Capital Plastics

grayroads

Does Capital Plastics still make custom coin holders?

tommy44

Here's a link to their website.....

http://www.capitalplastics.com/index.html

grayroads

Give it a try...anyway to determine if they still produce custom made holders.

davewesen

I am pretty sure they do - not sure of cost involved.

Contact them with what you are interested in.

Kudbegud

Here's one I had made for my 1986 Singapore "Family Of Tigers". The date of the photo is November 2007.

ricko

It is just a matter of drilling holes... contact customer service, they likely have the ability to make holders per customer request. Cheers, RickO

Smudge

I have always found them attractive, and they present well.

topstuf

Tap Plastics will also custom make holders.
I had them do one for a collection of French bronze medals I had.

OAKSTAR

OAKSTAR

Anyone have experience with Capital Plastics making custom made holders?

OAKSTAR

Well, I've been trying for the past two weeks. No response from e-mails or phone call messages!

idratherbgardening

Okiestacker on Instagram does custom holders if you are on that platform. I have never bought anything from him.

BStrauss3

@ricko said:
It is just a matter of drilling holes... contact customer service, they likely have the ability to make holders per customer request. Cheers, RickO

Any plastics fab shop can make them.

You could even DIY them. Ponoko does laser cutting on clear acrylic in addition to other materials. (Clear acrylic is difficult to laser cut). You can also do engraving on one side. Then you just need an ordinary screw tap for the screw holes.

joeykoins

I miss
RickO!

pmh1nic

I’m going to contact them regarding a holder for my 1900 year set. It’s got the gold denominations, all of the regular denominations and the Lafayette Dollar, all eleven coins. A designated holder would be a nice way to display them.

telephoto1

It's been years since I had a custom holder made from them. Even back then it was pricey and took nearly 3 months to finally obtain. They got bought out by a company called Jaco Plastics some time back so I can't say whether or not anything's changed. It appears from looking at the site they still do custom holders. These holders used to be all the rage for dressing up and showing off your stuff but they're gradually becoming passe' since the advent of TPGs-as much of the high end material is now encapsulated, and people assembling sets in the raw generally use albums. I guess their market niche has shrunk over time.

JBK

@telephoto1 said:
It's been years since I had a custom holder made from them. Even back then it was pricey and took nearly 3 months to finally obtain. They got bought out by a company called Jaco Plastics some time back so I can't say whether or not anything's changed. It appears from looking at the site they still do custom holders. These holders used to be all the rage for dressing up and showing off your stuff but they're gradually becoming passe' since the advent of TPGs-as much of the high end material is now encapsulated, and people assembling sets in the raw generally use albums. I guess their market niche has shrunk over time.

All of the above is definitely true, but I hope they can hang on until a potential resurgence of sorts might occur.

I still recall years ago when a friend and I both got proof sets for our birth year. Mine was in boring and cheesy OGP and his was in a sharp looking Capitol holder. (Of course, he just had to open his case up, and he dropped the cent; when he was fishing around on the floor for it he put a huge fingerprint on the obverse.)

Not every coin or token belongs in a slab.

braddick

It isn't just a matter of drilling a hole in acrylic. There is a slight beveling that takes place to keep the coin somewhat in the center of the hole.
I can see why it is a lot of work and somewhat expensive.

OAKSTAR

@telephoto1 said:
It's been years since I had a custom holder made from them.

Do you still have it?

BillJones

@braddick said:
It isn't just a matter of drilling a hole in acrylic. There is a slight beveling that takes place to keep the coin somewhat in the center of the hole.
I can see why it is a lot of work and somewhat expensive.

Capital Plastics holders worked well for large coins, but not that well for the small ones, like half dimes and silver three cent pieces. I used to order openings a little some and then had fit them with the adjustment tool they sold.

Before slabs, I had many custom Capital Plastics holders made.

OAKSTAR

@BillJones said:

@braddick said:
It isn't just a matter of drilling a hole in acrylic. There is a slight beveling that takes place to keep the coin somewhat in the center of the hole.
I can see why it is a lot of work and somewhat expensive.

Before slabs, I had many custom Capital Plastics holders made.

Do you still have them?

BillJones

@OAKSTAR said:

@BillJones said:

@braddick said:
It isn't just a matter of drilling a hole in acrylic. There is a slight beveling that takes place to keep the coin somewhat in the center of the hole.
I can see why it is a lot of work and somewhat expensive.

Before slabs, I had many custom Capital Plastics holders made.

Do you still have them?

No, when I moved to Florida, I donated them to my local club, the Collectors Club of Boston. I thought those guys could put them to better use. I had had all the coins there in them slabbed.

OAKSTAR

Okay, thanks Bill.

braddick

@BillJones said:

@braddick said:
It isn't just a matter of drilling a hole in acrylic. There is a slight beveling that takes place to keep the coin somewhat in the center of the hole.
I can see why it is a lot of work and somewhat expensive.

Capital Plastics holders worked well for large coins, but not that well for the small ones, like half dimes and silver three cent pieces. I used to order openings a little some and then had fit them with the adjustment tool they sold.

Before slabs, I had many custom Capital Plastics holders made.

This brings up a good point in general.
Half dismes and 3c silvers don't fit well in Danscos either. They find their way between the cardboard and the plastic slide.
It's annoying.
The only album I've found that consistently holds these little coins in place is the Littleton line of deluxe albums.

telephoto1

@OAKSTAR said:

@telephoto1 said:
It's been years since I had a custom holder made from them.

Do you still have it?

Yes. It was for something in my personal collection-an R-10 Civil War token.
Edit to add... they screwed up the date. I chose to just live with it rather than spend the $ for another holder. (all custom work is nonreturnable/nonrefundable, or at least it was a couple of decades ago)

OAKSTAR

@telephoto1 - Can you post a picture of it?

telephoto1

@OAKSTAR said:
@telephoto1 - Can you post a picture of it?

I'll need to dig it out of hiding, but sure. Used to belong to Steve Tanenbaum.

OAKSTAR

Thanks. No rush.

jayPem

I like the idea of having one made for my bust half love tokens..
One issue with CBH is that the diameter of individual coins can vary. I believe I've seen this addressed on the forum in regards to Capital holders, but not sure what the solution was?

OAKSTAR

So I finally got through to a gentlemen (General Manager) at Capital Plastic.

Jaco Products & Monoco Inc.
15060 Madison Road
Middlefield, Ohio 44062

His answer: Yes, they can made a 5 coin holder for the 2019 & 2020 W quarter series and fabricate something like below. Only $175 each, with a $35.00 setup fee!! FORGET IT!!

I asked him why a holder like this wouldn't be part of or added to their inventory? His simple answer: Not enough interest.

He said I was the first person to ever ask for or request a holder like this. I was a bit surprised by that answer. I thought there were a lot of W quarters collectors out there, I guess not.

I should start a new thread to see how many members here would buy a 5 coins Capital W Quarter holder if they were available.