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Valued Member
United States
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I'm trying to finish my set of lincoln rolls before 2009 and am finishing up the early years as well as the more recent years.
My question for the group concerns storage of the bank-wrapped shotgun rolls rolls.
What is best for the coins; 1.) keeping them in the paper rolls, 2.) transferring them to Numis/Coin Safe square tubes or 3.) placing the entire paper roll into the square tube since many of the string rolls actually fit?
I'm inclined to transfer them out of the paper rolls and into the Square tubes primarily because every time I open up a roll of BU coins I see that I will need to open up a second roll to get one full roll that I consider BU.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I have thought about this same thing. I currently store mine in the plastic tubes (not the square ones) or wrappers. Some of the wrappers I have are really nice and I feel guilty opening them up especially the older wheat rolls. I wonder if some are worth more kept in there wrappers? I have heard there is a good amount of interest in wrapper collecting and some wrappers carry a premium over others, I just do not know where to even look for information on this subject.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I would think the plastic tubes would keep the coins red longer and if I am reading this correctly that is your problem (with coins turning from red to red/brown or just plain brown) but I don't know how much better or longer it will actually keep them red (maybe until opened up 100 years from now, or maybe 10 years)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Here are some examples of wrappers- Image Insert: Plastic tubes- Image Insert: Wrapper box I got- Image Insert: Close up- Image Insert: Edited by chrsb
10/29/2007 07:45 am
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Valued Member
United States
383 Posts |
If your goal is keeping the coins in the best condition I would put the coins in the square tubes. Sealed rolls would increase the value to variety collectors. I put my rolls in a metal ammo box. If it's good enough to keep your powder dry it should be OK for coins. Many of my rolls of cents have been there for over 40 years and are still bright red. Edit to add Here is a coin I slabbed I think maybe 2 years ago which came from a roll my dad put away in about 1970.  Edited by Joeyuk
10/30/2007 05:05 am
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New Member
United States
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40 years? Holy Taledo Batman
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Almost every year for many, many years I've been putting new rolls of cents in those round plastic tubes. Not sure when they first started making them but when they did I transferred any paper wrapped rolls into the plastic ones. Since I have about 30 rolls of 1943 cents I presume there are many since then but I don't keep track, I just keep on adding more. All look like new but since I don't open them, I may never know for sure.
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Valued Member
 United States
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Thanks for all of the feedback. I think I'm going to remove them from the wrappers and put them in tubes...which I will then label in my anal retentive way...file in my coin boxes...and keep on looking for ways of filling those holes!
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Valued Member
United States
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the cheap way would be either metal can or even inexpensive glass jars but make sure the jars you use are air tight... you can check a jar by filling it with water, turn it over on paper for a day.... if the jar shows any sign of water leaking then it is not air tight....
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The paper rolls are cool ,,but the paper itself is the enemy of the coins inside .
I use the numis square tubes for all my rolls , as much as I like the original packaging (which I also keep just seperate from my coins) ,, paper has way to many chemicals in it to be safe .
By the way I only keep the federal stamped rolls ,,the others are generic and add little or no value to the coins inside.
Metalman
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Valued Member
United States
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I collect all the State Quarter rolls from the mint. The ones I don't have in boxes I picked up these nice stackable trays that hold 5 quarter rolls each. Just a thought.. |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Original Bank Wrapped (OBW) rolls, even ones in generic wrappers, are worth more long-term than if they are removed and placed in plastic tubes. Storage is the key to keeping them from degrading, and the key to storage is elimination of airflow and condensation. Over the years I've found the best storage medium for OBW 1c rolls to be polycarbonate boxes sealed with tape, with a small bag of silicon dessicant place inside. The perfect size boxes can be found at TAP plastics. They sell a 3-3/4 inch x 3-3/4 inch size in a couple heights that fit OBW 1c rolls very well. The larger size will fit 5 levels of 4 rolls. I seal the boxes when full using Kapton tape, and put a dessicant inside to keep humidity to a minimum, along with a moisture indicator. With this method the rolls will be good for 10's to 100's of years and should remain full red and "fresh".
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Posted 10/29/2007 12:43 am
