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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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4th Security Measure: As the burglar is pinned and defenseless my pet parrot will attack and kill him.
Not sure if this was supposed to be a joke but I used to have a parrot that did attack people. Actually when it sat on my wife's shoulder I couldn't touch her or I'd get attacked too. Accidently left the cage open one day a neighbor came over and got attacked and really got a head wound. Some of those parrots are a little on the mean side. As to a safe in the house. I always warn people about those. If people see them, word spreads that you have one so must have a lot of money at home. Guns, knives, dogs, etc. don't do much when the robbers have bigger guns and more of them. Remember a gun to you or a family member's head makes those safes open fast. |
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Valued Member
United States
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(1)Some at bank(most) (2)Some at home (2a) Sig Sauer(x5) (2b) Dog (2c) see (2a)  |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21788 Posts |
The safety deposit box is obviously the most secure and I store only a few coins in one (less than 10). My collection extends to perhaps 3000 pieces and they are stored at home in various levels of security, with perhaps 50 or so in a safe. I enjoy working on my collection, so it is better to have easy access to them.
The most valuable part of my collection is absolutely impossible to steal: that is, my love of numismatics, and the friends and knowledge gained from my collection.
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Valued Member
United States
211 Posts |
Its worth getting the sort of safe you attach to the floor from the inside. Make sure its fire-rated as well. Good place to keep insurance papers and such.
Also instead of a combination dial they make easy to use digital locks. Makes it really convenient.
Home Depot or Costco are good sources.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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@coins92: That's an awesome system you have devised. However, depending on where you live, the burglar may countersue you for negligence. It's happened before and it's such a sad waste of justice.
@Stunet: It amazes me that insurance papers are flammable at all. They should be made of stone.
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07/18/2010 08:33 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
924 Posts |
To those of you using safe deposit boxes. Do you have several? Even the large boxes at my bank wouldn't hold many albums.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2335 Posts |
My collection isn't worth mega dollars & I live in a low crime area so I don't worry about it too much. The truth is most burglars are incompetent......they're looking for something portable they can trade to their drug dealer for product. Any coins left laying around will probably be spent at the nearest convenience store for beer & cigarettes. Given a choice between fooling with your safe or taking your flat screen TV they'll take the TV every time. If your collection is worth enough for a true pro to be interested there's almost nothing you can do to keep them from getting it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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To those of you using safe deposit boxes. Do you have several? I have three of the biggest ones, and albums do fit in there...(not as many as I would like, but some do.) But, you can obviously fit in PILES of Proof ASE's, Proof Commem's, coin tubes of Buffalo Nickels, piles of F.D.C.C.'s, dozens and dozens of Uncirc., Proof, and Silver Proof Sets, both old and new, countless "rolls" of various kinds and types, Proof Gold Buffalos's, Gold Eagles, Gold Commem's, pre-existing environmentally challenged coins, etc. etc. etc. etc. And a few important papers and such things too. The albums that I have "ongoing" are of course kept at home.....not as secure, but I have no choice, I just hope I'm lucky with their temporary housing at home until they're back safe at the Bank ! I wouldn't disagree with a safe at home for " temporary" housing certainly. Edited by eaglefoot
07/19/2010 12:12 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4846 Posts |
i actually dont hide anything, I'm to messy to keep it neat, it lays all over my desk and my bed side table
hazard? I think not
but to be on the safe side, I keep my lead and steel bars in the SDB
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07/19/2010 12:16 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
924 Posts |
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I have three of the biggest ones What does your bank charge for a large box? I think my bank charges about $185/year. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6326 Posts |
It's automatically renewed each year....and I only have to pay for two of them, thankfully. I get a bit of a discount on them too, but I think mine are $85.00 apiece, renewed about 6 months apart, so it's pretty cheap. I believe the smallest ones are like $25.00 each.
If I paid for an alarm system at home....installation cost and monthly bill would cost MUCH MUCH MORE THAN THAT IN A YEARS TIME !
And then the safe " I " would need, with the right fire rating, and the right size that I want, etc. etc., would cost me a MINIMUM of $1,000.00. So, I weigh all of that and combine it with the safety and security of a bank.......it's money well spent.
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Moderator
 United States
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On the sidwalk overnight in front of your house!
Seriously, SDB without a doubt. I do keep some I sell in a location in my house that I am very confident is safe.
I have the largest SDB that my bank has and it's stuffed! It's $110 per year. Small money for that kind of piece of mind IMO.
swcoin.ecrater.com
Edited by vermontensium
07/19/2010 7:55 pm
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Pillar of the Community
555 Posts |
Get a SD box on the very bottom row. You think bank robbers want to work bent over?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
781 Posts |
i have a pillar of coin boxes, nickel cent and dime from my roll hunting. probably not a good idea to have these visible from the outside. but our apartment is fairly secure and isolated. I keep my 2x2s in a dime box on the bookshelf, my silver stash in a half dollar box on the bookshelf, my wheat hoard in a canvas bank sack (also on a bookshelf), I keep my golds and other higher end bullion types in a small portable fire safe (somewhere in the house). all my coin folders are right on the bookshelf too. I look at them too often to keep them in anything especially secure. i'll probably get a larger safe when we get a house somewhere.
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Valued Member
Canada
307 Posts |
anything of real value ie: over $50.00 is in SDB all the rest is herre for me to touch and feel and stroke....k you know what I mean  |
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