finally got my coin cabinet. With felt (went with burgandy) added plus some circ coins for perspect

coinlieutenant

New pics added.

kieferscoins

Neat! Can you get a picture with one of the drawers open so we can see how the coins sit in there?

Cameron Kiefer

csw

Yeah! And what's the combination, and your home address?

mgoodm3

Pretty cabinet. I want to see inside, too.

airplanenut

That's a nice looking clock!

coinlieutenant

Here is one.

coinlieutenant

Each drawer has a deep and shallow option.

Cabinet is dated 1910's...

Louis

<< <i>Each drawer has a deep and shallow option.

Cabinet is dated 1910's... >>



Think of the coins it once held.

Clankeye

I think that's very cool. The piece of furniture to it's left is kind of interesting too.

Clankeye

stujoe

Very nice!

Skipper53

Much classier than my Sentry safe.
Do PCGS slabs fit ok ?

Peaceman

Very neat.... but then again, I'd keep less than $ 1,000 worth of coins in it......

coinlieutenant

Slabs fit in the deeper compartments.

The coins that came in it were apparently quite amazing... The dealer bought the coins and the cabinet in one fell swoop. He said that it was the only one he (or his father) ever bought. Came out of an estate in Carmel, CA. He has had it for 15 years and forgot about it til I asked him if he knew of any.

He sold it to me at a great price too... 350$. They usually go wholesale for twice that as they are very scarce as antiques. Just another example of if you develop good relationships with dealers and help them out, they will be more than willing to help you out too, and many times treat you like a dealer..

V.r,
John

coinlieutenant

What color felt should I line the drawers with?

FatMan

Very nice cabinet. I vote for burgundy felt.

coinlieutenant

Burgandy does sound nice. The wood is solid mahogeny. (sp?).

TONEDDOLLARS

Very , Very , Very NICE. I ended up building one because I could not find one. I'm still looking though

Wolf359

Nice! I like it.

robertpr

Sweet cabinet! That is much nicer than my stack of slab boxes...

my3cents

green felt - the color of money - and it contrasts nicely with most coins....and gold

tjkillian

Cool, how many coins will fit? My vote would be forest green felt.

Tom

airplanenut

Burgundy felt seems nice... make sure it's PVC-free felt!

coinlieutenant

Is there really PVC in felt????

coinlieutenant

almost went with green but the only color they had was too dark...

fountainheadgold

Is a there a demand for cabinets similar to this, because since I am an antique dealer maybe just maybe I could trade similar cabinets for say coins

coinlieutenant

FH,

I dont know how much of demand there is out there for coin cabinets, but I know that I have been searching for one thru antique dealers of nearly six months now. this is the first I have seen. I wanted Wisconsin to chime in tonight but havent seen him lately. He is a dealer and semi expert in coin cabinets.

I would buy everyone if I were you.

BTW,

I paid for this one in coins partially. 265 in cash, a fine 1893-O Morgan and a VF 1892-O Morgan.

BillF

Totally cool cabinet! I spent a lot of time growing up on the Monterey Peninsula as a kid. My grandmother lived first in Pacific Grove, then over in Monterey, and her sister's husband had a real nice little cottage over in Carmel. I really liked that area, but it's just so damn expensive to live there. I remember going down to Fisherman's Wharf way before it was a popular tourist spot, just a bunch of old rinky-dink warehouses, falling down structures, and the occasional "artsy-fartsy" store. You could walk around on the shoreline underneath the old warehouses, and many of them had trapdoors that the fishermen used to use, so you could pop right up inside somebody's warehouse! I remeber one that was the impound lot for the police.

Anyway, once again that's a cool cabinet, and I'd like the green felt like they use on gambling tables

Besides, with this post I'm now at 100......

shirohniichan

Nice cabinet! The hapaha looks pretty cool, too.

ScarsdaleCoin

be careful with both the felt and the glue that you use as this will effect the toning of the coins... if you are building a cabinet you also have to be careful which type of wood you use....

coinlieutenant

Scarsdale,

Not putting any high end coins in it that will not be slabbed and not using glue on the felt. Just cutting and fitting it.

The cabinet is Mahogany, which is the proper wood. This one was not built by me though, it is circa 1920's...

What about the type of felt?

John

berylcoin

Nice cabinet. I really like it, particularly at that price.

You should be able to find "archival quality" felt from a museum supplies outlet or possibly even a good craft store. If the felt you purchased isn't described as archival or some similar adjective you may want to upgrade to something tested for long term storage. You'd hate to have your coins develop ugly stainining or rainbow colored tarnish.

BC

ScarsdaleCoin

not that you want the 2 hour course...but felt real felt is natural wool product....the best one that I would recommend would be Alpaca which is even nicer than Cashmere which you would probably know better....it is a natural product...so your only going to be able to buy it in beige or brown type color....the problem with most felt now is that it is 100% synthetic hence the colors which you asked about...ie what color should I get....those colors are dyes....dyes bad ....like chedder cheeze...chedder cheeze is white....so why does it look orange...because they add food color....is food color good...no but that is what people like....anyway either go natural if the coins are worth protecting or if this is just for fun...do what you like and pick a dye color you like.... my 3c hope it helps

coinlieutenant

Jon,

thanks for the felt lesson. Never knew that it was that complicated....

Learn something new everyday.

John

Wisconsin

Nice cabinet!!!

It does look to be mahogany like you say. The drawer sides and bottoms are more than likely a secondary wood, as mahogany is an expensive wood, and manufacturers usually used a less expensive wood for interior parts.

Cabinets like this are always in demand and sell quite fast when you can find them. They work well for almost any other collection as well as coins.

Glad you found one. I am sure you will want to upgrade to a bigger one someday as they fill up fast.

Jay

BigE

Put rubber feet on it so your coins dont get "cabinet friction"---------------BigE

ms70

That's really nice.