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Canada
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My drachma is still in the mail and I was wondering how I should go about storing my Sassanian collection. Do 2x2s see any action here? I was always told to avoid wood for all my coins but what about all these wood boxes and trays I am seeing? I mean these coins are , no hyperbole, ancient, I don't think wood would hurt them. I have googled show case, shadow box, coin display case, jewelry display case etc. What is the term I am looking for for a glass topped case where you can look down and see you coins? Does anyone have any pictures of how they store/display their collection? I might just go with 2x2s, Mylar pages and binders  . |
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 United States
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I use 2x2's and keep them in an album. Would love to see your Sassanian collection.
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 Canada
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Right now my collection is a Shah Khusru II from the AM mint still getting to the east cost from Calgary! Just branching out from pre-confederate Canada, doing lots of reading.
Thank you for your reply, I will probably just do what you do.
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Same here, attributed coins in 2x2s within albums (ie all older, more interesting and/or more valuable coins).
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Italy
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United Kingdom
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I used to keep them in 2x2 double flips with a label in one side. I have now moved on to an aluminium case with trays. As far as wood goes, mahogany is ok but stay away from other woods, they give off gasses which are not good for coins.
I like to handle my coins, unlike modern coins they can be handled. I wouldn't seal them in slabs or the type of flips that you glue shut or staple.
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Pillar of the Community
Italy
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Would coins in a 2x2 flip laying on top of wood be okay ?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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They can be handled? If that is the case can I see a picture of an alunimun case. Like a box with all the tray inserts?
I have a friend, a welder, black hands all the times. He loves looking over my coins/collectibles. COukd he handle them or is a mandatory hand washing the best policy?
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Pillar of the Community
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Metal trays are not really the best, it you use those put some sort of cloth into them.
Always avoid having moisture on your hands.
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United Kingdom
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My case for coin trays, you have to get the tray separately, you get different sized inserts. They are not cheap but I got some half price on ebay. I got the case that takes 8 trays. There is a smaller version that takes 4 trays. http://www.amazon.com/Carrying-Alum...p/B007OWGBQOI wouldn't keep coins in wood, even if they are in flips. Maybe if they were in airtight ccapsules it might be OK. There is information if you google wood and coins. |
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United Kingdom
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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. Edited by Tom Goodheart
01/03/2015 4:55 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Here a picture from a slightly larger 'Münzkabinett'  |
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Canada
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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?
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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. Quote:
So I can hold these coins like they are just bottle caps? 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? Quote:
Here a picture from a slightly larger 'Münzkabinett' Very nice Medieval. Yours?  . Edited by Tom Goodheart
01/03/2015 5:42 pm
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Canada
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Yes, thank you. I would not rub my thumb on the bust or try to spin them. WHat I think I mght do is take one of my milk crates and these jewerly trays and make a coin cabinet. http://www.amazon.ca/Slot-Jewelry-S...ds=coin+trayThen someday a mahogany one! |
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