Storing Ancients Like Modrens?

Here in the UK, coin cabinets are still reasonably popular.

Coins sit on small rounds of felt in recesses cut in mahogany trays. Traditionally information about the coin is written on a paper disk that tucks under the felt.

My coins aren't ancient but maybe this pic will give you the idea:



And if you have any reservations, perhaps it might help to mention the same storage method has been used by major British coin dealers such as Spink and Baldwins, as well as the British Museum, for many decades.

Cabinets aren't the cheapest option as they are usually made to order. But they will provide attractive and safe storage for years.

pishpash, the link is not working, not sure if it is because I am in chrome or if it is because I am Canadian.

Tom Goodheart, that cabinet looks stunning! I seen a similar apperatice in the British Museums website on Persian coins! I think I will try to find an aluniminum version with felt trays for now and someday buy one of those.

So I can hold these coins like they are just bottle caps?

Lidl (a German cut-price grocery company) sells these here in the UK for under Can$25:



I believe Lidl is coming to Canada! And if not .. there will no doubt be something similar available I'm sure.




Weeeell ... sort of! My coins are as I say, not ancient. They all date from the first half of the 1600s. And are silver. So they are mostly toned, with a few having been cleaned as they were dug finds (the cleaning is usually done by a museum while the find is catalogued and valued).

Some have been in collections for over 100 years, during which time they have been handled, admired and discussed. In some cases probably by a group of gentlemen after a nice meal, so I can imagine they may even have been exposed to fumes from brandy and cigars!

I suspect there's little harm now in careful handling, by which I mean with clean dry hands by the edges and not being dropped! The toning is stable (OK, it might darken with a bit of time, but these aren't coins I expect to look as if they were struck yesterday. I accept some toning and patination in a 350+ year old coin.

So I'm not overly 'precious' with my coins. But I wouldn't give them to a group of six-year-olds to play shove penny with them either!

That help?





Very nice Medieval. Yours?

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If your coins are ancient Roman or Greek then yes you can handle them. And yes, you can give them to a bunch of 6/7 year olds, I did. I made up a collection of coins (to donate to a local school) with a bit about the emperor, there were 27 large coins. I also gave them a few uncleaned coins to show them how they looked when they were dug, and about 70 coins, mainly AE3s as "a handful of change".

I would treat medieval coins with a little more respect!

I had old wooden boxes and made myself the divisions for the coins .I use these boxes only for greek and roman silver coins .

I would guess those are trays that stack inside. They were pulled out and placed in the lid for display purposes.

Ugh, so I started this thread https://goccf.com/t/194173

and have been getting different answers. Given what I have said here and over in that thread does my idea sound viable?

Thank you in advance.