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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gavin Richardson, post: 3199501, member: 83956&quot;]I use coins in the classroom both at my university and even in a Sunday School class that I teach at my church. I want people to touch the coins and connect with the material culture of the era we’re studying, but that means a certain degree of unavoidable risk when it comes to handling a coin outside its flip. In an <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/showability.300183/#post-2804047" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/showability.300183/#post-2804047">earlier thread</a> I wrote, “I still haven’t figured out an ideal methodology of passing a coin around [a] room. I want students to handle the coin out of a flip, but more than once I’ve heard the clink of a coin hitting the ground, and it makes me wince. Perhaps they could handle the coin over a wide tray. Still not sure how to balance showability with safety.”</p><p><br /></p><p>I think it was [USER=56859]@TIF[/USER] who suggested getting a jeweler’s tray.</p><p><br /></p><p>I recently found a product that is attractive and suitable for the purpose. Moreover, it’s CHEEEAAAP. $4.99! It’s a velvet tray, a bit smaller than a traditional jeweler’s tray:</p><p><br /></p><p>Susada Jewelry Trays</p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Susada-Jewelry-Stackable-Inserts-Display/dp/B076Q2JTFS" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.amazon.com/Susada-Jewelry-Stackable-Inserts-Display/dp/B076Q2JTFS" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/Susada-Jewelry-Stackable-Inserts-Display/dp/B076Q2JTFS</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, no tray is foolproof; a student can bring a coin up to the eye and still drop it to the ground. But asking people to handle the coin over the tray, and circulating the tray rather than the coin around the room, does reduce risk.</p><p><br /></p><p>The tray seems to be of good quality, with decent velvet and a solid back and tall 1&quot; sides. I cannot comment on the chemical makeup of the tray or if it would be suitable for long-term storage. But I didn&#039;t buy this tray for storage. I bought a red one for circulating coins in a group context, and then today ordered an imperial purple one because I like the red one so much. Here are some pix. Coins sold separately. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]827708[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]827709[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]827710[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]827711[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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