Safe Deposit Box Or Home Safe?

Personally I prefer the Buddist theory of home protection personally and employ three dogs to that end. I have a 190 pound male Japanese Torsa, 130 pound male Rotti, and a 35 pound neurotic female of undetermined origins. The little one sounds the alarm and the other come to investigate. The males are extremely territorial and protective. The love the neighbors and are skittish around strangers.

The UPS delivery man, the mailman, and pizza delivery men are well aware of my house. I always tell them that they are like acat but they don't believe me. I guess that size does matter after all.

You might enjoy this video then.
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I have both Get a "good" safe and keep really rare stuff at the bank, also hiddy areas in the house for some things that need to stay near for upcoming sales, or coin show, etc.

Id recommend a safe. Deposit boxes will have limited space that will be costing you a lot over time if you have a large collection like that where the safe is just a 1 time expense.

I ran across this site and really didn't think much of it at first, but when I re-read the site and thought about it the information is really of some use to this discussion.

There are some who have collections that can be safeguarded by some of the information that is in this site.

Where is the the safest place to hide something of value. To me it would be in plain sight masquarding as something it is not.

For example: there are some off the wall ideas that can hide of stuff. Cans the be magnetized and hidden in a desk. Some bedroom furniture has dust shelving between drawers that can be adapted to do double duty. Sometimes you have to be imaginative in you solutions to a security problem. In a modern home with modern furniture there is a whole host of areas where you put items. A friend of mine was telling me that he had purchased an old home and had found a small stash of coins in a cloth bag suspended between the walls in a house that built in the 1890's. The coins were from the 20's and 30's but were in good shape considering.

Anyway, here is the site for you referral.

http://www.stashvault.com/how-to-ma...sh-can-safe/

Check out some of the various months, you might find something useful. I'd be interested to know what you think of the site. Of course, I'll not be telling what suggestions (if any) that I found to be useful.

Enjoy.

I have both. The largest SDB they had (7 years now) and a Winchester home safe which is bolted to my cement floor.

When I lived in the UK I had a floor safe put in the concrete floor (in a corner). With wall to wall carpet and a piece of furniture over it no-one was ever the wiser. In fact I didnt even tell the people who bought the house that it was there - so until someone in the future changes the carpet they are still in the dark. I think I left a GB penny in there.....one day it may have some value .

Cant do that now in an apartment....so its a safety deposit box for me.

I am one of the lucky five people in my bank, who have a large safety deposit box. It can hold 11 PCGS Blue Boxes, and that is where my registry sets and better errors are stored. I take photos of my coins and use the PCGS showcase sets for errors and varieties. So I can show my coins, without having to take them out. Stuff of lesser value is down in the man cave, and I pay about $300 per year for a separate coin collection insurance policy (through Hugh Wood). A couple big dogs at the house, make a great deterrent...