How to label

[Bogart]

If one was to attach a label to a coin to impart some information to a casual observer about that coin what info would you include.

For me

1. Name of the coin

2. The mint

3 Weight

4 Metal/ purity

 

Am I missing anything else?

[DrDave]

Maybe the year too?

[Scootermuppet]

🤔 how about the mintage?

… could end up being a big label, this one 😉

[modofantasma]

1 hour ago, Bogart said:

If one was to attach a label to a coin to impart some information to a casual observer about that coin what info would you include.

For me

1. Name of the coin

2. The mint

3 Weight

4 Metal/ purity

 

Am I missing anything else?

If you're keeping at home a label '****ing valuable do not ****ing throw me away' incase a family member stumbles over them when they're tidying up. I prefer vaulting everything though so nobody is going to stumble across them by accident 👍🏼

[Arganto]

What's the purpose of the label? Is it on display with the coin? In what context?

[Bogart]

2 hours ago, DrDave said:

Maybe the year too?

I did think that myself and then thought most people can read the date on the coin itself.

[Bogart]

1 hour ago, modofantasma said:

If you're keeping at home a label '****ing valuable do not ****ing throw me away' incase a family member stumbles over them when they're tidying up. I prefer vaulting everything though so nobody is going to stumble across them by accident 👍🏼

I like my sticky hands on things gives me a good feeling.😄

[Bogart]

39 minutes ago, Arganto said:

What's the purpose of the label? Is it on display with the coin? In what context?

I got some slabs cheap with a couple of holders for the slabs.  So thought transfer from capsules to slabs and as they have an area for a label I would use that.

Purely an out of interest thing.

 

[Arganto]

Keep it uncluttered in my opinion; coin type and denomination plus year 😁

[DrDave]

3 minutes ago, Bogart said:

I did think that myself and then thought most people can read the date on the coin itself.

Sometimes i find that on small coins like sovereigns, it can be hard to tell the difference between 3 and 5 for instance. 

I don't include the weight on a common coin such as a sovereign

By the way, my coins are in capsules, which i slip inside a pvc flip onto which i apply the label. This is just so that if i sell one, i don't have to get the loupe out each time

[Scootermuppet]

If you’re slabbing them, take a leaf out of the NGC book maybe…?

Here’s an example to help… ☺️

[Bogart]

Thanks guys for all the input. How much does the Beanz coin sell for?

[DrDave]

2 minutes ago, Bogart said:

Thanks guys for all the input. How much does the Beanz coin sell for?

87p in Asda but £7,500 for a PF70 😂

[Bogart]

PIck one up next time I am in for some milk.

[Scootermuppet]

…it’s not a coin, it’s a tin of beans! 🤭

Was a response to a post about stacking food on the Countering Inflation thread - it’s fatal having Photoshop open on the Mac when I get a daft idea… 🙄🤭😅

[James32]

4 hours ago, modofantasma said:

If you're keeping at home a label '****ing valuable do not ****ing throw me away' incase a family member stumbles over them when they're tidying up. I prefer vaulting everything though so nobody is going to stumble across them by accident 👍🏼

Been in this tunnel 6 years,it's only a matter of time? My luck I will reach daylight in the middle of a dual carriage way.