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Pillar of the Community
United States
2600 Posts |
I started moving some coins out of 2 x 2s and into plastic flips last night. When I want to take pics, I would rather them uncovered by film or plastic and this makes it easier than pulling staples and sometimes ruining 2 x 2s. Plus, sometimes I just want to hold the coin.  What opinions do you have about one or the other? And, does the quality of the coin have any bearing. My concern has been that in a flip the coin can move and possibly cause added wear. Jim  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Jim...I've used both. I try to take pics while I take them out of the flips and put them into 2x2's or Air Tites. I've found that the flips do allow air and humidity to sometimes effect the coins appearance and definitely you will get bag marks over time, depending upon how much you handle the coins. Recently, I've been transferring all of my "quality" coins to Air Tites for safer, long term keeping. It's really a matter of "taste" and what type of storage system you use ie: boxes, albums, folders, display cases and so forth. I have all of my U.S. series, denominations by year in 2x2's and then keep them in their respective binders (circs. and Proofs). Gold, ASE's, ML's, Commens, etc. are in Air Tites in cases. |
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United States
3242 Posts |
Plastic flips are easier to open and paper you have got cut staples off to take picture of so I have just use flips to make it easy to reopen  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
830 Posts |
With nice coins, I think the less you expose them to sharp staples, the better, so I am moving away from 2x2s. Flips for temporary storage for me, AirTites for long term, or nicer coins.
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Forum Mom
 United States
5877 Posts |
Jim, my concern with flips is the same as yours - movement. I tend to store my coins in hard plastic holders - whether it be snap-lock or Airtite. When I can, I purchase my coins in slabs (don't care which company, just want the protection of the holder. I still go by my own grades, die-hard though I am.  ) Given the choice between mylar 2x2's and flips, it's a difficult decision. Whereas the coin can move in a flip, the mylar in a 2x2 isn't very thick or protective and another coin in front of it in a box with staples could scratch it. |
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Valued Member
United States
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Why not use scotch tape instead of staples. Of course make sure the tape does not touch the coin. That is not very hard to do though....
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Valued Member
United States
256 Posts |
99.9% of my coins are in AirTites or tubes. What is left I just store in 2x2's.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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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
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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
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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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Moderator
Australia
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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
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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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Posted 01/29/2007 10:19 am
