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Pillar of the Community
United States
1116 Posts |
Poll Question
I am fast running out of storage space and will have to decide on something to do with my completed albums. The wife has said that I cannot buy another safe either for replacement or addition.
I don't want to stop collecting but also I want to keep the completed albums available for looking at from time to time.
I can either stop collecting (not practical), leave them unsecured on a shelf, or put them into another safe deposit box.
So I'm asking for ideas?
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Valued Member
Canada
89 Posts |
It's easier to ask for forgiveness then permission.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1512 Posts |
Sell some of your completed ones that you don't really look at / enjoy to free up space and funds for more coins!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1132 Posts |
I used to live in a very undesirable neighborhood. Put them in empty cereal boxes with the rest of your cereal. No one checks your Wheaties during a burgulary.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1116 Posts |
matttheriley your suggestion has quite a bit of merit. But then I feel if I did that then I would lose quite a bit of satisfaction. I just don't feel personally comfortable getting rid of something that I put a lot of time into and saying to someone I used to have completed Franklin or Eisenhower I can't show you it because I got these Morgans after I sold them.
It seems like a double edged sword. But it's worth keeping in mind.
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Moderator
 United States
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Buy a new safe and agrue with wife later 
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Rest in Peace
United States
4078 Posts |
Get a new wife. lol Just kidding.
Get a Safety deposit box.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1476 Posts |
Edited by Dar
07/24/2014 3:48 pm
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New Member
United States
37 Posts |
What I wanted to vote: Buy a new safe and agrue with wife later  Practicle solution: Place some of the albums that are lower on your 'favorites' list into a Bank Safety Deposit box.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4409 Posts |
Buy a bigger safe, and allow her to buy an item or items equal to the cost of it.
-MV
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1476 Posts |
Quote:
MedowviewCollector wrote;
Buy a bigger safe, and allow her to buy an item or items equal to the cost of it She was standing Right Behind you when you wrote that huh?   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
964 Posts |
Who needs a safe? Just put them under the mattress like I do!!  Edited by Mr Click
07/24/2014 10:38 pm
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Valued Member
United States
116 Posts |
I'm with the "buy a new safe and argue with wife later" crowd.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21786 Posts |
Store only the most valuable albums (or coins) in the safe.
Keep those that don't qualify for safe storage under the above criterion out of the safe, and make the access to those easier.
The nett storage volume in my safe available for coins is only 12"x7"x4". Two mini albums with 7 of 6 pocket pages each that go into my safe, are quite sufficient for my needs. That's storage for 84 coins, each in a 2x2.
84 of your most valuable coins can represent a VERY large numismatic investment. The album pages are manufactured from polypropylene.
Danscos will not fit into my safe; they are too wide. If I had them, I would take the most valuable coins out of each album, and fill the gaps in them with much cheaper space filler coins. That allows easy access and reference facility to the great bulk of your collection.
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New Member
United States
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What if until you can convince the wife to buy a new/larger safe. You updated and improved your current collection. You can enjoy the current collection and have the fun of finding and improving the current albums! There is always someone who is doing the same as you and could use the coins in your collection for their collection!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
Depends on where you live and how handy your are. Also, what is a COMPLETED ALBUM? Never knew there were such things. I've got well over 100 Albums and so far never had one completed. Full, yes, but completed, never. For example my #1 Mercury dime Album is still short 6 coins with FSB's. All 12 Mercury dime Albums are full but still not completed. Just no such thing. And as to where to put them all. Most valuable are in safe deposit boxes. If your handy, you could do as I did and make a false wall in my basement. Look and sounds like a real wall but is movable and behind it is lots of shelves full of valuable stuff. Any criminals could wander around here all day long and never know about it. Enough room for several hundred more Albums, rolls, jars, etc. of coins. Also, guns and ammo. |
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Posted 07/24/2014 2:20 pm
