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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 1041722, member: 57463&quot;]<b>Exhibitionists show off here</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Rules are different for different clubs, ANA, MSNS, CSNS, etc. You can get them from the Exhibit chair or committee. There are different classes and categories.&nbsp; US coins, US paper, US tokens, US medals (or US tokens and medals; or All tokens and medals)...&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>If you have trade scrip, you could place that in US Paper or (why not?) US Tokens.&nbsp; If you have Medals from a Coin designer, it can go in coins -- just put his coin in with his medals. Though, generally, you are usually better off going with the road less traveled: everyone collects US coins, so everyone displays US coins.&nbsp; I like Miscellaneous and Non-Competitive, myself. </p><p><br /></p><p>(Also -- sometimes the fix is in.&nbsp; Maybe I&#039;m just suspicious, but I think that judges know in advance which categories are under represented, so someone will put their own in the one with less competition.&nbsp; You cannot judge your own category, but less competition is always better.) </p><p><br /></p><p>Exhibits go in cases.&nbsp; Cases are the standard jeweler&#039;s displays that you see at every show.&nbsp; So, the dimensions are known and knowable.&nbsp; Years ago, I bought a case for setting up as a dealer at club shows.&nbsp; But even so, you can measure it out, and those standard artist &quot;foam core&quot; boards are about the right size.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, at least for the ANA, you can use any kind of display you want, it need not be standard.&nbsp; It could the size of a refrigerator.&nbsp; But you need to fill out the paperwork for that.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>You do not have to make your own display -- oddly enough.&nbsp; You do need to own the material on display.&nbsp; I paid a crafter to make one of my exhibits, because there is no rule against it.&nbsp; One of mine this show, I just laid my new insert into one of his frames.&nbsp; Looks nice.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Congratulations, many times over.&nbsp; I do not have a natural talent for arts and crafts, but I have been able to learn.&nbsp; One of my current displays, I missed squaring a corner with the Exacto.&nbsp; It just takes practice, but for me, that&#039;s a whale of a lot of trial and error.&nbsp; I admire artists.&nbsp; More than the technique is the concept.&nbsp; I am a writer.&nbsp; You can see my personal website (link below) and the <a href="http://www.michigancoinclub.org" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.michigancoinclub.org" rel="nofollow">MSNS Club site here </a>and you see that for me, putting a box around something is as arty as I can get.&nbsp; Once, I worked with an editor who asked me to interview a local band, which I did.&nbsp; She flowed the text into an outline of a saxophone.&nbsp; I would never have thought of that.&nbsp; My displays are pedestrian, at best.&nbsp; The first one I placed was in 1994 at an ANA -- might as well jump in the deep end -- and the judges came to find me to make sure that I was not a YN in the wrong category.&nbsp; I think I&#039;m a little better at it now, but to me, it is just another feature article with a lot of live objects for illustratations and very few words.&nbsp; Over the years, I did not stick with it.&nbsp; I have a quote on my wall from Harlan Ellison: <b>&quot;Those who can be discouraged deserve to be.&quot;</b>&nbsp; If I had placed two or three exhibits two or three times a year since 1994, I&#039;d be a sure third place by now. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The thing with displays is the case has to be open to shoot through the glass because of the overhead lighting.&nbsp; Then, you have to be above the case shooting down into it: 5-foot-8 (65 cm) is not enough; a stepstool helps. But I&#039;ll see what I can do, if not my one, then the nice ones.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>You don&#039;t need an 1804 Dollar.&nbsp; You can earn an award with whatever is in your pocket right now.&nbsp; Win, lose or draw, it&#039;s the doing that brings pleasure.&nbsp; I said above that a shotgun approach got me third place (once).&nbsp; I still display because I have a story to tell.&nbsp; This show, I have two exhibits, one of one case, another of two.&nbsp; It is all common material found in circulation (one case) or bought from dealer bargain lots (two cases).&nbsp; Presentation is everything.&nbsp; Go to a convention or larger show and see the exhibits for yourself, then think about it.&nbsp; Sketch it out...&nbsp; See what you can do.&nbsp; If nothing else, you get to wear a badge that says &quot;Exhibitor.&quot;&nbsp; It&#039;s better than walking around with a &quot;Kick me&quot; sign taped to your back.</p><p><br /></p><p>With MSNS every exhibitor gets a free ticket to the Sunday breakfast.&nbsp; With the ANA, every exhibitor gets a bronze medal and a certificate.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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