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I'm looking for a good coin safe for under $600
I'm looking for one about 15-20 inches wide and about 25-30 inches tall. (Just to give an idea of the size)
Does anyone have any ideas?
Edited by SjlundCoin
08/23/2015 8:19 pm
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With a safe that size you want to be sure and bolt it into the floor.
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Are your dimension requirements based on where it's going to go? I'd suggest getting as large a safe as you can afford. Like a gas, your collection will spontaneously expand to fill whatever container it is in and do so quickly.
As Cascade said, bolt it down. Every safe should be bolted to the floor for extra security but especially one of that size. Sure the one LordWrathbone listed is heavy at 275 pounds + contents, but two strong nefarious gorillas could easily get that up onto a cart or just carry it.
As for specific safes, the one LordWrathbone looks fine. I'd suggest taking a trip to your local locksmith. You can often get one on sale there and they'll deliver and install it for you (i.e., bolt to the floor and set your combination). Just don't get one from your local sporting goods store or home center...those can be defeated easily by someone who knows what they're doing.
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I am flexible with the size. I just don't need a huge safe because my collection isn't that big.
Are there any specific brands to look for?
Edited by SjlundCoin
08/23/2015 10:51 pm
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I bought this one. Love it. Fire, high rate theft proof. Paid 300 at a local outlet center.   swcoin.ecrater.com
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Do you happen to know the dimension on that vermontensium?
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I just don't need a huge safe because my collection isn't that big. Fair enough, but there are other things you might want to keep in a safe (wills, passports, spare keys, optical media backups of your important data, checkbooks, etc.). I bought the biggest one I thought I'd ever need about 3 years ago and I'm already trying to figure out how to make everything fit.  |
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Fair enough, but there are other things you might want to keep in a safe (wills, passports, spare keys, optical media backups of your important data, checkbooks, etc.). I bought the biggest one I thought I'd ever need about 3 years ago and I'm already trying to figure out how to make everything fit. I don't have any of that stuff. I can't even drive yet...Hopefully I won't need a will any time soon. |
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P.S The safe is like one big gift from my family for the year. And I also have to pay for some of it.
I guess it makes them feel better that I won't get robbed.
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It's small enough to put on a hand cart and wheel it out to a vehicle in just a few minutes. Do bolt it down, and put a locking door on the closet or room it sits in, as well as securing the windows, if any. Don't let your buddies know you have it, word gets around, the walls of a school cafeteria are a giant ear.
Looks like that would hold about two dozen coin albums, or a dozen boxes of flips or slabs. Not really a lot of room. Plan on trading up later in life.
Don't move it into a dormitory or roommate situation, it will disappear as fast as you can say 'Beer money'.
For the $600 price target, consider treating the family to a cellular alarm system for the entire house.
Edited by paxbrit
08/23/2015 11:42 pm
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I linked a safe from menards I was looking at. It's significantly bigger than what you want but it's under $600. I am on mobile so getting the link isn't easy at the moment. It is a Sentinel
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My safe is home built from 1/4 plate steel, about the size of a shoebox, internally bolted to the floor, inside a cupboard, covered with rather humble looking corrugated cardboard box, clothing junk thrown over that.
Larger safes are much harder to hide.
Only my most valuable coins are stored in it, because the major part of my collection is a working collection
Edited by sel_69l
08/24/2015 08:26 am
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My safe is on the small side. bolted to the floor with snap off bolt heads(when you get to the right foot pounds of pressure the heads snaps off)it is now part of the house. unless you cut a hole in my floor.
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I don't have a safe and don't want one. Reasons are as follows
1. If you have a safe, people find out. When they do, they assume you have STUFF to rob.
2. Safes are OK but cost a lot and you need a place for them. If seen by anyone, not good. If not, difficult for you to access.
3. Keeping a safe full of coins is OK but remember your locking in moisture. And every time you open it, you let in more that has no where to go.
4. Can't bolt down if your in an apartment. Not your property.
5. If in a condo or similar, you should check about weight loads permitted.
6. kept for a fire, remember a safe gets hot and inside stuff melts. Plastic around coins gets soft and melts all over the coins.
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