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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;desertgem, post: 1315206, member: 15199&quot;]Welcome to the forum Hurricane. Any substance ( even if inert to the coin metal) would seal the part contacted away from the normal environment such as moisture and corrosive gases in the atmosphere, so after a period of time , if the substance was removed, the metal beneath might appear different than the rest of the coin. So that is the problem. If however the beauty of the display is more important, then this </p><p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Quakehold-33111-Museum-Gel-Clear/dp/B0002V37XY/ref=pd_sim_hi_1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.amazon.com/Quakehold-33111-Museum-Gel-Clear/dp/B0002V37XY/ref=pd_sim_hi_1" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Quakehold-33111-Museum-Gel-Clear/dp/B0002V37XY/ref=pd_sim_hi_1</a></p><p><br /></p><p>with a tiny amount on the rim of the coin should hold it in place. I don&#039;t use for coins, but it is holding a great many plates and ceramic /glass objects on open shelves. This gel substance is also found as &quot;dots&quot;&nbsp; or tiny squares in some 99 cent store, or Hardware stores. </p><p><br /></p><p>Actually contact with wood is usually also a no-no for coins that may be valuable as most woods and varnishes can damage coins, so you will probably hear from some purists who think any coin must be preserved. So with this in mind, the gel may not be too inhibiting. </p><p>As a woodworker also, I might think that if the holes were drilled with a common device, that you could have a &quot;plastics man&quot; cut some circular pieces of thin lexan the exact size of the hole, and use the gel on it rather than the coin, but that might be way more expensive than the cost of replacement coins later <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Jim[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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