Best Idea For Labeling Coins

People have MANY different preferences when it comes to the display of coins.
It primarly comes down to HOW you wish to display them , at what level of security. A display may exhibit ONE coin only, or lots of them.

How 'bout this approach?
Put all of the coins you wish to display into a standard diameter screw capsule, with an insert inside each capsule tailored to each coin. Mount the capsules in holes in a velvet lined see both sides display board between two sheets of glass or polycarbonate glass in mounted in matched back to back timber picture frames.

Write each coin up with a printed label to explain each coin, and attach those below each coin capsule. Keep the writing short and standard in format, unless you wish to write a detailed history for each coin. Most commercial print shops have label makers for this job. It is possible that the writing could be in other than black.

I have seen a display set up in a museum with a similar display approach; it looked really nice.

This type of display could work equally well for just one coin, or many.

Thin cardboard, covered with colored paper both sides could solve the problem. Leave a hole of exactly the right diameter for the coin or capsule to fit into.
Also gives a base for the printed label to stick to.

I am currently changing my way of keeping coins. I used to keep them in double flips with the label in one side and coin in the other. These were stored in albums in sleeves that were meant for trading cards. Some of the heavier coins used to "escape" because the sleeves were too flimsy. After I mislaid one coin for several weeks, I decided to change my storage.

I bought some Lindner coin trays and some acid free round labels. I can keep the trays separate, or stacked and they are easy to access, open and handle. I also have an aluminium case for the "good" stuff. Flips with the labels are kept in boxes in "date/reference" number order and the coin labels have the same date/reference. It is easy to find the label if you want to know more about the coin.

Most of my really nice coins are too small to be displayed easily. They would need to be lit to be shown off properly. The cost would probably be prohibitive.

But I am always open to new ideas. I will be very interested to know what you finally come up with.

Thanks for that, I have put one in my Amazon wish list, I will have a proper look when I get home.

Traditionally, in the UK at least, people have used small acid-free paper disks commonly called 'tickets'

You can buy then in a variety of sizes and colours and they are round, like your capsules.

Coins usually sit in a recess in a wooden tray on a felt roundel. The ticket goes under the felt with whatever details about the coin you want to write on it.

Tickets written by the dealer AH Baldwin in the 1960s:



Prinz coin tickets: http://prinz.co.uk/acid-free-white-...8112459.html

hey, that's pretty cool pish. what is the number? do you have everything cataloged with a full attribution and coin stats?

I have the same square capsules as pish has. I always print a label under it with full attribition. Quadrum is more expensive and sometimes the coims dont fit because the are too thick

The case is aluminium, the trays are plastic covered with a velvety stuff. They have different compartments depending on what size you want.

You are in the US, I can only give you my link http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lighthous...m9c11d05b12.

You need to research what is available on your side of the pond. The best quality stuff seems to be German made.