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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I've been getting some of the silver proof sets from the mint. I've kept them in their boxes for now with all the packaging. I have been trying to keep them from getting banged up but the are in a large plastic container with all my coin stuff. I was thinking there must be an easy way to keep them nice, like a card board or plastic box the was archival safe. What do you guys do with them?
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Moderator
 United States
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I broke them apart and put the coins in my Dansco albums.  But that is probably not the answer you were looking for.  Before I started to break them apart in the 1990's, I keep them in a rather sturdy cardboard box. Nothing special. The empty OGP lenses, COAs, cardboard sleeves are still stored this way. Keep in mind that the OGP is not 100% air tight. No matter what you put them in, keep the container in a stable environment (low humidity, stable temperature). |
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Valued Member
United States
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Just don't put them where there will be a lot of temperature changes. So don!t put them in the garage, or the basement, or the attic. Keep them in a dry, consistent temp place.
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Valued Member
United States
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I have mine in a mixture of the boxes the mint was selling, some proof set boxes I found on the web, and some acid-free photo storage boxes. The mint boxes and special proof set boxes look the best but cost a lot more than the photo storage boxes. The mint sold some special boxes for the State Quarter sets which were great until they added the proof dollars and the proof set boxes got larger. The photo boxes offer the best flexibility and price. |
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Valued Member
Philippines
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as I have posted in other treads you may try this box. The slabs can be easily opened for coin inspection in case you may want to but with outmost care because you will be dealling with proof sets. Also be sure to have moisture absorbents place in the box.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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An expensive but awesome storage option is the Multi-Lens Collector Box from the mint. At $16.95 each the cost can butt up quickly. I am not sure how many lenses each box holds but it looks like around 20 from the pic online. You can use the included dividers to keep partial boxes neat or you can go crazy and buy extra dividers and separate by sets. The coins will stay safe in their lenses for long term storage. I would stay away from the one and two lens boxes, they are still expensive but are smaller and less useful.
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New Member
United States
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Whitman makes a nice proof set box that you can buy at wizard coin supply for around $6. It doesn't have slots so it works well with last few years expanded proof set boxes. I have 2 and just ordered 3 more.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Thanks for all the replies. Gives me some ideas to try out.
The case that holds the slaps is pretty good looking. I don't have any slabbed coins but I will look into it when I do get some. Keeps the dust out and everything.
I am not to the point I want to crack them out of the original box and put them in dansco albums. That day will probably come but for now I have my doubts about being able to keep them safe. I wasn't aware the plastic case was called a lens. Helps to know the right terminology when searching for a solution.
Archival safe and tempature safe are things I am trying to take into account.
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Posted 12/12/2011 6:54 pm
