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How may people display coins in their home?

ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,113 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited October 2, 2021 6:48PM in U.S. Coin Forum

I know someone that has a curio cabinet showing off coins in their living room. How many people have displays like this?

Imagine having just one of the following cabinets in your living room or office?


Photos courtesy of @skier07.

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  • bronzematbronzemat Posts: 2,638 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nope, not something I would ever do.

    Autographs though? Got them scattered everywhere.

    Plus if you have too many coins, how can you pick and choose when they're all your babies? o:)

  • TurtleCatTurtleCat Posts: 4,600 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nothing is on display but I do have some coin albums on the bookcase and a small dish with some liberty nickels for fun in the curio. Most of everything is in the safe deposit box.

  • moursundmoursund Posts: 3,207 ✭✭✭✭✭

    "steal me!"

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  • coinandcurrency242coinandcurrency242 Posts: 1,962 ✭✭✭✭

    I have some lower value coins on display in china cabinet with some of my historical items like a piece of the berlin wall and a handwritten word by James Monroe along with some rewards from work!

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  • ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,113 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @koynekwest said:
    I do when I don't have 'em locked up. I display 'em in these-

    That’s a great display! What is the wood it’s mounted on?

  • Jzyskowski1Jzyskowski1 Posts: 6,650 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Gollum. “ Why you want to see my precious ? It’s minza. My precious “😉

    🎶 shout shout, let it all out 🎶

  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 28,271 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That's an invitation for to much trouble

  • HydrantHydrant Posts: 7,773 ✭✭✭✭✭

    You've got to be kidding.

  • koynekwestkoynekwest Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 2, 2021 1:18PM

    @Zoins said:

    @koynekwest said:
    I do when I don't have 'em locked up. I display 'em in these-

    That’s a great display! What is the wood it’s mounted on?

    Thanks! But that's just my dining room table.

  • dbldie55dbldie55 Posts: 7,731 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I have the booklet from the Montana quarter launch framed, with 2 quarters from the event. Not sure having 50 cents framed say "steal me"

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  • koynekwestkoynekwest Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I have 17 of these trays for my best stuff, ranging from my Buffalo nickel date set (three trays of nine coins each) to my gold (two trays.)

  • CoinHoarderCoinHoarder Posts: 2,583 ✭✭✭✭✭

    No reason to display my coins at home, or anywhere else,

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I do not have a coin display per se... I do have slabs and raw coin on the cabinet by my desk though. Not worried about it, have security. Many more in the safe. Cheers, RickO

  • Steven59Steven59 Posts: 8,613 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nope - no reason for a display. I know what I have and the wife and the dog don't care about coin collecting. :)

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  • Dave99BDave99B Posts: 8,523 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I really don't like to advertise. That said, I do keep a jar of about 300 slick Buffalo Nickels in my top dresser drawer. I assume that's where the crackheads look first? Hopefully they'll grab them and run, thinking they're filthy rich!!!

    Dave

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  • TiborTibor Posts: 3,543 ✭✭✭✭✭

    A fool and their collection are soon parted.

  • MarkKelleyMarkKelley Posts: 1,873 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I have a couple shadow boxes with some cheap but pretty stuff. Also a framed 32-note sheet of ones.

  • moursundmoursund Posts: 3,207 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I usually have a few of something or other on my desk... Not the same as displaying them, but it's nice to be able to look at them during the day

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  • HydrantHydrant Posts: 7,773 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 2, 2021 3:16PM

    @Dave99B said:
    I really don't like to advertise. That said, I do keep a jar of about 300 slick Buffalo Nickels in my top dresser drawer. I assume that's where the crackheads look first? Hopefully they'll grab them and run, thinking they're filthy rich!!!

    Dave

    Very intelligent. Also, several cheap clock radios and a broken DVD player will do the same trick. You could have the Mona Lisa hanging on the wall above a lava lamp and the crackhead will swipe the lava lamp.....and run!

  • JimnightJimnight Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I wouldn't even display common zinc Lincoln's in my home ... let alone gold coins.

  • koynekwestkoynekwest Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭

    My stuff isn't on permanent display. That would be foolish. When I bring 'em home from my safe deposit box to look at I like to look at them in my display trays. They are also insured with Hugh Wood.

  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,376 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Have a few PCGS samples on my desk - does that count?? :D

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  • silverpopsilverpop Posts: 6,674 ✭✭✭✭✭

    i have a old china display cabinet that i show my coins off in

  • pmh1nicpmh1nic Posts: 3,271 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I have a few commemorative coins in the mint boxes on display. Nothing expensive and probably worth less than my son’s Xbox.

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  • TopdollarpaidTopdollarpaid Posts: 599 ✭✭✭

    Next they will ask you for your address

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  • santinidollarsantinidollar Posts: 1,056 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Mine are locked up. Too bad I feel the need not to display, but that’s the world we live in today.

  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,175 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Mine are locked away, but I keep pictures on the phone to show people in person or on these forums.

  • Herb_THerb_T Posts: 1,728 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Zoins said:
    I know someone that has a curio cabinet showing off coins in their living room. How many people have displays like this?

    Imagine having just one of the following cabinets in your living room or office?


    Photos courtesy of @skier07.

    This is a photo from a coin store. http://www.jhonecash.com/coins/bullion.asp

  • ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,113 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 3, 2021 6:22PM

    @Herb_T said:

    @Zoins said:
    I know someone that has a curio cabinet showing off coins in their living room. How many people have displays like this?

    Imagine having just one of the following cabinets in your living room or office?


    Photos courtesy of @skier07.

    This is a photo from a coin store. http://www.jhonecash.com/coins/bullion.asp

    Are you saying these photos are from Jhon E. Cash? Or are you trying to sell some bullion? This is a screen shot of the page for your link.

    I credited the photos @skier07 and got them from his post in this thread where he says the folowing:

    @skier07 said:
    Here are my pictures from the Tyrant Collection display at Long Beach:

    https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1053501/this-is-what-impresses-me

  • WAYNEASWAYNEAS Posts: 6,674 ✭✭✭✭✭

    No way that I could justify doing that in this day and age.
    I have a great security system against theft but not so for flooding and fire.
    Wayne

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  • lkeneficlkenefic Posts: 8,160 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Why advertise?

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  • moursundmoursund Posts: 3,207 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Lakesammman said:
    Have a few PCGS samples on my desk - does that count?? :D

    Couple of PCGS common-date MS63 Morgans make nice paperweights.

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  • 1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 13,781 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Not I

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  • FreeThinkerFreeThinker Posts: 56 ✭✭✭

    Do medals count?

  • moursundmoursund Posts: 3,207 ✭✭✭✭✭

    How many people display anything in their homes?
    A few framed photographs, perhaps. In a study there might be a curio cabinet?
    Kid's room might have a few sports trophies and ribbons...
    But seems odd to be putting any kind of display into a living room.

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  • CatbertCatbert Posts: 7,079 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @moursund said:
    How many people display anything in their homes?
    A few framed photographs, perhaps. In a study there might be a curio cabinet?
    Kid's room might have a few sports trophies and ribbons...
    But seems odd to be putting any kind of display into a living room.

    Guess you’ve not been in a home with original art work on the walls?

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  • moursundmoursund Posts: 3,207 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Catbert said:

    @moursund said:
    How many people display anything in their homes?
    A few framed photographs, perhaps. In a study there might be a curio cabinet?
    Kid's room might have a few sports trophies and ribbons...
    But seems odd to be putting any kind of display into a living room.

    Guess you’ve not been in a home with original art work on the walls?

    Should have said "framed photos and artwork", for sure. I suppose a few framed coins wouldn't be out of place. And I suppose there is room on bookshelves for a few baubles and oddments. Grandpa's military medals, silver christening cups, maybe a candle snuffer. Probably not a set of PCGS double-eagles. :smile:

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  • DeutscherGeistDeutscherGeist Posts: 2,990 ✭✭✭✭

    I understand the concern for security, but I think it is wiser to display something at least. It can be a distraction for the thief. You don't want something very valuable on display, but put something so that a possible home invader takes that item and leaves, thus preserving what is really valuable.

    While we are on this topic. I always wonder if tiny tracking devices can be embedded in the slabs, so that if it is missing, law enforcement can track it. It has to be small, inconspicuous, and affordable.

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  • retirednowretirednow Posts: 525 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Coins in SDB .. .so I create photo albums using online services like Snapfish or PhotoBook America ..this way I can lay the collection out and enlarge photos, especially those trueview downloads, to show specific features and details ..takes time but the results are nice. However, the photo books are NOT on my coffee table ... more for my own enjoyment.

    I do use an circulated Morgan dollar in public as a ball marker on the golf greens sometimes. :)

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  • moursundmoursund Posts: 3,207 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @retirednow said:
    Coins in SDB .. .so I create photo albums using online services like Snapfish or PhotoBook America ..this way I can lay the collection out and enlarge photos, especially those trueview downloads, to show specific features and details ..takes time but the results are nice. However, the photo books are NOT on my coffee table ... more for my own enjoyment.

    I do use an circulated Morgan dollar in public as a ball marker on the golf greens sometimes. :)

    For golfing, you should probably use an eagle. Or at least some kind of birdie...

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  • koynekwestkoynekwest Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Swampboy said:
    I have a few low value 5c pieces displayed on a book shelf as a curiosity.

    For everyone that thinks this puts me at risk of a home invasion all I have to say is I'd rather go down to my locked and alarmed stand up crawl space and suck on a gas pipe before I'd live in fear of the friends and family I invite into my music room/study.

    I like your library subjects-right up my alley.

  • silverpopsilverpop Posts: 6,674 ✭✭✭✭✭

    yeah i display paintings, photos, and other items in my house in full view along with my coins

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