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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Clavdivs, post: 6200629, member: 93702&quot;]Interested to see how others do this.. so many options.</p><p><br /></p><p>My homemade cabinet has 58 drawers/trays of various sizes.. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1245844[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1245843[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I first decided to number each compartment in each tray.. using acid free thick stock ..so <b>8.7.03</b> is tray 8, row 7, compartment 03 (why 03 and not just 3? no idea - but I am not about to redo this.. it was painful <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />). This number is referenced in my digital database - so I am not searching through all of these drawers to find a particular coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1245845[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Trays are organized by Greek, Roman, and other... </p><p>I do not separate Roman Republic, Provincial and Imperial .. all chronologically.</p><p>Works for me - so far... and no, I am not even close to using all of my trays - that will take my lifetime.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my favorite tray (at the moment) - covering Imperatorial, 12 Caesars and Adoptive Emperors:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1245856[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>*the open compartment (5.1.01) is for my new Mark Antony/Octavian that is in the mail...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1245858[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The tiny trays to the right side of the cabinet house some coins from the Republic of Ireland that my Dad left me - all circulated, ranging from the start of the Republic in 1928 to 1963 (his home country)... stuff he just gathered out of change over the years .. but very special to me.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>*very interested to see other ideas[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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