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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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You could place some of the common (but not spendable) coins in tubes rather than 2x2s I was thinking about that too. I do have a lot of coins in tubes, have not pulled them out yet. I did combine some of the 2X2 boxes .. but I think some are going to make their way to coin tubes. ------------------- Quote:
My junk gold is either in tubes or flips (in the safe deposit box). Safe deposit box is what started me on this adventure. I have been getting the feeling I better move the more valuable coins to a SDB. I am even pulling coins out of the Dansco's .. to store in bank. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11951 Posts |
Part three of this mess .. I started digging around trying to find every slabbed coin. Some I forgot I had. Again .. not sure what to do with these.    |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21788 Posts |
1. Select those coins which you feel you should keep, for whatever reason that best suits your needs and interests. I would suggest that some of your reasoning may include some upside investment potential, or current value of a particular item. 2. Select those coins that you feel you could do without, again for whatever suits your needs and interests. 3. With the coins you decide to keep, arrange them in such a way that they tell a cohesive story, according to those interests; that should also help in your selection process. 4. Dispose of those coins you decide to part with, perhaps eBaying them in roughly $100 lot values. 5. Help to pay off your credit card debts or accelerate your mortgage payments with the cash realised from ebay sales. |
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Valued Member
United States
81 Posts |
Unless you've got a 1995-W in there, I would sell every single slabbed ASE. There are millions of these things floating around, and they just don't add any value (in my opinion). You can keep a nice ASE collection in air-tites, or mint capsules, and store them in a red 2x2 box. Or in the mint's green top tubes, if you are just keeping an accumulation. |
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Valued Member
United States
81 Posts |
It's hard to tell what all you've got there, but I think any slabbed modern is a good candidate for downsizing (and literally down-spacing).
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11951 Posts |
Quote:1. Select those coins which you feel you should keep, for whatever reason that best suits your needs and interests. I would suggest that some of your reasoning may include some upside investment potential, or current value of a particular item. 2. Select those coins that you feel you could do without, again for whatever suits your needs and interests. 3. With the coins you decide to keep, arrange them in such a way that they tell a cohesive story, according to those interests; that should also help in your selection process. 4. Dispose of those coins you decide to part with, perhaps eBaying them in roughly $100 lot values. 5. Help to pay off your credit card debts or accelerate your mortgage payments with the cash realised from ebay sales. Some very good ideas Sort of what I did on the albums, don't really need any duplicate albums. House and cards are paid off ... so would have to use the money to buy more coins ...  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11951 Posts |
This next group ... not sure what I will do with it. Could get rid of some Lincoln rolls .. but I only have face in them. Not keeping the Lincolns in the safe would work for me. Just have to figure out a good place to put them.    |
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Valued Member
South Africa
331 Posts |
All I can say is WOW that is I great collection!
Mine is like 20 coins!
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Moderator
 United States
56855 Posts |
Auction off some with the proceeds going to CCF  John 1  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11951 Posts |
Working late into the night .. and getting up early, working more.
I see now it is much more work to downsize a collection,
than it is to just pile more on.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1911 Posts |
That it definitely is! Good luck to you! :) And as always love the pictures!
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Pillar of the Community
Norway
1358 Posts |
Calm down, Alice Cooper, there surely is a solution for all this. Apart from the mandatory 'send all unwanted coins to me', of course.
What I would do is first of all create an overview of what you actually have and also an overview of what you actually want to collect. It may take a bit of time, especially since you have quite a big lot there, but I usually find it very refreshing to have an overview of the current situation and a bit of an image of the wanted situation. Excel should be of help here.
At the end of the day you might end up with both a 'want' list and a 'surplus' list. The surplus list is just to find a way to sell, then. Or trade for things on your want list, of course.
I found myself in a similar situation a few times (not with coin collecting but with other things) and really getting these overviews helped me a lot.
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Moderator
United States
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I do not think nightmare means what you think it means.   First, I have to get this out of the way, but I would like to reserve the right to first refusal of any Eisenhower dollars you may be liberating.  Second, I truly believe haste makes waste. Remember, take deep breaths, take your time, do not do anything you will regret. I think your posting this thread is a sign that you are going about this the right way.  You obviously have a passion for this, so savour every minute of it.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
8521 Posts |
It makes me feel somewhat better about my hoard viewing GR58's hoard. Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Valued Member
United States
54 Posts |
Wow, GR, that collection is amazing. As I am a newbie and don't know you, I would ask have you no children and/or other relatives you'd like to give some of your coins to? Also, would you not want to sell what you want to get rid of,,such as on ebay? |
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