Here's a real coin buying deal....any takers?

Here are a couple of deals on complete coin cabinets that might be of interest. Just hop into your handy time machine.....
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Here are a couple of deals on complete coin cabinets that might be of interest. Just hop into your handy time machine.....
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Imagine what they held?
rainbowroosie April 1, 2003
Wow.... Imagine the value today.... would love to know the specifics - i.e. what coins, how many, condition etc.... Cheers, RickO
BIN - I would like both - send me your paypal address for prompt payment... 8-)
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Discoverer of 1919 Mercury Dime DDO - FS-101
I would love to know where those coins are today.
They very well could be in some of our collections
Currency Wants: Any note with serial number 00000731
I think I would be excited to purchase not only the coins in the Cabinets, but also the Cabinets themselves.
I would love to get a Coin Cabinet someday. I would set it up in my Coin/Man Cave [if I had one].
I have cash at the ready plus a
20% finders fee.
Neat! Did the Whitman album, and related type displays similar to Whitman, envelopes, etc. put an end to cabinet collections? Or, was it just an overall awareness of the friction developing on coins/other environmental issues harming technical grade, and a desire to preserve the coin/medals integrity?
I had one built earlier this year! It is the best!
"Cabinets" of coins, medals, minerals, autographs and other odd and curious items were normal parts of most middle class and upper class homes. Public institutions had their own versions, and private "museums" or "traveling curio cabinets" Such as the Peale museum, Barnum's and many others.
Some collectors concentrated on coins, but most had a wide assortment of items that were used to stimulate discussion with visitors. (Remember, except for large cities it took hours or days to go visit someone. A casual visit, arranged in advance by letter, might last several days or weeks.) The collections also were links to social & philosophical organizations aimed at the dissemination of new knowledge and information.
PS: Beautiful coin cabinet above! Only thing missing are the martini tap and olive holder.
Wow, interesting article. I also wonder what was in there and where are they now !!!
Allons-y
Collector of randomness. Photographer at PCGS. Lover of Harry Potter.
What happens when a pan-dimensional call box displaces local space-time? Does you watch stop, or your cat turn inside out?
Lots of wibbly, wobbly, timey, wimey, stuff happens.
Collector of randomness. Photographer at PCGS. Lover of Harry Potter.
Any idea what year this was published?
How about the details by mail part? A much more laid back time then and the entitled were hard to find.
Is that TARDIS 100% solid Mahogany? I don't want it toning my coins!
I'm not sure but you can always go back and undo it unless the toning is a fixed point.
Collector of randomness. Photographer at PCGS. Lover of Harry Potter.
Mason's Stamp and Coin Magazine Jan. 1870.
There's a good description of the "Coin Cabinet of the Philadelphia Mint" if you google it.
Describes the cabinets and the contents.
Value in 1894 $58,000.

If someone really wants a coin cabinet and can’t find one, the next best thing is an antique dental cabinet.
He who knows he has enough is rich.
Do we know if this was Mickley's collection?
I really like MatThe Riley's coin cabinet!
I believe you could find new coin cabinets for sale (less any coins) in Numismatic Scrapbook Magazine almost to the end of its publication in 1976.
Hey, sorry to derail the thread, but I thought it might be ok to post a link to the gentleman I commissioned to build my cabinet above. He does phenomenal work and is, I feel, very reasonably priced for the quality received.
http://www.cabinetsbycraig.net/
Wow! The guy makes darnfine cabinets.
Washingtoniana - No, this was not an ad for a cabinet of coins belonging to any well-known collection, so far as I can tell from the ad and related articles. Maybe one of the old time auction experts knows more?