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Single Tube That Will House 1 Oz. Gold Coins From Multiple Countries

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I have no idea what the sizes of each 1 oz. Gold Coins are from several countries, so I need to find out if there is any one tube (for storage) that can house all of the following:
US Gold Eagle
Austria Philharmonic
Australia Kangaroos
Canada Maple Leaf
Gold Brittania
South African Krugerrand
I guess it all points to whether or not all these Gold Coins have the same diameter, and also, but not as necessary, the same thickness.

Thanks in advance,
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Valuable enough for each bullion coin to be in their own hard clear acrylic capsule, diameter to suit each coin.
That way, it is possible to handle individual coins without fear of damage.
How you store the individual capsules will best fit your overall storage / security needs.
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I did a lot of research and found that EVERY one of the coins I ordered (one from each country) is a completely different size.
Canada Maple Leaf 30mm
Australia Kookaburra 32.6mm
Britannia 32.69mm
American SE 32.7mm
Krugerrand 32.8mm
Austria Philharmonics 37mm

I finally had to get a tube that would fit the largest one, and then start some other way the next time. Will not make that mistake again.

Or, is there a way to make the plastic containers the same size and put in foam for all the different coins, so they won't bounce around?
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Or, is there a way to make the plastic containers the same size and put in foam for all the different coins, so they won't bounce around?
I believe you can get a set of same-sized capsules with foam rings to size each coin inside it. Then put the capsules in a tube.
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Krugerrands are not .999 fine; they are 22 karat (.917 fine), diluted with copper. They still contain precisely 1 troy ounce of gold, so they are going to be heavier than a .999 bullion coin (they have a total mass of 1.09 troy ounces). That extra mass of copper has to go somewhere. As such, they must therefore also be larger in size, either in diameter, thickness, or both, compared to a .999 bullion gold coin.

Given that most of them seem to line up with the Krugerrand in terms of diameter (the Krugerrand, being first, kind of set the standard on what a "gold bullion coin" should look like), so logically the Krugerrand is thicker.

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I believe you can get a set of same-sized capsules with foam rings to size each coin inside it. Then put the capsules in a tube.

That would work, though the extra thickness of the plastic capsules would mean fewer coins per tube. One could perhaps buy the capsules, and throw the capsules away and just keep the foam inserts. Seems a wasteful and expensive way to go about things, though. Do coin supplies places normally just sell the foam inserts by themselves?
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