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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
12817 Posts |
So as my safe has slowly filled up over the years and space becomes a premium, I'm contemplating taking the coins out of the little blue OGP boxes and storing the boxes elsewhere while leaving the metals in the safe.
Thoughts? I know the boxes don't add much to the value of the coins themselves, but it keeps everything tidy (box, coin, leaflet). Not sure what I'd do with everything if I split it all up, but that packaging takes up a lot of space.
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Bedrock of the Community
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doesn't seem like you have a choice unless you wanted to get a new safe. The OGP is nice and all but if you need the space you need the space.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7189 Posts |
I am approaching the same space issue but now you have stacks of encapsulated coins. Someone should create albums that incorporate the plastic capsule allowing ease of viewing, organisation, and protection.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
There is really no problem here at all. The solution is simple. Just take all your coins and put them in a large box, take to the post office and mail to me. OR you could take that box to a UPS or FED-X place and ship it to me. AND I'll pay postage.  Think you've got a storage problem? Imagine me with over 60 years of coin collecting. |
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Moderator
 United States
188153 Posts |
Solution... Dansco Albums.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1796 Posts |
Heheh I take all of my sets out of their OGP and store them in my safe in various arrays.
I then turn around and store the OGP separately in a plain old box elsewhere, away from the safe.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
592 Posts |
Edited by Billie
02/18/2013 5:46 pm
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Valued Member
United States
161 Posts |
I was running into the same problem with my ASE proof set and all of the anniversary sets. Their OGP takes up way too much room. I didn't want to part the two in fear that the boxes would get damaged and I would be searching for new ones constantly. The solution...I bought another safe. |
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Valued Member
United States
337 Posts |
Please forgive my ignorance as I ask, what does OGP stand for?
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Bedrock of the Community
13014 Posts |
Guru its the Original government packaging.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
507 Posts |
I did this a few years ago. All of the packaging I keep at home in a box. The coins (in their plastic capsules) all fit in a single sandwich baggy in a safe deposit box in the bank. It's kind of sad with some of the nicer packaging, but like you say, space is at a premium.
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
12817 Posts |
So those that do separate OGP from the coins, do you try to identify each box with its original coin somehow? Many of the boxes (unless they have the COA in them) are identical.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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I have about 4,000 coins. Less than 1% of those are in a safe. The decision to store in the safe is based on value.
I don't collect modern NCLT, but I guess the way to go is store the coins in capsules only, and the packaging outside the safe.
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Moderator
United States
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So those that do separate OGP from the coins, do you try to identify each box with its original coin somehow? Many of the boxes (unless they have the COA in them) are identical. I keep my empty proof set lenses and COAs in the boxes they came in, each one has the year on it. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12817 Posts |
Yeah the COA has the year on it but not the boxes, right? What if an energetic child upended your box of boxes? Now we're splitting hairs but it's not that much different than not sending anything unopened to the grading companies. I'm not out of space yet, but I believe I will ditch the boxes and do some semblance of labeling just in case I'd ever want to return the coin to its original box.... ....but how likely is that? If I needed to sell, no one on ebay would know if I put a 2010 ASE in a 2011 box, right? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Duct tape the box closed and store up high behind a locked door. Make sure to label the box before storage. That should solve the problem of the energetic child.
Duct tape can solve a multitude of problems.
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Posted 02/18/2013 09:27 am
