How To Move Coins/Safe During Moving Houses?

I moved about a year ago.
I cleaned out my safe and moved the contents myself.
I contracted with a safe company to move the safe.
Why?
Because it's over 400 lbs and I wanted someone insured so that if there was house damage I wouldn't have to pay for the fix.
They did an almost perfect job.

Is it a safe or a lock box? 1.5'x1' doesn't seem like a major undertaking to move. Just put it on the seat of the car and drive. I moved the one "safe" to my house by myself, it's not an good safe, but for home use it works. I think it may weigh about 600lbs. I took the door off and loaded that into the back of my truck and then loaded the safe body onto the truck and took it to the new home.

Monday I'm picking up my first real safe and am still trying to get all the parts in place before this move. This safe is a beast and weighs almost 3000lbs. It's a six sided safe with 7" walls that are loaded with magnesium and aluminum so it can't be cut with a torch. It has a 2 piece key and combination lock with the option of adding a timed lock to it. It also has glass relockers so if the somehow manage to drill or cut and hit that the 2" lock pins will slam shut and need the key to be opened. The safe is used and has one hole drilled through the bottom to be bolted to the floor. According to the previous owner the hole took 3 hours and multiple diamond tipped drill bits to drill. Not all safes are created the same and when you purchase one you should talk with your insurance agent about the coverage you can have with the safe you own. The one in my house now is only insurable to $25,000, because it isn't secure enough for the insurance company. Once you start adding up the contents of a safe 25,000 isn't much. My new safe is insurable to $1,000,000 dollars with a very low premium because it's almost impossible to get inside of it.

I would definitely not move a safe with coins inside it. And if I had anyone helping me, I personally would transport my coins in the trunk of my car incognito just to be cautious.

Yikes! You could live in that thing!

Good advise. The less people know what you have the better.

When it comes to coins and valuables the three major things you need to take into mind are 1) Water damage, 2) Fire damage & 3) Theft.

Laat time I checked my local insurance said there were more water claims than fire and theft combined. So the first thing you should probably take into consideration when storing your coins is (a) how are you going to maintain the humidity levels and (b)what are you going to do to prevent water damage to either your coins and or folders.

Fire is next on my list.. and while all safes have a decent fire rating what can cause an issue is just the amount of heat that surrounds the safe. (think of your coins as a bake potatoe inside a large foil wrapper that's in an even bigger oven) Creating an insulative barrier around the safe is actually pretty easy and can be done very economically. Frame out your safe leaving a 2" gap on all sides. On the outside of the frame first put up a wall of concrete board then finish with a layer of drywall. On the inside with the 2" gap you can put in some spray foam as a heat insulator. If you don't want to use spray foam.. a layer of plexiglass works very well.

The LAST thing to worry about is theft. Now if there's a lot of people that know you and know you have valuables.. well then that's your problem as you have made yourself a target. But if you've kept a tight lip on things (like covering your safe with moving blankets as you move it in or out of your house) you're probably in a better spot and less of a target.

Most burgalurs do break-ins only when they KNOW the occupants aren't at home and they also have an idea as to how long the occupants will be away. eg. out on vacation or out for the evening. In which case almost anything of decent value that isn't locked down is most likely "up for grabs".
The other type of robbery is "the break-in" this is a quick style snatch and grab. Get in and get done before the cops show up or someone notices.
The first type is one you have to worry about. This is where it's wise to somehow secure your safe to the floor or wall. This is also where I say it's an added feature to conceal your safe. If they don't SEE a safe then they don't try and break into one.

The last type of theft is the home invasion. Basically you're either at home or come to the criminals. If the criminals are that brazen and KNOW you have a safe chances are good that you will be put into a bad situation and forced to open the safe. Once again this is where concealment can help and if you have a security system you may want to have some sort of "trip switch" placed close by.

Haha. I will update when the coins get to Bravo from Alpha.