Storage Problems

Get a gun safe. That's what I got. I made shelves in it. No one could ever take it without a crane when full. Also make sure your floor can hold such a heavy load. Side note... Make sure you lock it up! I find myself being lazy and not locking it because I will need to open it soon. I know... Why have a safe if you don't lock it?

littleboy: That safe looks remarkably like the safe door of the Head Office of the Commonwealth Bank in Martin Place in Sydney. I helped with some architectural refurbishment design work on the Bank in the 1980's. The Bank was officially opened by Dennison Miller in (I think) 1924. He was also a signatory on the circulating banknotes at the time.

All Australian Notes before Australia went of the Gold standard in 1932 were exchangeable for gold sovereigns (in theory), because gold coins did not circulate in Australia after about 1914.

I have a small fireproof safe for high end stuff. I use a strong box for everything else. I worry more about the "non-experts" because they will take all my junk thinking it's a "coin collection" and so by default valuable. I like my junk.

I want a safe like Jack Benny had! One with a live in Guard. How many remember that?

We just bought a gun safe at a yard sale that is 64 inches tall 19 inches wide and 17 inches deep. It is real heavy duty with a dial combo. Adding shelves it serves our purpose. Our cost around $200.00. Coin collecting is a very creepy hobby. Soon you are over run.

I agree a gun safe is the way to go
As you can see it doesn't take long to fill and
over flow into another display case.
And yes it's about 500 lb, not a easy get away.





Just had to get my favourite drivers car in the Pic

Yea, Hope Terry and Bobby do well in their adventure this next season

Actually there are not a lot of manufacturers of those type of units so many of them look similar or exactly the same. A pnoto like that could be one of probably many hundreds of the same.
As far as a safe being safe, I always love it when so many think a large safe is ssfe.
One of my neighbors had a large safe, bolted to the floor and wall and a so called home security system. They went on vacation and while gone a moving van pulled up to the house during the day. Neighbors asked what was going on and the movers said the people that lived here liked it so much where they were that they decided to stay there. The movers emptied the entire house, encluding that safe. They took everything including light bulbs, window shades and YES, the security system. During this the security company called and the so called movers answered the phone and told them three wsa an accident but all is OK now. Naturally when the vacationes returned home and found everything gone, they were really stunned as to how they did everything so fast.


Ever wonder what happens to things inside a safe. Yes most are so called fire proof but they do get hot. And hot enough to melt plastic. Ever wonder what happens to all the things in a safe during a fire made of plastic, cardboard, wood, etc.?/