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I got a sealed tube of ASEs today. I was surprised the coins moved around as much as they did inside the tube. I decided the best thing to do was take the tube down and put it in my safety deposit box. How do people stored their tubes? Do you leave the coins in the tubes or move them to airtites? Do you put the tubes in any kind of case or frame or monster box? Any advice is appreciated.
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United States
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I keep my silver ounces in airtites and store them 20 at a time in cap tubes. Same idea as what you've got, except it holds 20 H size airtites.
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I have some of those tubes that hold 20 I airtites but I need to order some more airtites since I don't have enough on hand for 20 coins.
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I buy Airtites on ebay. 250 per box. Buying in bulk keeps the price down to about .40 each, as of my last purchase. |
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United States
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^ I do the same. I order them 25 at a time for $0.42 each shipped. Seems to be a fair deal when my coin shop sells them for a buck a piece + tax. I also pick up the cap tubes on ebay as well. I paid less than $3 shipped for each of them. In my opinion it's money well spent. |
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I store my silver bullion in coin tubes. If there is extra space inside the tube and the coins rattle around, just add a plastic packing "peanut" to it to take up the space. Coins stored since 2010 have not shown any tarnish so far. They might someday but they are bullion so I don't worry about it all that much.
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I agree with you Ed B.
Shipping peanut in the top of the tube. I originally bought a batch of air tites but was discouraged but the amount of space they took up.
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United States
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When I buy tubes of coins they almost always have a packing peanut in the top of the tube and the tube top secured by packaging tape. That makes it quite secure in shipping. It should be OK for long-term storage as well. Packing peanuts are either made from polystyrene foam or from foamed starch (bio-degradable). Either way, there are no chlorinated compounds in them that could degrade and cause corrosion problems.
Air-tights are really good for storing coins, though. I would reserve them for long-term storage of special coins that had numismatic value on top of their bullion value, special commemoratives, proofs, and soft 24k gold coins.
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Even with a packing peanut would there be enough friction to keep the coins from sliding back and forth on each? Seems like the peanut while reducing some sliding would also add downforce.
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I had some mint tubes of ASEs from 1987 and they did tarnish over the years quite a bit. My new ones get removed from the mint tubes and stored in vacuum sealed canning jars with Silvercloth and 3M anti-tarnish strips. Foodsaver makes an adapter for sucking the air out of canning jars.
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This is probably a silly question but it won't be my first. Can you store mint tubes on their sides?
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United States
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Inside to tube I put a rolled up piece of tissue, about the size on the tip of a q-tip and holds coins nice and still.
Edited by ken052376
08/24/2012 2:10 pm
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Even with a packing peanut would there be enough friction to keep the coins from sliding back and forth on each? Seems like the peanut while reducing some sliding would also add downforce. It might. OTOH, most people store their coins in a stationary place so that they do not get bounced around much, if any. Movement of the coins would then be limited to that which occurs when handling the tubes. This is unlikely enough to cause any visible damage to the coins unless they are 24k gold, which is fairly soft as metals go. As to any down force on the coins... yes, there would be a bit of that, especially if the coin tube lid was secured with heavy duty tape. |
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I've heard of shipping problems with those dissolveable peanuts. They tend to absord the moisure in the air and quickens their expiration. So, I probably, won't put those kind of peanuts on top of coins, since the peanuts might help and leave stains on your bullion. Especially if you live in a humid area.
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Those dissolving "peanuts" are actually cheese puffs minus the cheese flavoring! No joke...you can actually eat them! They are made out of a corn based product which, as any organic material, will draw moisture from the atmosphere, so not a wise choice for areas where water=bad. As an aside...they make a spectacular campfire starter!
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Posted 08/20/2012 5:19 pm
