Do you have any creative ways to enjoy your coins?

Project Numismatics

I am curious how other collectors enjoy their coins outside of the typical activities of viewing your coins, posting on social media and show and tell with fellow collectors.

For example:

Do you print and frame photographs of your coins? Frame the coins themselves? Display your coins in another creative manner? Assemble educational materials or other historic items to go with your coins? Commission artwork of your coins?

Personally, I have a miniature easel on my desk and rotate the coin on display on a regular basis. But I am looking for more and better ideas!

What else are folks doing?

seatedlib3991

I have a wooden dinner tray next to my computer. just about every other day I set out some sort of coin display. right now I have all my New Orleans coins out. I am waiting for an 1844-O Seated Quarter I just won to show up. just waiting for the new arrival. James

lilolme

Previous link below and with others showing some nice displays. Since then I have made and 8 coin one and one for a special set of coins with paperwork that I have on my shelf of stuff/junk.

https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1083304/coin-slab-display-option

tcollects

I enjoy putting all my slabs on the floor of my living room and rolling around on them naked when my family is away from the house, I think this is the true purpose of slabs

LukeMarshall

Growing up I was always fascinated by my Grandpas "money Tray" that was hanging on the wall.

It was red felt with a $1 silver certificate, Red seal $2 , $5 treasury note and a $10 Gold note all glued to the felt one on each corner.

In the center there was various Silver dollars, morgan and Peace, that were arranged like a Spade (they were big card players) . There were 2 rows of silver half dollars, a row of Quarters and two rows of Cents- One of which was somewhat crusty and kinda looked like a 1943 copper to my young eyes (I stared at it for a long time trying to make it out)

One year for Christmas , my grandma made all the grandkids a 'mini money tray' with a 1976 $2, some bicentennial coins and other randoms on a smaller framed picture with green felt. I thought that was really cool too...

Mr_Spud

I make actual displays like this sometimes, but only rarely

But I also make virtual displays with my coins all the time when I’m bored. Like these. I may or may not turn some of them into actual displays in the future

The_Dinosaur_Man

I make my own albums

And i built a website-based checklist with photos of my exact coins.
https://www.donahuenumismatics.com/Collections/collection_HalfDimesAndEarlyDimes.html#

DocBenjamin

Every once in a while I toss a couple Buffs into the Coinstar reject slot. Give some old timer a rush.

NeophyteNumismatist

I place all my slabs in Lighthouse coin slab albums. When I build my sets, I leave open spots in the slab albums (same as a Dansco would have holes). This helps me to now exactly which coins I need. If I want more flexibility, I can leave a few extra spots (and I do leave a few random spots open, so I can expand without having to move all the coins.

johnny9434

@tcollects said:
I enjoy putting all my slabs on the floor of my living room and rolling around on them naked when my family is away from the house, I think this is the true purpose of slabs

(love your thinking)

oldabeintx

@tcollects said:
I enjoy putting all my slabs on the floor of my living room and rolling around on them naked when my family is away from the house, I think this is the true purpose of slabs

Sort of a perverted Scrooge McDuck, as it were.

oldabeintx

I’ve arranged display sets according to Coinage Act, including currency when appropriate. Omitted commemoratives for the most part. For example, the 1793 Act made foreign coins legal tender. It was renewed until 1857. I’ve included a large number of foreign types in this pretty much open-ended set. I use Lighthouse boxes for display.

renomedphys

Sometimes I pull a few out of the SDB and take them to coin shows for no good reason other than to use them as conversation starters.

emeraldATV

What would you do with this as given.

Play ball !

MWallace

@tcollects said:
I enjoy putting all my slabs on the floor of my living room and rolling around on them naked when my family is away from the house, I think this is the true purpose of slabs

Remind me to never buy any coins from you. 🤪

tcollects

@MWallace said:

@tcollects said:
I enjoy putting all my slabs on the floor of my living room and rolling around on them naked when my family is away from the house, I think this is the true purpose of slabs

Remind me to never buy any coins from you. 🤪

I could be anybody, you never know where your slabs have been

skier07

Unfortunately for me I mostly enjoy my coins at the bank in their newly remodeled SDB cubicles.

Barberian

@skier07 said:
Unfortunately for me I mostly enjoy my coins at the bank in their newly remodeled SDB cubicles.

Nice! The last time I was at my bank, I had to sit down on the floor (I'm 6'5" 280 lbs.) in the SDB vault and search for coins while hiding my activity from bank workers. One time on the way to a FUN show, they couldn't get the box out of the frame, so tellers started banging away at the frame and box with rubber mallets and prying tools.

TrickleCharge

@tcollects said:
I enjoy putting all my slabs on the floor of my living room and rolling around on them naked when my family is away from the house, I think this is the true purpose of slabs

Always wondered how some slabs get so scuffed up.

MapsOnFire

A couple of you guys and girls have come close to my fun. I fill my tub with slabs and loose coins, add some water and a lot of bubble bath, and just sink right in. My snorkle allows me to soak my head too!

messydesk

Waiting for someone to post a picture of themselves having a tea party, having invited three of their coins to join them around the table.

emeraldATV

jesbroken

I randomly remove coins from the safe(raw and slabbed). I look at them and if I still enjoy looking at them, I smile and put them back in the safe. If I look at them and don't necessary still like them, I sell them and smile. All my coins make me smile.
Jim

Bikergeek

@tcollects said:
I enjoy putting all my slabs on the floor of my living room and rolling around on them naked when my family is away from the house, I think this is the true purpose of slabs

"Oh Dad, I just came back real quick because I forgot my teddy bear. Dad? Daddy? EWWWW, MOMMMMMMM!!!!!!!"

BryceM

I've enjoyed making stuff like this:

WingedLiberty1957

I like doing coin art for my walls ...

WingedLiberty1957

I designed and printed this poster of some toned type coins (most of which were in my collection) and what inspired their design.

ambro51

I bought a mess of low grade common date V nickels which I spend.

Steven59

Sometimes trading one shiny disk of metal for a whole big stack of green and white paper is most enjoyable!