Patent ID: 8061512

Claim:
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 an associated second side, said first sides of each of said first and second plates having a semi-cylindrical indentation therein, wherein said semi-cylindrical indentation forms a bulbous portion extending outwardly from a plane of said associated second sides, and wherein said bulbous portions abut a bottom edge of said first and second plates to define supports to retain said first and second plates in a vertical orientation, said semi-cylindrical indentation in said first plate being alignable with said semi-cylindrical indentation in said second plate to form a cylinder, and wherein each of said first and second plates further comprises a disc indentation therein, said disc indentation in said first plate being alignable with said disc indentation in said second plate, said disc indentations being spaced from the plane of an associated one of said second sides, wherein each of said disc indentations having a same diameter as said cylinder, and wherein said disc indentations have a depth to hold and display a single coin when said disc indentations are aligned and said first and second plates are coupled to each other; and a plurality of couplers releasably coupling said first sides of said first and second plates together to releasably secure coins within said cylinder, wherein the coins are removably positionable in said cylinder to store and display the coins in collectible condition.