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I've been searching around the internets for ways that collectors prefer to store their early American coppers / colonials and am drawing a blank. I know that those little envelopes are popular with the EAC but I can not get on board with storing my coins in something I have to remove to view them, no matter what benefits they might have. I found myself with the Dansco 7099 for my large cents, and as some know, the holes are totally the wrong size. I am dealing with that for the most part because I like the labeling, but I might switch to blank millimeter size pages so they fit better. I started with air-tites, another great option, but I didn't find a pleasing way of displaying them. I have been collecting slabbed Half Cents as well, but am curious to know if leaving them in the slabs is a good long term solution. My questions: Are Dansco Albums a "safe" choice for storing early coppers/colonials? Are slabs a good long term holder for coppers/colonials? I am not opposed to cracking coins out of slabs, but I wonder if a slab would be better for the coin than a Dansco Album (such as in the case for higher AU/MS coins). I'd like to expand my collection of Half Cents but am unsure whether to continue buying only slabbed examples or create a custom Dansco Album (I like the look of Dansco Albums, and the flow of an Album can tell the story of the coin/design/varieties). I would like to avoid burying my coins in little envelopes. |
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Best to bury them in the cotton flannel lined paper envelopes. Easy to remove the coin and view. Safest way to store them.....Slabs are OK, but, if there's any corrosion on the coin the coin will continue to corrode.
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2x2's work great. No need to go over the top with that. Just make surd the storage environment is dry.
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Are Dansco Albums a "safe" choice for storing early coppers/colonials? I only have four early copper coins, all of them are in my Dansco 7070 Two of them I just bought eleven days ago.  But the other two have been there for about thirteen years. No complaints.  |
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I put a little wad of paper at the top of each coin in my 7099 to keep them from rolling around in there. Not the best solution, but whatcha gonna do? Edited by Hambone
11/05/2013 7:14 pm
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Having seriously collected coppers for over thirty years now, I'm with the OP when it comes to hiding them in envelopes. Having long used the Whitman and Dansco albums. I've yet to see any detriment. I would add that the albums have typically rested in lower level or basement safes, containing silica packets. Then too, I've stored both loose coins and ones in 2x2's, resting in old, wooden boxes and small chests with trays in drawers. Again, the coins seem to be unscathed.
One chest that I've used had previously housed silverware. It has a lift-out tray that I adapted to hold 2x2's. I refinished the exterior and lined the interior. Another, antique box contains five, lift-out trays that stack inside the key-lock, walnut box. I've laid many loose coppers in the trays, and it's a fun box to show fellow collectors. These wooden boxes, resting in a relatively cool safe, appear to adequately protect the coppers.
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I agree with everything Exo said.
I however, have been using a Dansco 7099 for my Large Cents/Colonials for years, stored in my SDB..no problems.
I have recently purchased a home so soon, I'll have a large safe to put them in.
Any recommendations on a heavy, thick, burglar and fire proof safe?
One that I can bolt down and conceal under my stairs (small storage closet).
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Vermontensium, do you use anything to keep them from rolling around? I just let mine roll around freely at the moment.
I am just starting colonials as well but was thinking of keeping them slabbed (or having them slabbed). Do most fit in the extra holes in the Dansco?
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United States
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By rolling around I'm thinking you mean spin in the slots?
No, some of mine are upside down and sideways!
Can't really help that.
I have my more significant coins PCGS'd.
Others are raw. I do like the airtite holders.
Most are the size of a Large Cent. Some, like the Pitt Halfpenny, will not.
Your Vermonts, Connecticuts, New Jerseys, all do.
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I have an extra blank page, Large cent size, in the 7099. Most of my Colonials fit into these holes. Ones that do not live in 2x2's. Which I hate. 2x2's are ,imo, the least attractive way to present coins....safe but aesthetically I do not like them....
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11/05/2013 8:22 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I use the cotton lined 2X2 envelopes. I guess I'm old school. What I would really like to do is store them in a coin cabinet in felt lined trays. Like I said I'm old school.
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Actually Conder, I like the idea of felt lined drawers. I've seen those, with spots for individual coins.
Very classy, especially with old copper :-)
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I like the second one actually. I like solid wood doors as opposed to the glass.
Is this delivered from the UK?
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I like the idea of felt lined drawers as well. Maybe some day that will be something I can utilize.
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My guess is those are delivery in the UK. It used to be he wouldn't ship outside the UK but he does now. He wants buyers outside the UK the contact him for a shipping quote.
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