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I can hope

 

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I want a coin cabinet

 

Well is took me over 4 months - but the momentous day is here.. my Coin Cabinet is complete and finally in place. I am extremely happy (and tired!!).

This will be a long post to walk through what I have done (I may have to split it as I have a lot of pics).. this will probably bore most of you (so scroll on by!) but I am documenting this to show what can be done with very little skill but a good bit of determination. Maybe it will show that anyone can create a mediocre coin cabinet like me!!

I do state that one of the "benefits" of owning inexpensive coins is that you can keep them in your home.. I like to handle my coins almost daily - so flips and binders are just not for me.

As a reminder here is the bargain buy I started with:





The trays looked like this:



Here is the finished product in place:





continued next post...

 

While most of it is painted (and varnished pine).. my wife wanted a really nice finish on the top.. the stain here turned out quite nice:



My daughter really wanted somewhere is charge their devices...



Here are the drawers.. just showing a few open - but they all have different sized compartments to hold the smallest coins and some drawers hold coins over 40mm.





Bottom drawer is handy as well.... calipers, scale, etc....



...continued....

 

I also had to add a bit of humor to the project... perhaps these cabinet door handles will show up on CoinTalk years after I am gone?.. someone asking if these were from Brutus' knife cabinet???



The bottom drawer also has some added fun...





The final cabinet holds 870 coins.

This was a super fun project (although I admit it was a slog at times). I am really happy with the results and now can't wait to design a system for placing and cataloging my coins. Awesome!

Well I hope you like it and maybe you will post your creation here.

Cheers!

 

Perfect storm.
I would wait a while to let the fumes subside.

Throw some sacrificial coins in there to check the environment.
It would be cool to see the progression of the tones.

 

Old cabinet - so the wood has aged sufficiently to off gas.
My guess is the original cabinet was built in the '50s.
But I guess paint fumes? I do not collect modern coins (or expensive ancient coins) so this is not a concern for me in any way.

 

Any and all of what you introduced to the cabinet, will induce toning and aging. It looks good, and a well done.
I would again just throw some 99% in there so I know what to expect when decide to display my coins.

 

Looks great! And the family will get some use out of it as well.

 

A very good job @Clavdivs - congratulations! I do like those whimsical cabinet door handles!

 

I really enjoyed following this thread and think the results are impressive and show all the work you put into it. The handles are hilarious, and I especially love how the whole thing has been brought into the 21st century with USB charging sockets.

 

That came out great, would love something like that but to large for my place. The handles are what I like the most.

congrats.

 

Yes - USB ports ..haha.. my two teenage daughters now think this piece of furniture is "cool"... as you know in a family you have to compromise.

 

Thank you @jamesicus .. I don't know where the idea came from for the handles.. I was just thinking of some way to make it fun and unique. I think the best part of it is that only about 5% of the people who see it will get the joke.

 

It looks very good and thank you for showing the added coins.

You have solved a problem I've got with the cabinet I bought last week on eBay.

Mine was made in the 30's, the drawer knobs looked to be ivory or bone.

When I picked it up it turns out they are plastic and several have perished and 4 are missing.

I was looking around for 40 drawer knobs in brass, the type used on jewellry boxes the size are less then half an inch.

I'm now going to use GB silver Threepences with a small screw soldered on as drawer pulls.

 

Looks like a great project - can't wait to see how it turns out.

 

Since these cabinets are going into private homes along with
the coins, Has any one given any thought to the security of
their family or the coins?

 

Nice work Claudius. Make sure we get some shots with the drawers fully loaded.

 

I own inexpensive coins .. obviously if you own gold maybe this won't work for you.

 

Not a problem here.