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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I have the same type of flips and insert cards. Just the album I need to get next. I may do that next month and so I may not get as many coins.
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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If you build the ren wax up in layers, for example 5-6 decent coatings it will do a pretty good job of encapsulating and preserving it. I've had some pretty flakey Victoria pennies found while detecting(London soil is so acidic!) and ren wax has held them together for me.
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Pillar of the Community
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How long does Ren. Wax last for, exactly? Indefinitely would have to be the answer - I would want my coins to be above ground as long as they were belong ground.
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United Kingdom
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How long does Ren. Wax last for, exactly? To be completely honest, I don't know. I would presume if the object is left untouched it would last for a very long time. I have finds from my very early days of detecting (late 2008) which still look the same as when I treated them. |
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I think I'm going to try and suspend the Aurelius in clear resin. If I come across any ren' wax then ill treat everything else with that. Until then, Anoobs mylar flip method is in use using my only flip (from a trade).
The advantage of casting in clear resin is that the coin cant be damaged - just the resin. and the coin will never be removed so will last as long as the resin, which I'm assured is basically indefinite when stored properly. I can also encase the coin with a hand written note of its provenance for the next owner (but I somehow think I'm going to be its last owner).
...to be honest, the display method by Anoob with the standing flip does look pretty good. And a lot easier. And cheaper. Well, Its how the others will be displayed, certainly. I just need to get some more flips in...
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Just make sure that if you go for the plastic coin "Flips" that they are PVC free, as the acid in those with PVC contributes to BD.
I store mine in trays, I do not even like keeping the paper info slips under them, as so far the paper has acid in it too.
So if you went for storing your coins in a tray, go for acid free paper, cut them into slip size and write your info on it.
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01/12/2013 2:49 pm
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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Benny, any updates on the other coins from the uncleaned lots?
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Coinage - they have been put into plastic pots and taped up until the end of exams. The only ones not in there are the large ones and theres no update on those I'm afraid (well, one was dropped and scraped but in its condition I'm not too worried about it getting banged about).
The nice ones are still with full patinas. The crispus/shield & spear/beata looks pretty good and I think the Constantine II consular robe/eagle sceptre/beata will be finished when I next get my hands on it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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One time I saw a shadowbox table for sale in someones barn. I thought to myself, "That would make an excellent dispay case for my coins!" Sadly, I did not buy it and now I wish I had. If you go on Google and type in 'coffee table shadowboxes' you will get a lot of nice pieces to choose from. I like this one: http://media.247sports.com/Uploads/...8/718923.jpgYou can fill the case with cotton stuffing until you get the desired depth in the box and then cover the cotton with a sheet of felt. And there you go! You have a very classy piece of furniture that you can display your coins in. Here is one somebody has displayed their paper currency collection in. http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/a...img_2002.jpg |
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that's pretty interesting, hand't thought of that. I don't know if i'd put my top of the line stuff in the (i could image spilled drinking seaping into there), but would be a cool converstion piece.
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Pillar of the Community
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You know I always wanted to store my Tets in a small leather drawstring purse, and have them half spilt out for display...now that would be awesome, but one has to consider the negative effect being in contact with dyed leather and other coins had on each of the specimens. There is also no room for the attribution information. It would be cool anyways!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Throw a bunch of them in drawstring purse just for a photo and then return them to how you normally have them stored.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I have an idea for you, Ancientnoob. Something similar...I saw a picture of a display of ancient coins in a museum once. They had the coins spilling out of a ceramic jar that was on its side (to mimick how people would store their coins long-term in ancient times). In order to protect the coins from touching each other they put small pieces of linen inbetween each coin so they would be separated, but no cloth could be seen to anyone viewing the exhibit. How does that sound? You can find ceramic pots that are made to look like their real ancient counterparts, or you could go all out and spend some serious $$$ and get an authentic ancient pot (would be very hard to get or even find).
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Bury them in a pot in your back garden incase of social uprisings / wars. Now who was it who used to do that  |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Interestingly, intact roman pots are only £60. Intriguing.
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