Hi Everyone- I have been working on an exhibit for the big regional show here and possibly for ANA Philly if I can make it nice enough My big question is since I am using slabbed coins in the exhibit, should I place white label stickers over the slab labels? I am using the coins to show types. The exhibit is not to show condition rarities or rare dates. I want to use the stickers so people don't get caught up in the grades on the slab, but rather focus on the details of the coin. I am just afraid this might not look good. Anyone seen this done before or have any ideas/advice? *Also, what are your views on using mostly slabs and a few raw? Would this look messy?* Thanks in advance.
Get some business card stock and make cut outs to simply place over the slab label. Of course I'm assuming the slabs lay flat in a display case. I don;t have an opinion on slabbed vs raw vs slabbed and raw. As ling as the presentation is well ;ayed out and easy to read/follow, it should be fine.
Try to bring a microfiber with you to the show, and after someone examines your slab wipe it off. Some people don't wipe their lunch off their hands.
This is a personal opinion of mine and is from the judging viewpoint. Part of the criteria for the judging is appearance. To me I have never liked slabs in an exhibit. They are clunky, take up a lot of room and frankly people see the slab not the coin, even if you raise it up to get it closer to the glass. Even worse is a mixing of companies, types of slabs, and different generations. The exhibit needs to have a nice neat appearance and the mishmash of different slabs to me is very distracting. (It would be like having the text write-up for each piece in a different size and type of font.) It is much better to have all of the slabs from the same company and generation of holder. I know in a lot of cases that is not practical (unless all of the coins are already slabbed by the same company). And don't mix raw and slabbed, all of one or all of the other.
