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There was a thread here before regarding Lincoln roll searching but I can't seem to find it. After going through some rolls I've accumulated some pre 1982's including wheats. Right now I have all of them together in cans. But wanted to hear from others regarding storage methods they're using for what your're pulling from rolls. Are you storing them by the years or filling albums? I might buy an inexpensive Wheat cent folder and fill the holes since I seem to have many years. |
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Albums first, and then the excess I keep in tubes or ziplock plactic bags (which are pvc free)......of course since I have a lot of them, I have A LOT of bags.....each is segregated by mint marks and "decades" and there is some order to them. An "open air" can is really not a good "storage container" for them long term, I wouldn't think. But i'd just keep them "airtight" and weed out any "green monster" ones so that they don't infect your other ones. And you don't want ANY humidity having constant access to your "hoard" either........just my Two Cents..... |
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Are all tubes PVC free or is there a specific kind you're using? I need to order some supplies for the lincolns so whated to hear what others are using before ordering.
The wheats are low grades so I'm thinking whitman folders would do rather than spending on Dansco.
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If they're made for coins they should be.....if they're just "some tubes" to put any old thing in, then they may not be.
Coin tubes come in any denomination you want specifiacally designed to fit that coin.....(cause you don't want em' rolling around in there!)
Luckily we have a "Hobby Lobby" in town and they stock coin supplies and always have coin tubes, 2x2's, mylar pages, albums,....all kinds of stuff !....There are dozens of Nationwide Companies that sell "coin supplies".....no exact preference in one or the other for me.....prices probably close too.....sorry don't have a link for ya !
www.whitmanbooks.com ......does have some things
even the much hated Littleton Coin Company has supplies...(just don't buy their coins though!)
But yeah, just because it's a "tube", certainly doesn't mean it's designed for "coins".....might be a gamble. And don't use "film containers" either.....I was advised against that some time back.....you should just use "tubes" that are for coins "only".
"low grade" Wheats ?.......hummmmm......if you don't have very many, tubes would be fine........something bigger if you have a lot though.
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04/30/2008 3:34 pm
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 , sigh, wash tubs, coffee cans, plastic bags, Tupperware containers and anything else I can put my hands on. Wish I had an answer. Jim |
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For now I have them in plastic containers that you get when you order chinese food(soup). But I'm going to order tubes with the screw top. I just need to figure out how I'm going to segregate them.
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I "segregate" mine into "decades" and then "mint marks" and I tape a little piece of paper on the side of the "screw top coin tube" ......That way it's easily identified......"S" mint in the 1920's....."D" mint in the '40's etc.etc.etc....
Also....a bunch are in ziplock sandwich bags.....because I have a ridiculous amount of some years !!
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I also am a Linclon hunter. For my pre 82s I have a couple of foldgers plastic canisters. I don't think they have PVC (or I hope not). But it is for temp storage untill I can decide on a long term storage solution. My wheats and S mintmarks are in paper coin rolls for now. If anyone knows if the Foldgers canister has PVC, please let me know!
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Dig hole in yard, dump all cents in the hole, mix ready mix concrete per instrucions on bag, pour into hole to cover all coins. They will be there for thousands of years.  |
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I have beeen putting mine into empty cleaned out 2 litter soda bottles. After my kids finish a bottle I clean it out and always keep an empty one around. I really don't know if it is pvc safe or not. But I can tell you that they hold about $33 face in each bottle.
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Just Carl --
They are repaving the road in front of my house, would it be OK to put the coins in the ashphalt, or is concrete better? This way I would not have to wait a thousand years, only until some potholes start to form to be able to look at them again.
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This is another topic that seems to be all over the place and has lots of answers.
My two main questions would be (1) how many coins do you have? And (2) what condition are they in?
If they are in a higher grade then I would suggest the tubes or 2x2's first. This way they are together, easy to find and should not get damaged as easily. If they are lower grade and the condition does not matter as much, then use the plastic bags. You will always have some movement and possibilities of scratches and this does not seem to matter as much on lower grade coins.
Like eaglefoot, I put the majority of my coins in tubes and mark them. I have found round stickers to put right on the top of the tube with the date, mint and if it is a full roll or not. I have even broken it down to colors for different decades to make it easier to search the large amount I have without having to look at every tube.
No matter what you do, it is your decision and what makes it easier for you to do and store them counts most. Look around and I know that there were a couple of other posts like this but I can not seem to find them right now. The only other advice I do remember about them was that you do NOT want to store your coins in paper rolls for a long period of time. I do not remember why, but changed mine out when I read that.
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Great advice, thank you everyone. I've bought some tubes for the wheats and have 2x2s for nicer lincolns and 's' mints. Regular copper coins I'll store in bags as I'm not planning on completing a set of lincolns.
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