Organizing And Storing Problems

I use an old pocket knife, carefully get it on the seam of the airtight and push until you have a gap your fingernails can get into. Elegant? No. but effective.

Depends on where you live. Try typing in coin shows in google, yahoo or just go to PCGS, Coin World mag and many other web sites. Type in coin shows and your state. If you find the average coin show you'll find the 2x2's are going for about $3/100 loose. If you want a nice box with them they go for about $4/100. At the coin shows I go to there are these long Red and Black boxes for 2" x2", 1 1/2" x 1 1/2" flips, also for slabbed coins. These are cardboard, have two rows for such in each. They go for about $3 each. If you find a decent coin show you will also find either Whitman or Dansco pending the area you live. As a rule in the Mid West it is always Whitman. As to a special stapler that flattens the staples, forget it. Use any standard stapler and flatten them with one of those things called a pliers. Almost eveyone that has a screwdriver has a pair of pliers also. If you are talking about the more common coins, just put them in plastic rolls. Less space and the cost is much less than flips. Note the smaller flips are becoming more commonly used by dealers lately due to lesser cost.
Now if your coins still area a problem after all that help posted here, my next suggestion is by far the best one yet. Send all your coins to me.

toast, my wife could care less about all the coins, but would love to talk with you about your treasure chest. Interested in trading for more coins? Jim

Toast,
What is the over all size of the 5 tray plastic box with pull out drawers the length, width and I also need to know how high it is to see if it will fit in my book case thanks
Bruce.