A coin related gift from my wife

Discussion in 'Ancient Coins' started by Orfew, Dec 17, 2017.

  1. Orfew

    Orfew Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus

    Yes it is a Christmas gift, but I had to order it for her. Ed Waddell will be sending this by FedEx so I get it before Christmas.


    Here it is, an Abafil 4 briefcase with four Blue velvet deluxe trays. I cannot wait to load this up with my collection.

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  3. ace71499

    ace71499 Young Numismatic

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  4. Mat

    Mat Ancient Coincoholic

    Very nice of her!
     
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  5. randygeki

    randygeki Coin Collector

    Nice!
     
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  6. Cucumbor

    Cucumbor Well-Known Member

    You will certainly enjoy it very much. I use Abafil cases only for my collection and have always appreciated them

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  7. DBDc80

    DBDc80 Numismatist

    That is very nice...im considering one as well! I think my parthian and greek silver would look nice atop the blue velvet.
     
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  8. dougsmit

    dougsmit Member

    I enjoyed my cased coin period but never had Abfil since my level coins hardly justified $3+ per coin for housing. Abfil or cheap knock offs still encounter the same problem when you collection grows to so many coins that you need more cases than you can carry. For a collection under ~500 coins or so, I can think of no better way short of a custom furniture grade cabinet. I know you will enjoy the gift.
     
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  9. Ken Dorney

    Ken Dorney Yea, I'm Cool That Way...

    I use the Diplomat 7, but have many extra trays. I think when I bought mine they were about $95, they are now $465. Glad I already have them! There is nothing finer than Abafil to my mind. The trays do fit in most large safe deposit boxes.
     
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  10. Orfew

    Orfew Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus

    Thank you Doug. I am looking forward to it. After it arrives it will sit under the tree until Christmas day. Then I will spend a few hours arranging my coins in the trays. I hope you and yours have a great Christmas.
     
  11. 4to2centBC

    4to2centBC Well-Known Member

    I love my Abafil cases. I was on Ed's site yesterday looking at them (and again this afternoon) I very much like the blue. I wish the mini-diplomats came in blue also...but they don't.

    That is a very, very nice present.
     
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  12. Orfew

    Orfew Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus

    Thanks Ken. I have always admired them since beginning the collecting journey. I have a small 12 place version I bought last year that I have very much enjoyed. The workmanship is top notch.
     
  13. Ken Dorney

    Ken Dorney Yea, I'm Cool That Way...

    They also come up used on occasion. I have seen a few on Ebay that went about 10% of new. But on the other side of the spectrum I have seen them used go in major auctions for about twice what they cost new!
     
  14. Orfew

    Orfew Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus

    Thanks. I was attracted to the blue as well. I think the blue will be nice with both my gold coins and my silver coins. The choices for the blue trays were limited to either the 40 place or 24 place version. I went for 4 trays of the 24 place version because my coin tickets will fit.
     
  15. Orfew

    Orfew Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus

    I keep checking Ebay just in case one pops up at a bargain price. I will keep checking.
     
  16. David Atherton

    David Atherton Flavian Fanatic

    A very classy gift!
     
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