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Valued Member
United States
79 Posts |
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to organize their coins? I have them everywhere! In the cup holders in my car because I roll hunt on my lunch at work, in thw car at times when my husband is driving, I jingle when I walk and my kids laugh at me lol..and I end up mixing my keepers with my throw backs. Any suggestions on how to keep things organized, any gadgets that may make life a little easier?
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Valued Member
United States
280 Posts |
I have divided Lincoln cents into paper rolls & written the decade on the roll : teens, twenties, thirties etc.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
606 Posts |
Start with three containers; one for unsearched, one for keepers and one for throwbacks. empty your pockets accordingly.
Get some plastic tubes for the cool but not valuable ones or to start a year collection. Get a coin tube box to store them in.
Get some 2x2s for the MS or otherwise cool ones and some pages/binders or 2x2 box to keep them in.
I have some little leather sacks that are handy to keep my change in while I am out and about. It keeps the jingling down.
EDIT: You might want to get a special container for the 1982's and a scale if you want to separate the varieties.
Edited by Half
05/22/2016 2:07 pm
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Valued Member
 United States
79 Posts |
Thank you for the suggestions! I have a scale, and I have many 82s that are both copper and zinc, which ones are the ones that I should keep?
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Rest in Peace
United States
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 with Half's suggestions . and you should keep the copper 82-p&d's .  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1180 Posts |
Is there really any value in keeping certain 1982s? I literally have almost $75 in copper 82s (bought already machine sorted) as well as another $50 or so 1982 unsorted. Ridiculous I know but if there's value in certain ones I would be willing to sort through them over a rainy weekend.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I ended up with a full 5 gallon bucket of coppers from all the many boxes of cents I went through...  ...I wound up with a killer Lincoln Cent collection doing that. Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Pillar of the Community
Norway
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Don't forget to invent a game called 'cent hunting' for your kids to scrap all the cents from all the places where you might have put them - the kid who finds most gets an ice cream or so. Your reward is that you gather most of your cents in one place again. :)
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Things are easier than you think. For example simply send me all your coins and stop worrying about what to do with them.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
606 Posts |
Eventually you might be able to put together a nice uncirc set of all 1982 varieties.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4809 Posts |
Pick up a rainbow packet of post-its (3"x3"). Designate a color for a coins status (ID'ed, to-be ID'ed, etc.). When you find a coin to type, fold it up into the post-it. I do this to protect a roughly ID'ed coin from getting buggered up by my keys or other coins (jingling-n-jangling). If I can't ID it quickly, it'll go into another temporary container. As others suggest, move your coins from container to container. Maybe left-to-right, right being 'return'. A guy from work donates his plastic gum containers to me and I use that for bulk items needing a status assigned. I labeled each one as DDO, DDR, RPM, Trails, Clashes, Cracks, Misc. You may want to do this to organize your in between boxes work. And as appropriate, stick them in flips once you're happy you have something worthy of a flip...or more. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6326 Posts |
Searching Cents in the car and "on the go"? I've used a "breakfast in bed serving tray" -- mine has a 1" rail on all four sides for when my wife takes the corners too fast or hits the brakes.... It works so perfect on your lap for coins when you have a 5 hour drive and are bored. Put a towel down to keep them from sliding and "coin dirt". Zip lock baggies..... The small ones for single BU coins or just protection from air and further contact dings, next few sizes up can hold 10-20 coins. Sandwhich size zip locks for like bulk '82's, Wheaties, etc. Gallon size for when you're at home in long term storage. I also have alot of clear plastic coin tubes and film containers that are useful when you are in the car....on a long trip...motel rooms, etc. Remember, coin tubes come in all sizes. Meaning, you can use the large EISENHOWER DOLLAR size tubes for a bunch of Wheats or '82's or whatever you're sorting in the car, I'm not just talking about using cent tubes. So... Ziplock lock baggies (I use heavy duty freezer bags for durability). Coin tubes from a coin supply shop, Hobby store, etc., are my suggestions.  Happy Hunting....  Edited by eaglefoot
05/22/2016 8:41 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1119 Posts |
I keep the keepers in my car door handle. everything else goes in a large plastic cup in the cup holder
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Valued Member
United States
79 Posts |
I'm addicted, but on the bright side, whatever I don't keep goes in the coinstar, so it's pretty much a win win..I just have to get some organization. I have so many "to check" Styrofoam cups, you'd think I'd stop and go through them before getting more. .but no..lol. my husband will come home from work and say "here..got ya a fix" and hands me pennies he gathered through the day..it's bad lol
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Get some plastic tubes for the cool but not valuable ones or to start a year collection. Get a coin tube box to store them in. I do this the cheapest way (although I do plan to get the tubes). I just kept a nickel box from the bank and all the empty rolls in it to store my CRH finds of that denomination. I designate a roll for each category and label it. I have a roll each dedicated to proofs, wars, cupronickel Canadians, plated Canadians, etc. as well as one for each decade and mintmark, the exception being D-mint 50s coins, for which I have three rolls. It's a big step up from having a bowl on my desk containing a bunch of assorted nickels. I also have a tin for minor errors and varieties, such as MADs and major greasers. |
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Pillar of the Community
Russian Federation
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I tend to put all my coins (the ones I don't plan to immediately spend, at least) in tiny ziploc bags.
Unfortunately, this means I have ziploc bags with coins all over the place instead (as well as some loose coins that I didn't have time to put in ziplocs yet).
At least we don't have a car, so there aren't any coins in my car.
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