How Do You Store Medals?

1. They make 2½x2½ sized flips for larger items.
2. If you're putting the 2x2s in an album, then you could put the medals directly into the album page.
3. For me, anything too big to fit into 1 or 2 goes into a "box of odd items", alongside mint sets I want to keep intact and other bulky things. As a general rule, "if it doesn't fit into ta 2x2 I don't really want it", so I don't have this problem too often because I don't actually have very many such pieces.

There are several options to choose from:

1. Though they can be difficult to source, 3" x 3" and 4" x 4" flips are produced for larger items such as medals. They are available with and without PVC. Of course, I would recommend the non-PVC holders for long-term storage.

2. Large-sized capsules are available from multiple manufacturers for common sizes of large medals and silver rounds. Lighthouse sells several adjustable capsules - the capsules have inserts that consist of multiple rings. The number of rings used can be adjusted to fit each medal. See an example here: [www.lighthouse.us/coin-capsules-grips-xl.html

It's important to realize that high-relief medals often have devices that extend beyond the height of rims (many medals do not even have rims). Because of this, it is necessary to ensure a medal's high points are not constantly rubbing against a holder.

Capital Plastics used to make great holders for medals, they were made of three individual layers of acrylic with the center layer deep enough to safely store high-relief medals. I don't believe they are made any longer, unfortunately, but you might want to check with them or keep your eye out for them in the marketplace.

I currently have medals stored in each of options I've described above. Let me know if you have further questions.