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Valued Member
Pakistan
207 Posts |
Being the incredibly lazy procrastinating fellow that I am, after buying hundreds of 2x2 flips a year ago, I finally got around to storing and categorising most of my personal collection (aside from tokens and other coins outside of my collecting criteria) and discovering that I had many coins missing, but that's another matter. Now I have to turn my attention to the coins I have for exchange (mostly duplicates of the coins I own already), and I have no idea how to store them. Up until now, all my coins were all over- some on piles on my desk, collecting dust, some in little baggies, some in my drawers (collecting dust...a year in storage will do that), some in matchboxes, etc. Since these are coins I have hopes of reducing in number as time goes on, I don't really want to have to buy some expensive (or even not cheap) mylar baggies or such. Does anyone have some really cheap solution to this  ? I realise that plastic bags are probably not safe (even though they're for exchange, I've no idea how long before I find someone who wants those specific coins), and neither are matchboxes (sulphur will probably wreak havoc on the coins), and just leaving them lying in piles on my desk is probably a bad idea too (the dust, and the really high humidity around here) but I can't think of what else. Thanks in advance for any suggestions! |
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Valued Member
United States
183 Posts |
I would try the .59 cent tubes at a local coin shop, and store them in those.
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Valued Member
United States
258 Posts |
 definitely go with tubes. That's what I use to store all my extra coins that like you I need to sell or exchange. Definitely have a good inventory of what you put in each tube so it's easy to find what you need to exchange! |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21786 Posts |
Do you still have lots of 2x2 flips remaining?
Use them for your better coins that you are considering selling.
The lesser grades or lower valued coins can be still stored in bulk, and perhaps sold that way as well.
If in a humid climate, store bulk coins in screw top P.E.T*. jars with silica gel dessicant.
Scew top tubes are OK for smaller bulk amounts.
*The same clear plastic that soda bottles are made of.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1512 Posts |
Just send them to me. I'll take care of them for you ;)
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New Member
United States
4 Posts |
A good way to get rid of surplus coins is to grab one at random and ask someone if they have change for it. I tried this at work with a beat up French 10 centime 1895 coin and was offered a dollar in change. Many people who are not collectors will show an interest if given a chance. We should all be promoting the hobby.
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Valued Member
 Pakistan
207 Posts |
What's a 59 cent tube? :O
I don't have any coin shops where I live, and banks give the coins in bags.
I have some 2x2s left, but I really don't want to use them for exchange coins. Besides, it might be bothersome if the receiver uses some different system of labelling coins than I do.
sel, is PET safe for coins? What materials are safe for them? It seems every other material causes some problem or the other. I have loads of plastic mineral water bottles I can chop in half and put a lid (and those silica gel things from medicine bottles). That could work, right? :D
Matt, sure, I'll send them to you for the face value and postage, but I'm not sure what you'd do with dozens of cents and pfennigs and stuff....that stuff might be worth exchanging here, but I don't see it being worth much to you :P.
And I've tried that, poem, but getting rid of them 1 by 1 is a bit of a hassle too :D.
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New Member
United States
4 Posts |
I don't believe in the destruction of coins but I sell scrap metal at least once a year. Buying prices may change daily. Here are some examples:
aluminum 50 cents per pound
copper 3 dollars
brass 2 dollars
zinc 40 cents
Mercury is not a good material for making coins out of.
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Valued Member
Pakistan
207 Posts |
I guess I'm in that bracket where it is too much to get rid of one-by-one, and too little to have even a pound of any specific metal.  I don't so much wish to get rid of my coins, though, I just want a way to store them so I can exchange them for coins I DO want. I might mutilate a couple of soda/mineral water bottles to store coins in. Edited by Babar
07/17/2014 6:13 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The main problem is where you live. Otherwise you could simply buy those plastic rolls almost anywhere. Places like Wizard coin supply on line carries those as well as many other places. Unfortunately it's the distance and over seas that makes those a bit costly for shipping. I would suggest if you can find a US person, member of the armed forces, or anyone from the US, might ask for a favor. Have them get a relative of friend to buy some and ship to them and then you could get them from them. Lots of IF's but always worth a try.
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Valued Member
Pakistan
207 Posts |
Heh...you're absolutely right. Distance is the issue. Unfortunately, I can't keep relying on visiting relatives: I think I used up my last one with my last batch of coin flips. Now they all know the hassle of transporting hundreds of flips in a suitcase, and don't trust me :D. I actually found a guy here who has flips and boxes and albums for sale, there's absolutely no info on the materials his stuff is made from.
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Valued Member
Pakistan
207 Posts |
Sorry for bringing this back up, I was just wondering about something. People are strongly against PVC, which makes sense, but what about polythene, i.e. plastic bags?
People here (and even in other threads) talk about using ziploc bags, are those some special material, or are they just polythene?
If those are safe to use, would any clear, non-coloured plastic bag be safe to use?
Thanks again!
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New Member
United States
4 Posts |
I'd be interested in knowing as well...considering using my kitchen vacuum sealer using the plastic food-safe bags to protect my silver bars?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1118 Posts |
As a general rule of thumb if it is safe to store food it is safe to store coins so I would assume ziplock bags are fine.
Do they sell eggs by the carton in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan like in North America ( The reason I ask is because us Canadians put our milk in bags so you never know)
I know a man who stores his collection of Red Rose tea figurines in those egg cartons so I started storing all my 12 sided and centennial nickels in egg containers, sorting them by year to trade in bulk for what I want.
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