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Pillar of the Community
United States
1158 Posts |
I was putting my coins in plastic 2x2 snaplocs and many coins I ordered have come in plastic capsules. I really just have grown to hate the thick plastic holders.
First, they are a pain to store and display. Albums are hard to put together as evidenced by the lengthy air-tite album thread. Round capsules roll around in boxes and the square ones take up a ton of room. A box might hold 25 holders where it would hold 100 coins in flips.
Second, they are expensive relative to other options, especially factoring in storage and display.
Third, they make your coins look a bit different. Compared to a naked coin or even through the thin mylar of a coin flip, coins just don't look as magical in thick plastic holders.
And finally, it keeps the coin too far removed! You can't hold it in your fingertips (gloved if you like). You cant twist it and watch the cartwheel luster. It's almost like a coin in an airtite is a virtual coin. You might as well be looking at a picture of it because you can't touch it and experience it fully.
Albums and 2x2 flips from now on for me.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1192 Posts |
I feel the same about flips. I stick with albums, though to be fair I collect well circulated silver coins so the whole tarnish thing doesn't bother me.
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Pillar of the Community
Russian Federation
5173 Posts |
As I've mentioned in almost every "I don't like slabs" thread, I collect coins not plastic, so I don't really like coins stuck in 2x2 holders  (I've only ever managed to get three coins out of their 2x2 holders. Two of them, at different times, fell out themselves between the loose cardboard, so I just put them back in and shoved the whole thing in a ziploc bag; the third one was taken out through the large ugly hole in the plastic covering and put in a ziploc bag separately.) More seriously, that is, in part, why I didn't like the Sochi commemoratives: they were all in weird plastic capsules, and other than as very expensive complete albums I never seemed to find them outside of their capsules - even though they were supposed to be circulation commemoratives, and I frequently encountered newspaper articles saying that these coins entered circulation in this or that city (never my city though). Didn't help that even the encapsuled coins - the few times I tried to buy some - turned out to have some ridiculously heavy and ugly, um, what I suspect were bag marks (heck, I didn't know bag marks could get that bad, but the coins were still in the capsules, so they had to be mint state by definition). Ultimately, after all but shutting down my search attempts when I realized that I really wasn't finding anything, I did eventually get a Sochi coin in change this September. |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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tkbsic:  Slabs, are for me at least, an absolute pain to display and store alongside coins in 2x2's, in album pages. 99.9 per cent of my collection of 4,500 coins is in Cardboard Mylar 2x2's, in non PVC 20 pocket album pages. I have NO slabbed coins, but a few in screw capsules: 1 ounce Koala platinum proof, Gold 1937 George V1 Five Sovereigns and same, but Two Sovereigns, 1894 German New Guinea 5 Marks. NONE of my ancient gold coins are in capsules or slabs, which include Greek, Roman, Celtic, Byzantine, Indian and Islamic. It is impossible to write any information relating to the coin on a slab or capsule: when acquired, how much paid, description of the coin. |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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It is impossible to write any information relating to the coin on a slab or capsule: when acquired, how much paid, description of the coin I find that quite aggravating. I don't have all that many slabbed coins but I have yet to come up with a solution for that problem. Everything I've tried just looks sloppy. I think they will end up with a card catalog eventually, but it's not as nice as having the information right there with the coin. |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21788 Posts |
If you find that the presentation of your collection in 2x2's in album pages is poor because of your own writing, the best solution to the problem is to get yourself a self adhesive label maker, and stick neatly presented information on small labels to the 2x2's. I know of a major coin dealer who does this with all of his most valuble coins for sale. This approach is essential with ancient coins.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
All of which shows that with a hobby, any hobby, people can do whatever they want. No rules, no regulations, no laws, just a hobby for fun. Storing coins as a hobby is rather nutty though. We all take coins, put them in something to protect them, show them, then eventually forget them. Then we pass on and a relative takes them to a bank and dumps them into a coin counter. Or a coin store.
I myself like Albums. I used to love Whitman but due to them now made in China, I'm slowly switching to other companies.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1804 Posts |
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All of which shows that with a hobby, any hobby, people can do whatever they want. No rules, no regulations, no laws, just a hobby for fun. I store my IKEs 22 to the plastic tube. Quote:
Then we pass on and a relative takes them to a bank and dumps them into a coin counter. Or a coin store. Plan for my brother to get my IKEs. Not sure what he will do with my babies. But, don't really care either. I am enjoying them now.  Edited by Domain555
11/28/2014 09:44 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Then we pass on and a relative takes them to a bank and dumps them into a coin counter. In my experience, which means absolutly nothing, if the coins are in an abulm or some sort of holder then your heir will be sure it is worth money and run to the nearest coin shop or pawn shop with dreams of early retirement. So at least it will have a chance of excaping the coin counter. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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if the coins are in an abulm or some sort of holder then your heir will be sure it is worth money and run to the nearest coin shop or pawn shop with dreams of early retirement. So at least it will have a chance of excaping the coin counter. Good point! |
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