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Pillar of the Community
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I have some coin tubes that are partially filled. Most of them are wheat cents or common IHC and some circ silver halves asmong other things. If they tube is 3/4 full what can I "stuff" in to the tube so that it is "full" and the coins don't rattle around in there? In some cases I would be mailing them and in others just storing them. Although most of the coins are circulated, I want to make sure it would not damage the coins in any way with long term storage. Thanks for the help. |
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Valued Member
United States
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cotton balls should work fine
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Cotton balls would work good, they shouldn't scratch the coins inside the tubes.
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I've had good luck with cotton too.Don't think I'd try the styrofoam though.
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Valued Member
United States
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What better thing to take the place of a coin than... a coin? And then I put a piece of masking tape on the outside and mark that with a Sharpie to show the "level" of "important" coins inside and it is easy to tell how much is filler.
I'd be worried styrofoam might outgas.
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks for the suggestions. I thought about filling them with other coins, but I don't really want to have tubes of coins of one date or specific type only to be filled out with other random coins just to fill the tube. I have heard of using styrofoam or those packing peanuts, but I didn't think those would be a good idea. I like the idea of cotton balls, I think they would work great, thanks for the ideas.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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There is one problem with cotton balls. They have a tendency to crush down. Remember they are composed of a lot of air too. As that air comes out of the cottom balls, the balls tend to sort of become smaller. And too, if the cottom balls were kept in a place where the air is humid, that air in the cotton balls now contains moisture which as the balls settle, comes out and lands on the coins. I've tried Kleenex type tissues in the past instead of cotton since it could contain less moisture.
Some other things to note too is in the process of making cotton balls, some manufacturers may add something to keep them puffy which also may attack coins.
Contrary to the above statements about the possible problems created by cotton balls, leaving an air space above those coins could actually be worse since when closed may also contain almost anything.
I too like the idea of adding other coins to fill the spaces. May not be the ideal thing but surely the safest.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Get some stiff plastic (I've gotten sheets of acrylic at Slobby Hobby). Cut it to the height to fill and the diameter of the tube, two pieces per roll. Cut each piece halfway up in the center, and cross them into each other. Virtually no weight, little cost, non reactive. I saw some beautiful red ASE that were wrapped in Kleenex for about ten years. |
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That nylon hollow-fill stuff they use for jackets and pillows works pretty good too.
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Posted 12/07/2011 4:51 pm
