Competitive Exhibit For Coin Show

Exhibits I have seen at coin shows are typically stored in the lockable clear-top cases that show dealers use for their inventory. One suggestion I would make is to picture some other artwork by Anthony de Francisci, he was an excellent medallic artist.

How about displaying some killer pictures of MS Peace dollars blown up as much as possible? Posting recent sales prices of both common and out of this world examples? Pictures identifying a variety, if there are such for Peace dollars? A graph of the increase in melt value since he was born? And maybe a couple of the slickest ones you can find for the hands-on part of the display? I'd keep the album away from the attendees and I like the remove the pages idea. Nothing good can come from letting a crowd have access to the album. And looking at my 8 year old boy's hands reinforces that.

I too think this is the safest and best way to go. Taking them out of the Album one at a time for some other type of display is taking the chance of touching them, dropping them and serves no purpose. And people flipping the pages to see what is next also could damage the pages. Excessive turning the pages could start the edges to cringle or something. And not everyone at a coin show has clean hands either.
For some of the more valuable ones, you could add a blowup photo of those in the case or on top of the case and I do hope you put those in a case.
Another possible is to have put all of them in 2x2's, put those in those plastic pages for 20 2x2's. Those could be in a 3 ringed binder or just laying flat in a case. Then there is a place to lable each coin with info such as quantity minted, grade, dates and mint marks. Such info would make it unnecessary to have to turn the pages.
Don't forget to bring a light. Not sure if your coin show has outlets for them or even provides lighting but best play safe and bring one.
As to the articles associated with those coins. In most stationary stores they sell plastic page protectors and I suggest you get some for those articles. Same reason as with coins. People just are not as good with someone else's property as their own. You might want to get some 3 ringed notebook type of binders for those page protected articles so not just laying around too.

Might not be what he wants to do or to late to start addition things, but maybe another thing to throw in would be what led up to the Peach types. By that I mean he could have one Bust type, one Sitting Liberty, One Morgan dollar showing the progression to the Peace type. Just a thought.
If you have a 2011 Red Book, also leave on the table opened to page 224 for Peach Type dollars.
He could also have a coparative size related section with an example of a Cent, Nickel, Dime, Quarter and Half Dollar. Just to show the differences in size of those coins of his.
Always one more thing to think about.

You should try and get a copy of the judging rules. Appearance tend to be a large portion of the judging points and the dismounted pages of an album may not score very highly. Although the judges do tend to be more lenient on exhibits by juniors. I also would not count on being able to have a light on your exhibit. Most shows do not provide power to the exhibit tables and usually the rules stipulate that nothing can be outside the cases. In some instances it they even go as far as to say no external lighting. Rarity and condition are not as important as you might think. Usually the things that score the most points are appearance, an appropriate title, and numismatic information content

I've almost never been at a show that had power and/or lamps for the exhibit tables. The dealers tables sure, but not the exhibits.

The rules seem to be fairly generic:

Judging Exhibits

Information: Assess the quality and originality of the information presented within the exhibit. You should evaluate the effort taken in doing the research, the number of sources, the amount of original information from the exhibitor's own experience, and whether the exhibitor has plagiarized any sources. Any information that is in the form of a displayed reference book or a copy thereof should not be included in the scoring. If the judge feels that the exhibitor is attempting to claim any such information as his own, the score for this section should be zero points. This element is awarded from 0 to 35 points.

Arrangement: Assess the layout of the exhibit for artistic merit and efficient layout. Decorations can be appreciated, but should not overwhelm the information and material. This score is strictly a measure of how well the exhibiter has mad all elements meld together. This element is awarded from 0 to 35 points.

Condition of Material: The judge should evaluate how much effort was put into finding the nicest items to display. This assessment is relative to the topic of coins or stamp being displayed. For example, it is much easier to find Lincoln Memorial Cents in AU condition than it is to find Bust Halves in Very Good condition. This element is awarded from 0 to 15 points.

Rarity of Material: Evaluate the difficulty the exhibitor faced to locate the material. Is this something that can be found on any bourse floor, or did the collector need to search for many years? Be aware that this score IS NOT DEPENDANT UPON CASH VALUE OF ITEMS DISPLAYED; just because an item is expensive to acquire does not mean it is difficult to locate. This element is awarded from 0 to 10 points.

Degree of Completeness: Determine the level to which the number of items displayed relates to the title of the Exhibit. If the title is "UNITED STATES STAMPS" and only a few hundred loose stamps from the 1940s are shown, the exhibitor has not done well in the completeness category. However, an exhibit that shows one coin with a very concise title and thorough documentation could be considered complete. This element is awarded from 0 to 5 points.