Large coin storage question

[Twitch]

Large 'coin' storage question

Hello all. I recently purchased a medal / token that when I saw it I had to have it. I'd never seen or heard of it before and had no idea of it's value but I thought it was super cool. It's a 1904 Farran Zerbe medal (H-61-340). Basically it's a token that was given out (or sold maybe, I don't really know) at the 1904 world's fair in St Louis listing the current prices at the time for old US coins. For example an 1894-S dime in F should run you $50, 100 year old gold coins (180X) are listed at ~20-25% over FACE!, stuff like that. Anyway, my issue is that it's basically 2 inches in diameter so I don't really know how to store it. I was going to put it into a flip but even the silver eagle holders are too small. Does anyone have thoughts of how I could store it? It's just sitting in an envelope right now. I'm sure that's not the safest way to store it.

Thanks

 

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[Mackaydon]

Your medal is composed of aluminum if it's the same as this one:
https://www.collectors-society.com/wcm/CoinView.aspx?sc=154514
That fact, if true, may facilitate others to answer your specific question.
Don.........
PS: Stacks sold one in MS-62 (NGC) condition about two years ago for $253.
Great token !!

 

[huntsman53]

Due to the large size of the medal/token, it is doubtful that you will find an appropriate sized holder/protector made for coins here in the United States. You might try the European market via eBay or elsewhere as some European coins, especially commemorative type coins/tokens/medal were very large. Otherwise, I would suggest purchasing a Bill/Currency protector, fold the length-wise side in half, place the token/medal inside one of the folded sides then tape the edges with clear tape. This should suffice until you might be able to obtain an appropriate sized holder/protector for it.


Frank

 

[Twitch]

Don - thanks, that's it's and you're correct that it's aluminum. Couldn't pass it up when I saw it.

Frank - thanks, I'll look into both of the options you suggest.

 

[dejapooh]

That is a great token!

 

[kaiser613]

wow 1904 that's pretty old for an aluminum token, I know that mass industrialization of refinement removed It from the precious metals category in the 1880's but that's still pretty cool that they produced a mere token out of aluminum that early.

 

[Twitch]

Thanks everyone.