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I do not have my coins certified, but I will buy them if I can get a good deal.
I have been using small thick (3mils) zip-lock baggies that fit the average slabbed coin almost perfectly.
My reasoning is it will protect the slab and keep humidity down to a minimum to hedge against unwanted toning.
Well, recently I have been running out of room for storage and organization. I decided to buy a couple of PCGS plastic storage cases to see if this could resolve my situation.
When I tried to transfer my coins to the PCGS cases, my zip-lock bags are too thick for the slotted spaces and are damaging the baggies.
So I do not know if I should keep my current system or do away with the baggies and use the PCGS boxes exclusively.
Any input on my situation is greatly appreciated.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Those boxes take up a lot of space. I use the 9 pocket pages and you can use the baggies and the pages actually take up less space than an equivalent box system.
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United States
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I just put mine in the PCGS and NGC plastic slab boxes without zip lock bags. However as moxking said they do take up a lot of space. Perhaps this would be a good solution for you. I'm fairly certain you'd be able to fit your slabs in a box like this and keep the zip lock bags as well. A box like this is supposed to hold up to 60 slabs. Slab Double Row - 5 3/4x3 1/4x10   I'm pretty sure this option would take up less room overall than the plastic PCGS and NGC boxes and solve your zip lock bag problem. Edited by Tbone
01/31/2017 8:19 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Or you could use these   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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trout1105, curious does your box have slots to hold the coins? And if so, do you think a slab in a zip lock bag would fit?
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Canada
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I have what trout has. I love it. I don't have a lot of third party graded but I have put some of my loose coins in Lighthouse slabs. That is the company that makes this box. I doubt a Ziploc bag would fit in the slots. I just put some silica packs in the box.  |
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Trout and punman, I have been considering that Lighthouse box for my recently started Ike slab set. I am happy to see some positive comment.
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Canada
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I am glad I bought it. I used to keep my silver dollars in an album but they deserved better. I would not go to this expense for cheap coins though because I am usually too cheap! It fits all my 1935-1967 Canadian Dollars with room for the varieties.
Lighthouse makes capsules called Everslab and Quickslab. When I bought a year ago they only had Everslabs. They are hard to open and I have upgraded a few coins and had to trash the capsule to get the coin out. I have now obtained a few Quickslabs which are to be supposedly more reusable although I have not tried them yet.
I made labels on the computer for the Lighthouse capsules. So far, all of the third party hard slabs I have bought have fit in fine (NGC, PCGS, CCCS).
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02/01/2017 12:13 pm
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United States
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Although my plan is to only acquire slabbed coins for this set, I have thought about using the Everslabs to holder any raw or OGP coins that I come across. I have no intention of ever sending anything in to be graded. My existing Ike set will remain in its Dansco album.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Such problems as storage is one of the reasons I always break out coins from slabs.
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Australia
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Such problems as storage is one of the reasons I always break out coins from slabs. I have absolutely No problem breaking a coin out of a slab that I need to add to one of my albums and the majority of my collections live in 2x2's in 20 coin page albums. Storage space IS a problem with graded coins and most of mine are stored in the PCGS Blue Boxes. My "Special" sets live in either the 50 slab boxes or are in the flat type boxes that hold 8 or 24 slabs. It isn't really necessary to store them in the flash Wooden boxes But with the larger 50 slab boxes costing around $100 each it only works out to be $2 per coin anyway and they Do look rather "Swish" in there  |
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Such problems as storage is one of the reasons I always break out coins from slabs. I agree. However, a long term goal of mine has always been to build a higher quality Ike set. I am less willing to break these slabs since I already have a set in a Dansco album. It will likely be the only slab set that I will ever build. |
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Trout and punman, I have been considering that Lighthouse box for my recently started Ike slab set. I am happy to see some positive comment. Well, I done went and ordered one.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I have a Lighthouse box for 50 slabs. Very nice!! It came with a couple of Silica Gel Desiccants (used to absorb moisture). I would suggest changing these out every 6 months or so.
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United States
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I use ultra pro sleeve series card sleeves 2 5/8 x 3 5/8 sleeves.
They are for baseball cards I think.
Anyway, they fit right over PCGS slabs (never tried on any other type of slab) and then the slab fits right into the blue PCGS box. They are inexpensive too
I have used it more for preventing scratches on the PCGS slabs than for coin protection. If my coin is in a slab, in a plastic PCGS box, in a larger locked metal box, with silica, in a climate controlled environment...well, I just give up if that doesn't do it.
But that way you could use a plastic sleeve (just not zipped) and the PCGS boxes both way. Word of caution-- they are a tight fit. I get my daughter to put them on for me because I get frustrated.
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02/05/2017 08:01 am
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Well, I done went and ordered one Nicely done Mate, I think that you will be impressed with the quality of these boxes. The complete Original Specimen strike Australian Wedding set coins from 2002-2009 consists of 48 coins and the 50 slab box is perfect for this set. I had one of the plaques that come with these sets engraved and I glued it onto the lid of the box as a finishing touch   |
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