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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;purerookie, post: 759290, member: 18378&quot;]Art,</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I am assuming you are talking about the display and not the coins.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I bought the frames from APMEX on sale.&nbsp; They have a cutout for a picture but I used it to show year and mint.&nbsp; Bought a piece of red oak from Home Depot.&nbsp; Stained it, put in a grommet, and screwed the frames onto it.&nbsp; Total cost about $25.00.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Coins were a little harder.&nbsp; Coin shops and Ebay, mostly BIN and best offer, only a few auctions.&nbsp; I probably overpaid but the idea was to get a failrly nice display, not a bargain.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I will say it was a fun project.&nbsp; I only wish I could have gotten a little better 43S quarter.&nbsp; That seemed like the hard one.&nbsp; I also think that these are some of the nicest design coins: the eagle on the back of the half is one of the best eagle depictions and my favorite coin is the Mercury dime.&nbsp; IMHO of course.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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