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Valued Member
United States
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Hey,
So I was wondering what people thought about storing your coins (long term) in an old refrigerator. Obviously I'm not talking about turned on, but since they remain mostly sealed and can easily fit plenty of coins+silica packs, seems almost ideal.
I currently use beach coolers, as well as a small sized fridge for most of my common, low value coins but am running out of space again. Already have 2 safety deposit boxes, and 2 full sized safes stuffed full as well.
Any opinions would be appreciated, negatives or positives on old fridge storage.
Thanks in advance!
Matt
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Have you have ever looked in an old fridge and seen the spiders and mould in them  |
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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 Refrigerators (also freezers) are not completely air-tight as they are made to move air. Dry-boxes would, I think, work better. In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
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Moderator
 United States
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Safes are not air tight either. I think I would get another safe that is fire and water resistant or some more beach coolers and a few rechargeable desiccant packs. John1  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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A sure method would be to send them all to me. Then you wouldn't have to worry anymore.   You should really try to consolidate what you have. Sounds like you have an excessive amount of coins. Possibly look up coin shows and if you find one, rent a table and sell off what you really don't need. |
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Valued Member
United States
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What is the most ideal ways to store coins? I've only been collecting for a few years but I think I may doing it wrong...
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
693 Posts |
For storing coins, I use a couple of small library card file cabinets. Each cabinet has 12 drawers. These antiquated cabinets are awesome! I can fit two 2x2 boxes side by side in the deep drawers. It's easy to find & pull out what I'm looking for when I need to. Of course they're not air tight, but that doesn't seem to be an issue in the climate where I live. Also I like the old-school historic look of the cabinets.
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Valued Member
United States
123 Posts |
Alright awesome! Thanks for sharing!!
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Valued Member
Canada
115 Posts |
I usually store my coins in plastic coin rolls and put the rolls in the cardboard bank coin roll boxes to store. The bank coin boxes are very sturdy and they should last a while.
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Valued Member
Sweden
135 Posts |
I think that coffins are air tight. A bit unorthodox, but could work well.
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Valued Member
 United States
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Thank you for the replies.
*I would think mold and spiders in an old fridge would be from not cleaning before storing :-P
*dry boxes in the fridge would work too I think. I understand a fridge isn't really air tight and I should of noted that I got the fridge idea more for somewhat balanced temperature control. Sure temps will change, but with the silica boxes and the insulating properties of a fridge, the drastic swings would be reduced.
*the fire risk is always a concern. I have never seen how the inside of a fridge looks after a fire. However I do wonder if fire retarding foam on the fridge would help? XD
*I do have a lot. Both personal collections as well as I own a local coin store/jewelry store. I am extremely organized for the most part lol.
* Truthfully, I absolutely love the coffin idea. I picture someone breaking in, seeing the coffin, and that being the last thing they would want to open haha.
A lot of the stuff I currently have in the fridge is lower value stuff like boxes and boxes of wheat pennies. I roll them, then put into $25 penny bank boxes, wrap them over and over in plastic wrap, and then tape the heck out of them. Everything I store for longer than a couple months is always air sealed so keep in mind the fridge is not for air tightness.
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United States
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* Truthfully, I absolutely love the coffin idea. I picture someone breaking in, seeing the coffin, and that being the last thing they would want to open haha. I think someone breaking in is going to think "Vampires!" and retreat rather quickly.  |
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United States
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Valued Member
United States
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I have been using my fire proof safe to store the coins that I have plus I keep all needful paper work in their also. Did not cost to much and it eases the mind.
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Valued Member
United States
467 Posts |
For my most valuable, I don't store at home.
For less valuable but could still walk off or get me robbed if people equated quantity with value (mistakenly, of course)-- I use stack on gun cabinets.
They are metal, they have shelves (if you buy the right one) and they lock. However, they are much cheaper than safes.
They won't keep a determined robber out, but they will keep random guests from being in a position of opportunity to tempt them.
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New Member
United States
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Ahh the storage conundrum.... Store at home? Don't store at home. Hide it under the floor boards? Use a safe?
Darned if I know the right answer.
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