Retrofitted Victorian Slide Cabinet

[Sosius]

I came across this cool mahogany Victorian microscope slide cabinet a few months ago.  I thought it had potential as a coin cabinet, so I contacted fellow FORVM member cmcdon (Craig McDonald) and he made some awesome new trays for it.  I have enclosed before and after shots.  Don't let my amateur in-office photo of the finished product fool you, it really looks great. 

Thanks, Craig!

Sosius

[Carausius]

Great idea, Sosius.  Now, show us how it looks filled with coins!  How many slide trays were in the original cabinet, and were you able to replace them with an equal number of coin trays (or did Craig need to use thicker trays to fit ancient coins)?

[cmcdon0923]

Let me jump in here if you don't mind Sosius....

The original cabinet had 12 trays, each only 1/4" thick....far too thin to hold a coin of any substantial thickness.....so I replaced them with 6 trays, each 1/2" thick.



....and not to give anything away, but I'm working to retrofit another, equally if not more, interesting antique cabinet for him.