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Pillar of the Community
United States
834 Posts |
Jim,
I used to use 2x2 however after scratching far to many coins pulling out the staples I started using coin tubes and air-tites. Coin tubes come in a box of 100 and they run from $28.00 TO $32.00 a box and you can store the tubes in the box they came in. As for air-tites the more you buy at one time in your order the less expensive they are JP's Corner coin supplies has sales all the time last December
I purchased a box of 100 quarter rolls for $17.99 , as for flips I just don't like because the coin moves around to much hope this helps.
Bruce.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
834 Posts |
Jim,
I should have said 100 coin tubes not rolls sorry.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
5953 Posts |
I used to Use 2x2s but a couple of Accidents removing stales and I have switched to flips. I head seal the flips to stop the coins from moving around. Be careful with flips some are not coin safe.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1840 Posts |
I'd say that value definitely plays a role in how I store my coins. I store my circulated coins in 2x2's which are put into albums. The album page thickness is about the same as a flip so that makes up for thin 2x2 mylar. Anything uncirculated or worth more than a few dollars are stored in Air Tites or are bought in a slab.
As far as touching my coins.....not a good idea for me. I drop everything.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
891 Posts |
I use 2x2s. I haven't had any staple problems yet. If I need to remove one I just cut off the part of the 2x2 with the staples. Coin comes out with no problems. I don't like flips. Don't like the way the coin moves around.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1247 Posts |
You can stop most of the movement in flips by heat sealing them. The flip will pinch together and hold the coin in place better. You also make it more air tight. But coins can still move a bit in them especially thin coins. And of course you have to destroy the flip if you want to take the coin out.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2365 Posts |
I guess that I don't have problems with staples on the 2x2's as I use the flat staples and not the regular rounded ones. When I remove the coin I too cut them right before the staple and whala no sharpies or points to worry about.
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 Australia
16850 Posts |
I use 2x2's for my "nice coins". I use either self-adhesive or stapled - whichever comes to hand. I don't have a fancy flat-stapler, just an ordinary stapler and a pair of pliers. My less-nice, multiple-date coins (like my pagefuls of US, Canadian, European and Australian) go into plastic album pages.
"Nice coins" which are nevertheless worn, damaged or otherwise likely to be upgraded sometime soon go into flips. Both flips and 2x2s are kept together in my main albums, made up of photographic slide pages - I've found those to be generally of higher quality plastic than the ones usually sold to hold coins. Remember, anything designed to hold a 2x2 slide will hold a 2x2 flip or cardboard holder.
All my medievals and ancients are in flips, unless they were bought in 2x2's and I haven't had cause yet to remove them. Ancient coins "need" to be held in hand to fully appreciate them, and there's not much you can do to hurt them after being buried for 2000 years or so.
I don't have any slabs or Airtites - I think they'd be way too bulky.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1703 Posts |
I use airtites on everything.Of course if you have thousands of coins,that could get a little expensive.The ones you look at and want to oogle on a regular bases could be in airtites though.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
533 Posts |
I use 2 x 2s. I just like them better. Advantages and disadvantages apply to both methods as far as I can tell so I just go with what I like. Easier to handle and sort through in my opinion. Maybe it's just because I grew up with these...
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Valued Member
United States
111 Posts |
I prefer 2x2. The reason is that I know I'd be taking the coins out of flips all the time. And knowing me, I'll drop them or something. So I protect "me" and the coins from myself and leave them in 2x2s
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
2600 Posts |
Thx everyone. Cutting the 2 x 2 to remove a coin makes a lot of sense. I also scratched a coin not to long ago removing staples. My own fault, though. Guess I should not have been using needle nose pliers. duhhhhh
Jim
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2365 Posts |
Needle Nose Pliers?  Gently! Gently! Sorry man...that brought back memories of my dilemma's when I tried to remove those darned round staples. I decided to get the flat stapler ($10) from my Coin Dealer and it really, really made the difference. They don't poke one another now and yes, cutting the staples off is much more advisable than needle nose pliers!!!!!!!!!!!!  Edited by dsking
01/30/2007 10:33 pm
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Valued Member
United States
191 Posts |
2x2s, airtites, and slabs.
2x2s are in a box. Airtites I keep in velvet bags for now.
Still need to get some slab boxes.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2600 Posts |
Thank you everyone. Airtites for valuable coins from here on out. 2 x 2 for everything else and no pliers. Jim  |
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