My answer to displaying coins

all those attributions cluttering up a tray, or getting lost. I have everything stored out in the wild wild web, but I wanted something a lay person would appreciate when I bring a case home for show and tell. I should mention here that most people like the show and not the tell. Detailed reference numbers glaze the eyes immediately.

I put this off for awhile, but finally did something about it. Now that I have a digital template for this Abafil case, I can update the sheet easily if needed.

Getting a light colored ink to contrast was a failure. I had to go with primary red.



I'm 95% satisfied. Not sure if I want to spend more time to get that last 5%.

when this goes back, I need to take a mini break. The bank manager is already shaking her head when I walk in.

Go ahead, post em if you got them.

 

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That is VERY nice!

 

I like that a lot! On another note I have the same case for my 12 Caesars.

 

This is great! Would love to see more. I've been agonising about display. I'm still using cases that my father bought at a discount supermarket. I just can't quite decide what to upgrade to, because once I've chosen I feel I'll be committed. I love the idea of a wooden cabinet, but I'm leaning towards Abafil at the moment.

 

Cool and professional-looking. I can see that working nicely for select display items.

 

Looks nice. Do the coins move within their little areas?

 

I'm an anti-slabber. But I have also passed coins around a classroom, only to hear the heart-stopping CLANK of one hitting the floor. I now pass them around in flips or in flips over a tray, or I let students handle only budget coins.

I must admit that slabs would provide some peace of mind for collectors who regularly have their coins handled by students or novice non-collectors.

Has anyone ever heard of a coin being damaged within the slab? It's a serious question.

 

Someone at my coin club was trying to clean up a slab with some nasty chemicals once. The $600 coin inside did not fair much better than the slab.

 

Each coin secured in a standard clear PVC free flip with attribution information written on standard acid-free flip card - flips secured in a standard clear PVC free flip page - left hand information page lines up with each row of coins and contains detailed RIC and associated historical information. Heavy duty, inert plastic covered, zip-up three ring binder with brass reinforced spine and corners.

 

You guys all have nice displays. Mine is just three ring binders with tag in the flip. I have no incentive to do more since no one I know personally cares enough to even take a look. Aw well. They satisfy me and that's what counts, right? Right?

 

Wow, both are great and what I aspire to have one day. OP, those silvers are soooo nice! (some day, Justin... Some day... )

 

I've shown my method before, but heck, there are new members. I also use Abafil, with printed tags underneath. Works well for me with a smaller collection (this would not be viable for more than a few hundred coins. I often mix them up, because, well, why not? As for showing them to anyone...nobody cares. Eyes glaze over, you all know the reaction. This is purely for me and nobody else!

 

Awesome Alexander Tet

 

I love it. Great idea.

 

Very elegant!!

 

Yeah, those trays are fun, until you have hundreds of coins to display.

My current method is the box, but I will eventually break it down to one box for Romans, one box Greeks, one box European medievals and Eastern coins, and one box Chinese/Japanese/Vietnamese, etc (4 boxes total, all coins inside arranged in order by dates). That should be enough to house a 600+ coin collection (a lifetime collection). All the odd coins like spades/etc. get their own boxes. See my ancient spade below for example (there is a small catalog # tag on the bottom of that little display case).

Not elegant but very efficient...especially for bank vaults where size = money.

 

Great idea. I like it a lot!

I am now acquiring some rather unique, and sometimes rare pieces that I would like to migrate from my Albums (which I really like and work well for me), to a cabinet to really show off those "special ones."

What kind of translucent material sheet do you use? Where did you get the translucent sheet? Would black laser printing work?

Thanks!