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Message:: [QUOTE="900fine, post: 683274, member: 6036"]The OP was mostly about the artistic / display aspect. I would avoid an "overload". Novices probably can't handle too much, too soon. I think just showing the coins as a type set would appeal to coin collectors, but limited value for others. Try to make it relevant with historical tie-ins. Consider a thematic approach. Maybe show how the coins changed as minting technology changed in the 1830s. Maybe show how the discovery of California gold in 1848 changed American coinage and commerce - and our place in the world. We added the $1 gold and $20 gold in 1849, and the $3 gold a few years later. Maybe talk about the "metric goloid" thing, and the attempt to standardize world monetary systems in the late 1870s. Great time to show off your $4 Stellas ! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Maybe show how US coin designs tended to standardize across denominations until the Renaissance in the early 1900s. Contrast those coins with the earlier designs. If they have vertical glass cabinets, displaying the coin upright allows it to be viewed from both sides.[/QUOTE]