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Valued Member
United States
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Greetings. I'm starting to collect some U.S. Commemorative coins. I have a few Old and a few Modern coins and haven't decided which I want focus on. Further, I have a few $.50 and $1.00 coins.
I'm looking for a good way to store/organize these. I looked at the Dansco album, but it seems to skip old comm coins prior to 1921, which seems odd...and it jumps around, rather than have them organized chronologically. Encapsulated or capsule albums maybe an option. I'm getting the coins in raw, capsuled and slabs....three different ways.
So, my question is....what works for you? How do you store your commemorative coins?
Thanks,
Art
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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 Augiedog! I store mine in a large safe where I can stack them in the OGP. At some point when space gets to be a premium I'll store the OGP separately and do some sort of album like you're talking about. If you want to go the way of the album but aren't happy with the labels (or missing ones, rather), you can go the Dansco route with blank pages and make your own labels. There are several threads on CCF here that talk about custom labeling. Good luck and send pics when you decide what to do! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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09/01/2014 5:58 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I store mine in their OGP....
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 United States
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to the commemorative forum ... Mine are mostly in PCGS holders and certified ... mainly classic silver commemorative both MS and circulated. All are stored in a safe box ... Curious what your intention are for pursuing the classic series ... lots of great coins there and we can help. David Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art |
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CCF Master Historian of USA Commemoratives
United States
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Welcome to CCF and the US Commemoratives section!
My storage method differs between my classic and modern collections.
All of my classic issues (1892-1954) are certified and encapsulated in PCGS holders. I store them in the blue PCGS boxes that hold 20 coins each. These, in turn, are kept in a bank safe deposit box.
I keep my modern US commemorative coins in their original US Mint capsules, but take them out of the original government packaging (OGP)/boxes and store them in Lighthouse brand coin boxes/trays - 20 silver dollars to a tray. It allows me to look at them more easily (20 at a time!). I keep all of the OGP, but store it separately. The trays are stored in the bank as well.
I'm confused by your comment on the Dansco album. The albums I have seen for the classic series begin with the 1892 Columbian Exposition half dollar and include all issues (either in Type Set form or Complete Year-Mint Set form). I haven't encountered one that begins only in 1921. It makes me think that the album you've seen is missing a page or two.
Since you are buying coins raw, in OGP capsules and in grading service "slabs" there isn't a "standard" solution for you to purchase. If you want to keep them all together, however, you might consider buying an empty Lighthouse album/binder and then filling it with individual pages they produce for raw (2x2) coins, encapsulated coins and slabbed coins. A custom configuration like that would allow you to keep your coins together regardless of the holder in which each is stored.
Good luck!
Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I have my early commemoratives In a Whitman album. My modern are in the original mint capsules but it makes it hard to view the entire modern set.
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New Member
United States
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I only have 3 classic commems at the moment. A Bridgeport in original packaging, and an Iowa and CT commem in slabs. I'm looking for an original box to go with the CT commem. If you see any let me know please.
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Valued Member
 United States
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Thanks for the feedback. My goal is to just focus on the silvers, so I'll skip the clad $.50 modern coins. I think I'm leaning toward putting all the capsuled coins and raw ones in a slab. That way, they can be stored in the coin boxes, along with the slabbed one. The downside is that the slabs are $1.83 each. Gotta keep thinking on this :)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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$1.83 seems very reasonable for storing a high grade coin worth $30+.
One thing I might worry about is that if you take a coin out of the mint capsule and put it in a generic slab, it might actually be worth slightly less. Mint capsule implies it is in "mint state" and people have confidence that coins in the capsule have never been handled or circulated. Moving it to a self slab and then the history and condition of the coin will be a bit more of a mystery. Uncertainty lowers the value.
I do hate the capsules for storage, though, so I share your confusion about how to best present and store a mixed holder collection.
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Valued Member
United States
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Good point about the capsules. I have a few of these and moved them to the holder, but used gloves so I wouldn't touch the shiny coin. I can see how this might bother someone, but I plan to keep the coins anyway.
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