A Neat Display Case. What Else is Out There?
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MattTheRiley posted this good looking display case/box/cabinet.
Does anyone else have something equally good looking or unique they use to display their collection? Where did you get it? Just curious.
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Wow! That display is off the charts!
Mine are in PCGS boxes and Intercept boxes that are just tucked in the safe. Pretty boring.
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Very impressive case, especially full of coins
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Bad transactions with : nobody to date
Here'e my display 'case'
Successful transactions with : MICHAELDIXON, Manorcourtman, Bochiman, bolivarshagnasty, AUandAG, onlyroosies, chumley, Weiss, jdimmick, BAJJERFAN, gene1978, TJM965, Smittys, GRANDAM, JTHawaii, mainejoe, softparade, derryb
Bad transactions with : nobody to date
I have one like that, but with half as many drawers... purchased it off ebay years ago....Cheers, RickO
Here are some.
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When I stroll the flea market, I see machinists tool boxes similar to MTRs chest of drawers. Most are wood with lines drawers for the fine tools, some are metal. I'm gonna look closer next time.
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You just gave me an idea ...... we can hide our coins in the tool boxes in the garage and no one with think of it as valuables
Just hope that the thief doesn’t work part time as a craftsman!
I crafted this one from a tea organizer. Cut up some blue boxes for separation. Holds 96 slabs.
Perfect! That would hold a full set of Morgan Silver Dollars by date and mintmark.
Nice cases in this thread!
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Some fantastic storage boxes fellas. The OCD in me loves organization!
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What a nice looking display case!!! What do the skinny drawers on top look like? From this photo, it almost looks like they hold just the rounds, ungraded raw... And where may I ask did you get this? Handcrafted perhaps? Excellent box!!!!!!!!
To Namvet6_9 and _Paradisefound: I am already using a Machinist Chest which belonged to my Father. Cleaned it up a few years ago and use it to store odds and ends coins in it. Nothing of the magnitude of some of the items on this thread, but useful and sentimental at the same time.
Very nice display cases. I just use PCGS and NGC boxes. Woe is me !!!
I use Lighthouse trays and place them into a Pelican Case.
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Way cool examples in this thread! @BJandTundra, I'd like to see a pic of yours if you have one.
Is there a relevant concern about would stain, varnish or lacquer, plastic velvet lining and adhesives gassing out and harming / changing a coins surface? I love the look of these wooden cases but the chemicals they’re made of kind of worry me. There is a guy in town who has a roll top dest that’s famous for toning silver and I would think the age of the box and how long it’s gassed out would come into play. A lot of effort to craft these and I recognize that.
That is a really nice case! That would hold my 7070 and a few other favorites.
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@Bodin made a couple pretty cool ones.
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I love the old time coin cabinets. If I found one that could display 150 slabs, I’d seriously consider it. PCGS blue box storage detracts from the enjoyment of my collection.
I definitely want to get one when I have enough raw ancient coins to justify it. I saw some for sale at the NYINC show last year.
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Lighthouse carries several display boxes, some for slabs some for raw coins. Quite pricey but very nice for displays.
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@jedm said:
_@BJandTundra said:
To Namvet6
9 and _Paradisefound: I am already using a Machinist Chest which belonged to my Father. Cleaned it up a few years ago and use it to store odds and ends coins in it. Nothing of the magnitude of some of the items on this thread, but useful and sentimental at the same time.
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Way cool examples in this thread! @BJandTundra, I'd like to see a pic of yours if you have one.
Don't have very good pictures but here they are. Not sure where or when my father got the tool chest. My first memories of it are from the early fifties. He used it for years in his service station until 1964. I cleaned as much of the oil, grease and dirt off of it as I could and lightly sanded and oiled the wood to preserve it. Some felt in the bottom of the drawers helps the look a little. I store mainly commems and medals in it. Like I said mainly sentimental but useful and doesn't look too bad.
I've always wanted to order one of these:
http://www.coincabinets.com/coronet.html
The guy has many different designs and sizes of cabinets! All look pretty cool.
I made these cabinets a few years ago to store my GSA collection. Made entirely out of walnut and no glue. Dovetailed everything
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Very nice wood! I like them but you can get the big ones into a safe
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/quarters/washington-quarters-major-sets/washington-quarters-date-set-circulation-strikes-1932-present/publishedset/209923
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/quarters/washington-quarters-major-sets/washington-quarters-date-set-circulation-strikes-1932-present/album/209923
A safe room maybe LOL.
I was going to share a picture of my display case. But after seeing the incredibly nice ones posted here, I'm just going to toss mine in the backyard and torch them...
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That is a very nice coin display case. It looks to be a special built chest made by Peter Nichols. I know that company was making chest for certified coins. I have one but it is an older one with only drawers for raw coins or coins in capsules.
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This is my late 19th century coin cabinet, it has an ivorine plate "Spink&Son" on the plinth. I think its made by Turton for Spink. Its for housing my ancient coins. The wood is tight straight grain old growth mahogany which I consider superior to modern new growth mahogany. Despite the outward appearance of age the trays and felts are actually in prestine condition and am quite sure its never been used. Its very well made.
I only have one special case for my birthyear set.
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Here is an 19th/early 20th century Turton coin cabinet similar to mine from the "Prospero Collection" being auctioned in 2012. It was won by a Qatari sheikh who refuse to pay afterwards
https://dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2226278/Royal-sheikh-spent-1billion-art-collection-accused-leaving-extraordinary-trail-unpaid-debt-worlds-auction-houses.html
Very nice @shinsakuto
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Successful transactions with : MICHAELDIXON, Manorcourtman, Bochiman, bolivarshagnasty, AUandAG, onlyroosies, chumley, Weiss, jdimmick, BAJJERFAN, gene1978, TJM965, Smittys, GRANDAM, JTHawaii, mainejoe, softparade, derryb
Bad transactions with : nobody to date
Thankyou
This one is identical to another cabinet that I have which Spink is still using
https://youtube.com/watch?v=EZPJ6J5r7iw&t=357s
https://youtube.com/watch?v=casasiCvVt8&t=30s
This was on ebay many years ago.
I’m too scared to use a cabinet. I don’t want cabinet friction! All my coins will be AU58...
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Great idea, even better if you didn't most it on a forum.
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Sorry but "cabinet friction" is like old wives tales in modern coin collecting (I mean from late 19th century onward).
Frictions do occur when the spaces between the trays are not big enough to accommodate the thickness of some coins causing friction as the trays slide and catches the surface of a very thick coin. This is only thing you need to watch out for.
It was a joke...
BHNC #248 … 130 and counting.
Made for a friend's CC dollars
Made this to display my PCGS typeset
As someone who barely got a C in Shop, I'm always deeply impressed by people who have the skills to make things with their own hands - really beautiful work shown in this thread.
@Paradisefound said:
You just gave me an idea ...... we can hide our coins in the tool boxes in the garage and no one with think of it as valuables
Have you seen the price of tools lately. Top theft item in garages.
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That is a very nice coin display.
Wow that is so cool I have to start looking for something like that. Do you remember what the asking price was?
For those who prefer to collect their coin slabbed
Lots of good ideas…
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