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Pillar of the Community
United States
1436 Posts |
I have stored all of my coins in air-tite holders since I started collecting. Many people put their coins in folders, some in cardboard flips, etc... What is the BEST method of storage to protect my coins?
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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How you store your coins has a lot to do with how you collect them. If it is a date set or type set, with coins in less than unc., perhapps a push in album is best.
That system would be irrelevent to some. Certainly that is the case for me. My collection is diverse, from ancient to modern. Each coin is individual, and together, express the aim of the collection as a whole.
I use mylar 2x2's in archival quality album pages. That allows me to write the attribution information for each coin on the holder. Such a systwm allows me re arrange my collection in whole or part, as the need arises. The attribution information moves with the coin.
A few of my more valuable coins are stored separately from the main body of the collection, in a small safe.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1436 Posts |
I think I am leaning towards that method as well. I have all my type coins seperated in zip-lock bags per denomination. I would like to be able to arrange them for better / easier viewing.
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Valued Member
United States
359 Posts |
The best method, if you are worried about protection will probably not be the best method if you are more concerned about viewing. The seem to counter each other. For protection, I would use single coin holders such as air tites or Coin World premier slabs. These slabs would be stored in a container that contains some silica gel packets (if necessary in the area you live) and some copper cents to attract contaminants. All of this is housed in double layer Ziploc bags and stored in a cool dry place. Now, reading what I wrote above does not allow for easy presentation. For presentation I would choose Dansco albums as my first choice, then 2x2's in archival pages as a 2nd choice (more flexibility). And store these on a bookshelf for easy access. I agree with sel_69l. How you collect will to some point drive how you will be able to store. If you are asking on how to protect against toning, etc then go with the first method above.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1620 Posts |
Im in the process of removing my Lincoln cents from my dansco 8100. I was storing them in 2x2's but wanted to put them in a album so I could easily show them I noticed my proof coins started to tone rather quickly. I came to the conclusion that being a roll searcher I'm always putting better coins in and sliding the cover open was affecting the color so for me 2x2 storage is the way to go.
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Moderator
 United States
189340 Posts |
I agree, those who frequently upgrade their coins may be burdened by Dansco and other similar albums. I do not do upgrades, so the Dansco albums have served me well.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1620 Posts |
I guess I gotta learn from my mistakes sometimes I only need 2004 and 1992 LMC to complete that side minus the proofs I just can't seem to find any keepers I guess I might have to buy them.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
620 Posts |
most all of my coins that are not in sets are in air-tites. I bought a Dansco Album with blank pages then cut the holes out larger so I could house my MS Peace dollar collection in the air-tites and in a Album. Other sets are in Dansco Morgans, Franklins, and Mercury dimes. Also my classic half dollar commemsand my 7070 type set are housed in Dansco Albums. My Indian Head cent set is in a Littleton album, while my Barber haalf dollar set is in a U.S. Mint Harris album. Walking liberty and Buffalo nickles reside in intercept shield Albums as is my ASE date set. Kennedy half set from 1964 through 2010 is in a Dansco, its a P.D.S. and Silver proof set. The only coins I can see a change in are the ones in the U.S. mint Harris album, they seem to be toneing somewhat. And far as Air-tites go I think they offer good protecton and you can still handle and look at your coins without causing damage, you can even dro a coin and it wont get hurt.
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Valued Member
United States
223 Posts |
There really is no perfect way to store coins. The best way however is your own preference. Airtite holders offer the strongest protection but they are hard or expensive to store. Other methods such as flips and albums may lead to toning depending on the environment you store them in. Some of the blank slabs may also lead to toning depending on the quality of the inside material. The better ones are pretty expensive when you buy a lot.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
Usually not covered in these discussions is for how long are you planning on preserving your coins. Also, as already noted, viewing makes substantially great methods of protection difficult. To put coins in air tights, then in 2x2's, then in those plastic 20 slot pages, then in a binder and finally in Zip Lock Bags will certainly help preserve any coins. However, if you want to change one, lots of irritations. Showing them to others too, makes all that difficult. As to length of time to protect your coins, as you get older and older, you start to think why am I doing all this. Your sort of doing it for someone else that eventually will get all. I always remember a car I had that I put seat covers on the first day I got the thing. After a few years I sold that car and the seats looked brand new. I never saw them until I sold the car. So who did I save those seats for anyway? Kind of what we all do with our coins. Keep them as nice as possible for someone else. I put almost all my coins in Albums. Then in Zip Lock Bags. Hopefully someone, someday will appreciate that.
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