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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Hello! Glad to be back, even if it is just for the rest of today. Anyways, I am making an exhibit for the ANA's Early American Copper project and I need help with the display. I am showing it off in a library first, then I think I will display it in a bank. I am housing the display in a 10 gallon glass fish tank. What I need to know is if there is a better way to display the coins. You can see in the pics that the coins are on cardbord holders in 2x2's. I've tried this method with air tights, but they dont fit the coins. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!    |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Raw sitting on those little tiny clear plastic versions of those decorative plate stands. Just put sticky back felt at the contact points... where have you been child
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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I've been... Places... Thanks for the suggestion, but I want to also display info about the coin. Maybe I could put the info on the bottom  Anyways, I've checked ebay and it seems only 1 size is available. Does it fit all coins or just the 38 MM it says? Edited by ChildOfTheWheat
07/19/2015 5:27 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
711 Posts |
Staples sells small plastic easels or stands that would be great for this.
They make all sorts of sizes of airtites. You should be able to find one online no problem.
I know the people at Wizard Coin Supply have been good to CCF in the past, maybe look them up. They have all the various sizes of airtites in inventory.
Maybe some enlarged pictures of the coins with both sides would help too. Lots of space in that fish tank to utilize.
Edited by BuckeyeCoinGuy
07/19/2015 6:02 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I would think a lot more coins would look more interesting. For example one each of the Lincoln Cents. A Flying Eagle and Indian Head cent too. Just a few is just not to interesting. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I would do as others have mentioned. For $10 in supplies you could make the presentation look as good as the professionals. Use Air-tite holders and I woudl recommend the ones with the foam surround as some of the diameters of the early coppers may vary slightly and a direct fit Air-tite may be too small. You will have to figure out which color foam complements or contrasts the color of the coins you have the best. Use the coin stands in conjunction with the Air-ttie holders. These are 10 for $3.49 on ebay with free shipping.  These are a little more expensive.  Go to the fabric store and pick up a yard of some nice fabric from the remnants miscut rack and wrap your base with it. Use a heavier weight paper than standard copy paper to prevent the edges from curling a use a straight edge and a razor blade to cut the paper descriptions for a cleaner look and use double sided tape on the bottom of the paper to affix it to your new fabric base. Edited by jack jeckel
07/19/2015 6:51 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I agree, it just needs to look a little more professional. The cardboard and masking tape make it look like a hasty due-the-next-day project.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yeah, that's why I came to CCF! It looked sloppy! I will work on it! Thanks!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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If your plans include exhibiting at the ANA I would recommend getting a copy of the Exhibit rules and Exhibit Application that are available on-line. I don't think they will allow a fish tank. Just didn't want you to be surprised at the last minute. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Penny guy. I will check and see but keep in mind this is for a YN project (more specifically the Early American copper project).
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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If you have a local craft/hobby store (Michaels or Hobby Lobby) you should be able to find the presentation stands there and save time and shipping costs.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Did you sign up for a competitive exhibit at the World's Fair of Money? You would have needed to fill out an application. If you did, then you should read the rules here https://www.money.org/numismatic-ev...ion-exhibits. If not, I think the fish tank is quite nice. It allows for a very large viewing window and, if there is space for people to walk around it, depending on how you change how the coins are held, they may also be able to see the reverse. |
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Valued Member
Netherlands
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The reason I don't collect copper coins is that I find it hard to see what's on them once they have lost their original colour (esp. since Dutch copper coins are often very small). That's even more so when you have the coins in a fish tank, so people cannot see them up close.
What might be an idea is to take good close-up photos of the coins, enlarge them, and put them on the back wall or something. First of all, it will probably grab the attention more, and it will make it easier to see what you're looking at. :)
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Pillar of the Community
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You have the right idea going on,just need to present it better IMO. A piece of velvet on the bottom goes along way,maybe after you have the placement figured out as well you can put the lid back on and hook up some kind of light to the top so everything is portrayed under a nice light fully illuminating everything you are trying to show!
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Valued Member
United States
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These are some really good tips guys. I might add that you could use some small blocks of wood under the felt/cloth as a riser for the easel. Let the cloth sorta flow up and down and have the coins at varying heights. I like the inverted fish tank idea - use more of the tank's height.
Post some pics of your final display.
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