42 and an inwardly extending wall 44 the cover 20 is preferably made of transparent plastic and has a cross section that is complimentary in shape to the perimeter of the base 10 fig2 shows a cross section view of a display container having a figurine 50 referring now to fig3 a cross section of the base alone is shown the base has the top surface 16 and the depending skirt 18 the depending skirt 18 creates an upwardly opening channel 35 details of the base and how it engages the cover can be seen in fig4 as is shown the depending skirt 18 is made of a bottom wall 12 and an outer channel wall 32 extending upwardly and slightly offset from the bottom wall 12 extending from the outer channel wall 32 is the bottom channel wall 34 an inner channel wall 36 extends upwardly from the inner most end of the bottom channel wall 34 together the outer channel wall 32 the bottom channel wall 34 and the inner channel wall 36 cooperate to form the channel 35 the channel 35 opens upwardly and tapers from its widest point at the top of the channel to the bottom of the channel as can be seen from the detailed view of fig4 the cover creates a flush surface with the outer surface of the outer channel wall 32 a mentioned previously the bottom wall 12 is offset from the outer channel wall 32 this allows the cover 12 to nest within the bottom wall 12 of a similar container in this manner several display cases can be stacked one on the other the corners of the bottom wall can be provided with stops 24 the stops 24 are circular in cross section and.