We did this several years ago for the Ellis Island Museum -- be aware that
paper money may (and will) slip down between the glass layers.  It helps to
encapsulate the paper money between very thin sheets of mylar or acrylic
before putting it into the bigger (coin thickness) glass sandwich.

Robin Parkinson
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
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>Date:    Mon, 4 Mar 1996 11:51:54 +0100
>From:    "Waidacher, Graz/Austria" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: HELP: Exhibit Mounts for Coinage

>Mike,
>Try this: take three panes of glass (or plexi), cut holes into one of them
>according to coin sizes and shapes, and make a sandwich. Thus
>visitors can view avers and revers from as near as they wish to
>Fritz.
>Waidacher
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