Patent ID: 7784607
Filing Date: 2010-08-31
Classification: A45C

Abstract:
1. A coin holding and displaying apparatus comprising: a first plate and a second plate, said first and second plates being transparent, each of said first and second plates having a first side and a second side, said first sides of each of said first and second plates having a pair of semi-cylindrical indentations therein and forming bulbous portions extending outwardly from a plane of associated ones of said second sides, said semi-cylindrical indentations in said first plate being alignable with one of said semi-cylindrical indentations in said second plate to form a pair of cylinders, each of said bulbous portions abutting a bottom edge of said first and second plates to define supports to retain said first and second plates in a vertical orientation, each of said bulbous portions having a planar upper end; a plurality of couplers releasably coupling said first sides of said first and second plates together to releasably secure coins within said cylinders, said couplers each comprising a plurality of female mating members and male mating members, each of said female mating members extending into said first plate and each of said male mating members being attached to and extending away from said second plate; said first sides of said first and second plates each having a pair of disc indentations therein, each of said disc indentations in said first plate being alignable with one of said disc indentations in said second plate, said disc indentations being spaced from the plane of an associated one of said second sides, each of said disc indentations having a same diameter as said cylinders, wherein aligned ones of said disc indentations have a depth to hold and display a single coin; said first sides of said first and second plates each having a panel indentation therein, said panel indentation in said first plate being alignable with said panel indentation in said second plate, said panel indentations being spaced from the plane of an associated one of said second sides, said panel indentations having a rectangular shape and releasably receive a panel having indicia thereon describing coins stored in said cylinders; and wherein coins are removably positionable in said cylinders to store and display said coins in collectible condition.