Collecting Currency When You're Sharing A Dorm Room, How?

I had all of my coins in my room. I just wouldn't say anything and keep it discrete. A lock wouldn't be a bad idea either. I had no problems but you are taking a risk.

Safety deposit box. Valuable items in a dorm room will get stolen. I don't like the idea of letting a trusted friend store it either.

You're saying even though I get a locker and put it in a dorm room things will still get stolen?
And the person who I'll be leaving my stuff with is my mum's friend, not mine. She will also be my legal guardian. I'll be leaving things like books, clothes, etc with her while I'm gone (I'm leaving Canada in 2 weeks), my mom knows her friend won't touch my stuff.

Edit: denco, so as long as I keep my collection locked I will remove the opportunity they have to steal them?

Two suggestions:

1: When my son went away to college I bought him a gun safe to keep his money in. You can get one a gun store and you also get a cable lock that will keep the safe in you room and will make it hard for someone to walk off with it. A two gun safe (larger variety) can hole quite a bit. Periodically you may have to move some stuff to another location though. Since there is no dial you won't be overlooked when you open it no matter who could be watching. The good thing about this is that it will also safeguard your spending money.

2: The safes you get from the office supply and box stores are for convenience only. They have to be secured so that someone won't take it with them and work on it somewhere else. With a crowbar anyone can get into these el cheapoes without any trouble. They keep honest people honest. The crooks won't be slowed down. If you go to one of these stores you get what you pay for, a regular safe company could be a better bet to get your safe. A lot of the safes that are from the box or office supply stores are light weight and can be easily walked off with.

Something that can be secured is a much better bet.

The gunsafe that I'm referring to using a combination of 3 of your 4 fingers (minus thumb) that presses a switch on the top of the safe. Some models also have a light feature that will signify if someone tried to open the safe and was unable to do so (squealer function). If the right combination is used then the door swings open offering instant access to what is inside. Being a campus arrangement your probably not going to have a gun but will have the need to secure your personal property.

You can most likely get these safes from a gun shop. There are probably other small safes but I really would trust the el cheapo from the office supply and box stores. Home safes are usually secured by titanium screws into concrete that have a shear strength of hundreds of foot-pounds and use 4 to do the job properly. Carriage bolts are sufficient in applications where small safes may need to be moved from time to time due to various reasons. My son moved his 4 times in his freshman year and was never questioned about the possibility of a gun. But times were different 10 years ago.

Not sure of the current cost but I'm guessing about $200. You can secure it with a cable or you can bolt it using a pattern drill arrangement with carriage bolts with the nuts inside the safe. Securing any safe is important. Just because its called a gun safe does not mean that you have a gun. Keep in mind that most safes hold between two or four pistols so space could be an issue. Such safes are usually in the area of 6" wide 3-4" high and perhaps 9" deep.

The nice thing about them is that you can move them when necessary and take them with you.

Edit: The only dumb question is the one you don't ask because you fee foolish. That's the one that could possibly cause problems later one. Don't apologize for asking questions - that's what give you information and knowledge.

Safety deposit box. Do not leave it with a "trusted" friend. Don't trust anyone with your coins.

Safety deposit box. Anything else & your inviting trouble.
I'm speaking from experience.