Custom Capitol Plastics Holders?

tradedollarnut

Anyone know how to contact Capitol Plastics regarding a custom holder order? I did a web search but couldn't find them....

Russ

http://www.capitalplastics.com

Russ, NCNE

Placid

Capital Plastics?

cosmos66

Here you go: Capital Plastics The name is spelled with an a and not an o.

tradedollarnut

Many thanks.

Interesting that they use the Capitol to try to get you to remember Capital!

Placid

My link goes right to the custom holder page

dragon

TDN,

If you go to their website, you can now place orders online with them with your credit card. I just ordered a couple of 4" X 5" custom holders and they took about 2 1/2 weeks to arrive, they are really nice too!

dragon

cardinal

They're great people to work with. They have MANY options in customizing holders -- including thickness for very thick, high-relief items. For example, they created this holder for my Libertas Medal, which is 3/8" thick (three times the thickness of a typical Silver Dollar):

Baley

My Gosh Cardinal, that is amazing!

I've got a couple of Capital plastics products and am very happy with them.

BillJones

The custom Capital Plastic holders are great for anything that is bigger than a dime. Dimes are dicey because they are thin, and there is not much to hold them in place. Half Dimes, gold dollars and silver three cent pieces? Forget it!

I used Capital Plastics for years for my best large coins. They worked great and the folks at Capital will work with you.

jbsteven

I would like to own Cardinals WORST coin in his collection. I bet even that coin is great.

Let's see some more of your stuff Cardinal.

MFH

Cardinal,
What an amazingly beautiful medal. (Its seems a shame that the engravers of our first coin designs didn't try to emulate this design instead of the "Frightened Liberty" Chain Cent of 1793. ) This design has the character and substance which we should be using on our Dollar coin today.

Myriads

I just want to add to the praise Capital Plasics crew. I've had two custom Capital holders done. One for my Liberty Nickels about a decade ago (7 to go!) and I just ordered a holder for the Nickle Three Cent Pieces series which should be in my hands in a few weeks.

Working with the people there was a wonderful experience. They were helpful, super attentive to my specific wants, and provided lots of feedback and even computer drawn mock-ups of what my holder would look like so we could fine tune it. My contact person was named Rick Juenemann and he was a total professional!

I cannot say how pleased I am with them and their product. They garentee fit so I'm not worried about the smaller 3cN coin size. I have a Rosevelt holder by them (a stock item) and it holds every coin perfectly.

It can be costly to do a custom holder, with the big expense being the lettering. It's 30¢ a letter, so each date is a $1.20, that can add up on a series. Each hole costs and so on...

Sorry if I sound like an ad, but I want to take a moment to praise a company that I feel makes a great product.

Tradedollarnut, what are you thinkign of having them do for you?

Myriads

Clankeye

I hate to dog pile on, but I have found both the product and the service provided by Capital Plastics to be excellent.

They will have my business again down the road because they just flat out earned it.

A tip of the hat to them.


Clankeye

Baley

Tradedollarnut, what are you thinking of having them do for you?

yes, I'd be interested in seeing pics of the coins that will go in the proposed holder

from my collection, here are some Proof Frankies:



and here is part of a capital 20th century type set holder, c. 1980

tradedollarnut

Tradedollarnut, what are you thinkign of having them do for you?

I have 4 of the first 5 trade dollars minted, along with an 1873 letter from Mint Director Linderman presenting them to a friend. Each coin has the number of the coin [2,3,4, or 5] hand scratched above the eagle's head. I want them to create a holder similar to the one they did for the proof 1864-L IHC [in another thread] that will display the coins and the letter together.

I haven't decided if I'll add a 5th trade dollar to show the obverse, turn one of the four around, or just show all 4 reverses. But I think it'd make a neat display.

cardinal

Tradedollarnut,

I think that would make for an awesome display!!

I would suggest adding a fifth trade dollar to display the obverse. After all, the others ARE numbered 2-5, so I think it would be more balanced for the display to include 5 coins in total. Just my two cents.

Another interesting custom display would be the following. Right now it's a virtual display -- showing how our early flowing hair designs actually did evolve from the Libertas Medal. (Thanks again to Laura for adding that to my collection! ) Sadly, this is one that I will never be able to assemble with genuine specimens, as the two pattern 1794 dollars are unavailable. At least I have the first and the last in my set.

Clankeye

I have seen some stunning things in my time on the forum, Cardinal. But that... that is beyond. --Wait a minute--should have read further that it is a virtual set. Still cool though.

The medal also is really striking.

Tradedollarnut--what you are planning sounds fantastic.


Clankeye

Myriads

tradedollarnut,

I'm very impressed with your plans. I spent a bit of time on your site, and learned a lot about trades. I'm always impressed by the wealth of knowledge that I run across here. I hope that Capital is able to create a holder that does your material justice. (That is if you choose to go with them)

Today I got my cutom order in the mail from Capital, with a turnabout time of just two weeks since I ordered. Here is a pic if the forum is feeling up to showing stuff right now. All the dust, smudges, and scratches are on the scanner, not the nice new holder :-)



Myriads