I bought a case of snap lock boxes for my coin gifting purposes I wanted some boxes for giveaway "Widow's Mites." I print the inner labels on cardstock on my color printer and trim to fit the box. I liked the look of the provenance seals that I was playing around with and decided not to use. I modified it a bit so I could use it as my logo or trademark whatever. "Biblical Kingdoms" sums up what I'm about. I'll be giving these away mostly at church and Christian charity events. The "Jerusalem Cross" seemed appropriate—since most of these coins came from there. I've got the two coins anchored in with acid free glue dots (probably not something I would do with a rare coin.)
Very nice looking and I like that you are giving them away at church, I'm sure they have lots of meaning to those you give them to.
Very thoughtful and conveys the true meaning of "the widow" in the Bible. A gift from the heart. Yes, very professional job.
Those are a pair of real fine examples of a type that is typically very poorly made. I'm actually a little sad they're glued into place! Random thought: it'd be pretty cool to put one in an air-tite and mount the whole thing in a pendant or something.
Very nice presentation, but I'd go with a spongy layer of foam inside, rather than the glue dots, so that the coins can "squish" into it and be held in place by the tension of the foam pushing upward against the case. Some nice red or purple or navy blue foam rubber would be good. Then of course you'd have to put your labels over the top and bottom of the foam and leave the middle exposed to put the coins into.
I bought some foam sheets the other day at the craft store for another project. I'll post an image after I give it a try with some different colors.
Very nice proffesional presentation case, bit expensive to use 2 coins , although the widow gave 2 of them in the temple.Did you try to cut out the shape of the coin in the carton , so both sides are visible when you flip the case ?
I would try and see if the craft store foam and Air Tite foam rings are made of the same stuff, just to make sure it's inert. Granted, they're not rare or expensive coins, and they do have 2000+ years of patina to protect them, but it surely wouldn't hurt to check into it.
