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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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If your going to keep slabbed coins I suggest just using those boxes for them. Displaying anything that resembles anything of value is just not smart.
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks just carl.
I understand what you're saying and if I were going to invest in high value coins I would do exactly what you're saying but I'm planning to assemble a small set simply for the joy of it and I want to be able to enjoy my collection. I think an album would work better for me.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Its more where you store and your personal situation with visitors than how imo. Both the box and albums will alert people to it if you have it in the open and have people over often. If you dont have people over its less of a worry. Basically same logic with safes, people only know its there if you have it somewhere it can been seen
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I just ordered a wooden display case for my Australian Koalas in air-tites but they also make boxes that fit TPG slabbed coins. They look great for a presentation piece, but of course they cost quite a bit and don't hold nearly as many. I haven't received my order yet but I have seen similar pieces before and am pretty confident in what I am getting will look great as a centerpiece display item. http://www.air-tites.com/Air-Tite_W...in_Cases.htm |
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I like the Eagle brand holders. They have pages that hold 9 slabbed coins, 12 2x2's, 4 mint sets, or 4 proof sets. You can buy individual pages and they fit in any 3 ring binder. They are available directly from the manufacturer: http://www.eaglecoinholders.comI mostly use the mint set and proof set pages, but I have a few slabbed items that I also need to display. Here is an example page: http://www.colp.info/coins/pages/M01.htmThe bottom right corner has a normal slabbed coin. I was also able to modify the top 2 slots at left and right to accommodate the 1966 and 1967 Special Mint Sets. Standard 3 hole format is a big plus! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The Air-Tites holders look really good but a little pricy. The holders would be more valuable the many of my coins.  I'd never seen the Eagle albums before. I never thought about putting my proof sets into an album but now I might want to do that someday. The down side would be what to do with envelopes and boxes; can't lose those. |
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The down side would be what to do with envelopes and boxes; can't lose those. You can join the club of those of us with a box in the garage for empty mint packaging  |
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You can join the club of those of us with a box in the garage for empty mint packaging Or in the attic. Or in the basement. Or in a storage building. Or in a PODS container... |
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Or in the attic. Or in the basement. Or in a storage building. Or in a PODS container.. Speaking from experience are we  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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I'd never seen the Eagle albums before. I never thought about putting my proof sets into an album but now I might want to do that someday.
The down side would be what to do with envelopes and boxes; can't lose those. Obviously you want to keep the envelopes and boxes. I placed mine in large zip lock bags, inserted a silica packet into each, sealed them, boxed them up, and put them on the top shelf of a closet. I have all mint and proof sets from 1968 to current displayed that way and I really like the presentation. I had to add a few things like the 71 and 72 Ikes, but the Brown Ikes provided an easy fix for the Proof Sets and I can just add a slab page to accomodate the various 71 and 72 MS Ikes. I was using an impulse sealer to seal Saflips with AU coins, but I am now upgrading to all MS/PF grade. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Another option for storing your slabbed coins. I like the Lighthouse metal boxes. They have trays that hold slabs and also tray for 2X2's and many other coin size options. Posting pictures of the two I have. The 8 slabs in the picture are in a blue tray that fits inside the brief case style box.    |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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GR58, that is cool. Santa might have to bring me one of those this year.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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GR58, those are some very nice options. The attaché case style is really cool. I'll bet that's what James Bond uses to store his coin collection.  |
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