shop for examples which deliver high ROI . . . in other words problem coins which deliver great satisfaction on the displayed side. Buying coins with a beautiful obverse and a bad scratch, cleaning, graffiti, spotting or corrosion on the reverse side of the coin will cost very little, yet make for a very satisfying display.
Randy, if you feel these coins are safe where there are, please leave them there. Safe is better than sorry. I like @PlanoSteve's response in taking a photo and having a poster made. Your thousands will be safe and you get to display the coins.
For some odd reason I thought 'post office' and the only posters displayed there are of desperados and bad guys.....
Randy, while it's completely normal to want to share what we love, It's also prudent to do so wisely, as you know, and as has been said. While attending a regional coin show this past October with my adult daughter, I had the oppurtunity to meet John Frost of the Barber Coin Collectors' Society (BCCS). A very nice fellow. He was manning the tables for the BCCS, along with the table for the Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC). They have some sort of joint affiliation. While both tables were filled with outstanding coins, I was drawn to the Seated Liberty display. As John took his time explaining about the coins and all their history, it was apparent this man new and loved coins. Lots of beautiful coins. John mentioned that he attends coin shows all over in recruitment efforts for the BCCS and LSCC clubs. When I mentioned I really liked a particular coin and would like to acquire one, he quickly said - Oh, none of these coins are for sale, we come to display them only. We love showing them. While I'm sure the clubs help allow him to attend these shows, and while he is there recruiting membership, it is also an outlet for him to display all the coins he loves. So coins shows are not only a way for John to recruit new members, it is also a way for him to display the coins he loves. Something to consider. Hmm.... didn't you mention recently your young son was attending shows with you!
My advice to you, Randy, is to post photos with a short narrative below the photo. It does seem pointless to have nice things that you can't enjoy (display, drive, whatever), but unless you are ready to incur a loss...best to keep them safe.
This gentleman has a coin display at his office: He appears to have a custom-made display holder for his collection of "challenge coins".
I have a pair of 12x12 enlargements of a 3 cent silver hanging in my cube. I'd say maybe 3 or 4 people have noticed them in two years. One guy blew by and said "nice three-cent silver", so I call it a win.
And once ya get that poster made Randy, I can tell you (privately) how you can get it framed on a slab of stone kinda like this one, only much larger of course - And no green, I don't need any comments outta you Displayed that way, that would be truly unique - and a definite conversation piece
Do you have a private office with a locked door? Or does anyone else have access to your office? If anyone else has access, I'd avoid putting anything valuable in there. I personally have a door locked so securely that not even the security guards on site have access to my office. I'd feel perfectly safe displaying coins in there.
