I've a collection of all the US coins depicting a buffalo or bison. All in Air-tites. I want to devise some sort of under-glass display for all the coins from the smallest coin (2008 proof 1/10 oz gold buffalo) up to the largest (2001 Buffalo proof silver commem) and eveything in between; Statehood quarters, buffalo nickels, westward 2005 nickel, Commem 1/2's, etc. (If anyone knows of any ellusive US coins with a buffalo/bison that I may have forgotten please let me know.) I only need to display 1 side of the coin obverse/reverse (all reverse as far as I know) which shows the bison. How can I get a professional appearance without sending EVERYTHING to an actual framer? Does anyone have any experience/expertise in this. My first thought is to router/drill out fitment holes/ports in a thin softwood of about 1/8 inch thickness to fit the diameters of the air-tites. Then apply velvet over the board and sink the coins into the "wells". Then take it all to the framer once I've done my fiddling around. HELP... thanks in advance :bow:
Get these below. Look for sliding drawers within the link called "coin boxes." You should have no problem finding them in the U.S, as I saw a dealer at a flea market in a hick town called Sweetwater Tennesse a couple years back I use them for my Canadian Dollar and Lincon BU Red collections, all of which are also encapsuled. They have got tons of sizes as you can clearly see. I pay about 30 bucks Canadian for one of them. The Lincoln cent one hold 48 of them. http://www.unitradeassoc.com/lindner2008/lindner2008-coinboxes.pdf I find it a nice presentation, and you can also get an aluminium case for them to fit into. Link below as well. http://www.unitradeassoc.com/lindner2008/lindner2008-coincases.pdf
Try these. Try these. http://www.lighthouse.us/epages/lig...cf9202354169271bc0a80162068c/Catalog/C010602/ The boxes with magnetic clasp are the same size as a 1/2" 3-ring binder. They display one side of the coin nicely. I have several for holding slabs. I'll take a photo tonight. For under glass, try these: http://www.lighthouse.us/epages/lig...ab2cf9202354169271bc0a80162068c/Catalog/1022/
Capital plastics has really nice holders and they will make a custom holder for you. I saw a guy at a coin show that had a capital plastics holder that must have been 2 ft x 3 ft and he appeared to be finishing up a complete MS Jefferson nickel set in it. So I'm pretty sure they could accommodate you.
Here are some copper colored quarters in the Lighthouse box. Click to zoom-in. This depicts how the Lighthouse boxes can stack like ½” 3-ring binders.