How the Nova System Works: One Tray, Three Ways to Store, Travel & Display
Every Nova tray is universal — the same tray that stores your coins in a stackable drawer at home can move into a carrying case for travel and a presentation case for display, without ever repacking your coins into a different holder. One tray, three ways to use it.
Most coin storage forces a choice: keep your collection in a drawer at home, or rehouse it into a different case every time you want to travel with it or display it at a show. Nova was built to remove that tradeoff entirely. Trays hold coins ranging from small individual pieces to full proof sets, along with 2x2 flips and graded slabs — and wherever that tray lives, it fits.
The Nova System: One Tray, Three Ways to Store
| Drawers (Home Storage) |
Carrying Case (Travel) |
Presentation Case (Display) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Purpose | Everyday stackable storage | Transport to shows, club meetings, appraisals | Showing your collection |
| Material options | Acrylic or Wood (Exquisite) | Aluminum — World, US, or Classic editions | Wood (Elegance, Burlwood) or Leather (Deluxe, Deluxe XL) |
| Tray | Same universal Nova tray | Same universal Nova tray | Same universal Nova tray |
Pull a tray out of a drawer, and it drops straight into a carrying case for the trip to a show. Pull it out of the carrying case, and it fits directly into a presentation case for display. No rehousing, no rebuying trays for each format.
Good to know
The Nova Deluxe XL carrying case uses leather tray holders that cradle the tray during transport — the holder itself is specific to Deluxe XL, but the tray inside it is still the same universal Nova tray, so it's not a break in the system, just an added layer of protection for travel.
For the Nova Acrylic drawer specifically, we recommend the Coin Card tray over the Slab or Pin tray — not a compatibility issue, just a fit-and-ease-of-use note, since those trays can occasionally stick in the acrylic drawer.
Frequently Asked Questions