How do you display your collection?

I was curious how everybody displays their collection. I have been looking for some creative way to display my collection. I don't show it off to everyone , but I want to keep the kids in my family interested in Numismatics and Digging out my books of coins sometimes is inconvenient.

You'll find many threads in Numista if you follow this link.

I realize just now that the Google Image results are pretty cool!

Quote: "Camerinvs"​You'll find many threads in Numista if you follow this link.
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​I realize just now that the Google Image results are pretty cool!

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Thanks Camerinus
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I like to make holders using thin sheets of foam, which is very cost effective but I prefer to use Airtite holders. Not sure what I think about sticking raw coins into foam...

Here is an album of photos showing the process: https://imgur.com/a/TeAiSxf
Can be done with a box style holder like my cigar box pictured; or put into a deep frame with glass and then hung up on the wall. :-)

That looks very nice. I am thinking of creating my own albums, but I have to see whether I can find the right, PVC free plastic sheets.

In North America, the approach is by denominations, which I don't like. I want something organized by reigns or at any rate by historical periods.

The Lighthouse/Leuchtturm representative during our annual coin show told me that Lighthouse had pondered over which of the two systems to use for their Canadian products, and in the end they opted for denominations over reigns (e.g. the Kaskade albums).

Really badly - but that is about to change.

A really bad plastic album thing with plastic slide in pages for better coins

Push in cardboard albums for all my New Zealand Predecimals, except Halfcrowns (As the holes are too small).



It only gets worse from there - Any proof or uncirculated set stays in its packaging

The rest of my coins (Change and common) sits in plastic bags sorted to type. In 3 boxes and an old metal coin box. I know its shameful and childish.

Then again I have only got serious about coins again in the past year. Before then, my home was a transit point for 99% of what came in.

Are buying some professional holder pages for my better coins though.

However I have good photos of all my better pieces and this will help for insurance purposes.

Some shots of my collection at present.

These facilities are the coin equivalent of a suite of crumbly old buildings about to be demolished for a row of shiny new office blocks.



Pages from my Album, which is about to have all silver and better coins removed to new PVC free pages which are on their way. Crown sized coins, my Halfcrowns of NZ and global large coins including British Halfcrowns



Florins and my NZ 50 cent display page (Will stay) these include 2015 Gallipoli and 2018 Armistice coins

B coins include the NZ Predecimal push in albums - okay but toned due to age (1960s)



Shillings and the Threepences

All other coins are in boxes presently, the Proof sets and better modern coins stay in their packets and cases



Finally the world miscellaneous live in Ziplock bags (PVC Free and clean - often replaced)


A metal box I bought in a stamp auction in 2018 and its lockable and about 1950.



Kiwi overflow coins live in a chocolate box, although a new tin is ready to be pressed into service. Included are Predecimal copper, copper nickel, silver (All worn and duplicates), Proof set and unc set decimals, sorted to denom, Various large decimal coins - cupronickel and copper, separate and a bag of loose Armistice 50 cent coins.

Hope you all enjoyed!

Quote: "frowell"​I like to make holders using thin sheets of foam, which is very cost effective but I prefer to use Airtite holders. Not sure what I think about sticking raw coins into foam...
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​Here is an album of photos showing the process: https://imgur.com/a/TeAiSxf
​Can be done with a box style holder like my cigar box pictured; or put into a deep frame with glass and then hung up on the wall. :-)

I agree with you. I like the air tite holders for my better quality coins, but ​I like the idea of the deep frames too. Maybe some combination. I recently acquired some older Laotian and Thailand coins which have some unconventional shapes. Perhaps I can devise some kind of plastic backing in the foam to shield the coin.

Quote: "Camerinvs"​That looks very nice. I am thinking of creating my own albums, but I have to see whether I can find the right, PVC free plastic sheets.
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​In North America, the approach is by denominations, which I don't like. I want something organized by reigns or at any rate by historical periods.
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​The Lighthouse/Leuchtturm representative during our annual coin show told me that Lighthouse had pondered over which of the two systems to use for their Canadian products, and in the end they opted for denominations over reigns (e.g. the Kaskade albums).

​That is something I hadn't thought about. That's a great idea. I have a few series of coins that span through several reigns and might have to look at what I can come up with.

I display my collection in several 12" double row 2x2 boxes
in three safety deposit boxes. I have pictures of the collection
"early dated coins " on my computer. I see the boxes every
3-4 months. Not much fun but I don't take chances. My collection
is the afore mentioned early dated stuff, Hungarian coins,about
350+ ASE, and a few ancients that I inherited from my grandfather.

I display collection in several 12" double row 2x2 boxes
in three safety deposit boxes. I have pictures of the collection
"early dated coins " on my computer. I see the boxes every
3-4 months. Not much fun but I don't take chances.

My Upgrade is going very well.

I now have 400 Mylar Flips (Archive quality with no PVC or softeners and 40 PVC Free pages and have moved my New Zealand Predecimal collections (And some of the better proof set decimal coins liberated from the stained and tarnished packets.



Each coin now has a home printed card, as you can see these are the NZ ones, the world ones will have a blank country- all printed on acid free 160gsm paper.



It is designed so that one can see the whole coin and read it's data. Rare and expensive coins will have data on sale price and acquistion.

I have templates saved, so when some coins are upgraded, I just do a new card.

The albums also have card board dividers for each coin type



So far just NZ is done, but the British Half crowns and world coins are coming up next!

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I have several albums like that. With a hard red cardboard between the sheets and a paper with coin information.