Wall Display

[Soxfan]

Hey all, its been a while, you know kids and all 

Question, I'm decorating my office and have some nice framed pictures that I took of Rome when I was there. In between those, I would like to hang a wall mounted display of my coins. Maybe even something in order of the first 12 Emperors.

Anyhow, my question is, do any of you display your coins on the wall or any ideas? Thanks for any replies!

[dougsmit]

Buy a smallish (32") LED TV, mount it in a frame and run a slide show from a USB drive.  Many/most TV's now have this capability built in.  Prices seem to be falling daily.

[SC]

Doug's idea is a great one.

There are challenges to displaying real coins on a wall.  It is hard to get them to stay in place in a vertical setting.  There are display systems which press an object between two layers of clear stuff (mylar ) in a nice frame.  This keeps them from moving around.  However this means you have an ancient coin in direct contact with plastic which is a recipe for damage.  Even if the plastic is archivally safe - which I really doubt most are - you can get trapped moisture leading to things like bronze disease. 

Stick a flat tray on the wall somehow and the coins will just roll around in the little compartments. 

You could build or buy a thicker tray and make some sort of angled rest to that each coins leans back on an angle but I have never seen such a thing for sale.

Shawn
 

[Soxfan]

Yeah, good points. There really isn't a good solution for that. They just tell such a story, I hate storing them in a tray, but there really isn't a better idea. Thanks guys, appreciate the feedback