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Valued Member
United States
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Have a few beginner questions for you all. I am sure I will have many more as I start my path down this hobby after finding a stash of my father's old coins when helping my mom clean out her basement. 1. I know there are the graded, hard plastic covers that come from grading companies that hold coins, but what are the cardboard looking squares with the coin hole in the middle (and stapled on the sides sometimes) that hold coins that I am seeing in many pictures? Are these common holders for coins? Can you buy them? If so, where is a good place? 2. What is the best way to store coins, both large amounts and smaller? For example, I am starting to go through about 1500 dollars in pennies. I am trying to pull out any wheat / Indian pennies, breaking out any pre-83 pennies from post-83 pennies, and specifically putting any 83 or 69 pennies aside to check them for Copper 83 or Doubled Die 69 (Hey, I can wish cant I!) What is the best way to store these? This question would go for other coins types as well, breaking silver from non-silver, older coins that may have some value, etc... Thanks ahead of time for your advice and expertise.... |
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Moderator
 United States
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The first question, those are cardboard coin holders (or cardboard flips). Easiest to just show you where to get them. My preferred place... http://www.wizardcoinsupply.com/pro...-coin-flips/There are other places to get them, like a local hobby store. I am sure others will come share their links. The second question will have many diverse answers and you will have to determine what fits you best. Me, I like Dansco albums. |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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With that many pennies you might want to get coin tubes. Sort them by date and Mint Mark and then search through them for varieties.
I like keeping my coins in Saflips and I put those into notebook pages. You can find those at Wizard, too. I think they carry just about everything you'll need.
Tubes and 2X2's might be the cheapest way to go for starters.
Good luck and enjoy the search!
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Pillar of the Community
Norway
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 1500 Dollars in pennies... That's a lot of coins. I think you better ask Scrooge McDuck for advice here.  Anyway, on a serious note: There are many ways to store coins. jbuck already mentioned the cardboard flips. Those go well with dedicated coin albums. There are more types of albums, also the type where you just put them directly into the plastic. In addition, a lot of coin collectors who are trying to get a certain set completed have pre-fabricated albums like for example Dansco albums. In your case, there's a big chance that you can complete a whole type collection of pennies, I guess... Just google for 'coin album' and you should get enough results. Or look at the link by jbuck, for what I know wizard is a reputable company (I have my own resources here in Europe). Now, for the pennies... what you may do is sort them by year and mint mark and look for rarities and varieties. In the US Mordern coin forum you may find a lot of information on what the more sought after coins are. After sorting, you may just put them in coin rolls. Also look in the coin roll hunting forum for more information on coin rolls... |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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You mentioned pulling the copper pennies, if you are thinking about hoarding copper pennies, then most people just find 5 gallon buckets and fill them up. however they do get heavy quickly.
remember that coins are susceptible to moisture in the air, so make sure where ever you store them, you should add a desicant to pull out the moisture, otherwise, you might end up with a hunk of congealed copper pennies.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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1. You could just send them all to me. 2. You could just give them away for Halloween gifts. 3. Try almost any hobby store or coin supply place for those 2x2 sized cardboard flips. 4. Look into buying a copy of the Red Book by Whitman Publishing for coin info. 5. Check out coin supply places for coin Albums. 6. Keep on posting on this forum for more great tips. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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To CCF and the hobby  You are getting some good answers to your question, and it sounds like your going through a lot of coins. To me keeping them organized helps enjoy my collection much more. We like pictures here .. so ... 2X2's are a important part of our hobby   They can be stored into boxes or albums   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Well that about sums it up for you , the only thing I can add is experience is the key to the hobby . Read that Red Book several times , each time to read it you'll learn something new . |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Make sure you get holders that do not contain PVC (Polyvinyl chloride). Some plastics can permanently damage your coins. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1088 Posts |
I would also add that if you are going to use 2x2's or cardboard flips, you may wish to invest in a flat clinch stapler. This type of stapler allows the flips to be more compact than a typical regular stapler.
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United States
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I always love seeing those photos, GR58. |
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Posted 08/17/2016 3:21 pm
