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Do you place some type of filler in a coin tube that has BU coins and is not full up to the top so coins can move in the tube?
Would cotton be a good choice for the filler?
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I use cotton in mine but I don't know if it would cause damage in the future. John1  |
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Foam. Like the kind you use for tool chests where you carve out the shape of the tool. Or the yellow softer kind in cushions, pillows, etc. that you can find at one of them chick stores where they sell flowers and dress patterns and stuff.
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I have enough tubes that I keep them standing up in a shoe box and use newspaper to fill the space in the box that the tubes don't occupy.
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Hmmm. Excellent question. You really do have to be very careful about what you put in that enclosed tube.
Packing peanuts - aren't they styrofoam? I remember as a kid taking styrofoam cups, lighting a match to them and watch them burn. Don't they have petroleum or some derivative of petroleum in them? That doesn't sound good.
Yellow foam. Don't like the idea of yellow. How'd they get it yellow?
I would avoid any kind of paper.
Cotton does sound good.
Of course, this assumes you want to avoid toning :)
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Use sterile surgical gauze wadded up in the tubes. There is no PVC or anything harmful in the gauze. Make sure its the sterile kind and not with any kind of medication on it. Can get a roll for $1-2. Also, one of your cotton gloves cleaned and cut up works also.
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Peanuts definitely are a petroleum product. Not good. I am glad you asked this question! Sterile surgical gauze sounds great! I'll use that with a desiccant pack placed above it to prevent moisture.
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captainkurt: You can't have too many coins in the tube if you have gauze and a desiccant pack.  |
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RPT, Good point! I do have those really small disiccants packs though. A piece of gauze with a pack on top only takes about the width of the lid (1/2 inch). Since we are on the topic, I was wondering about the coins rubbing against each other too. I have been moving my collections quite often as of late and I worry about the rattling around the coins do in the tubes. Should this be a concern? Should I be placing a small piece of gauze between the coins too? Or am I being too cautious. After all I may only have room for ten coins by the time I do all this! LOL!
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Fill the remaining empty spaces with oil. This will stop the coins from bumping each other and if they do, they will just slide over them. Use a good grade of oil and remember that a multi grade oil changes in viscosity with temperature.  Another possible method would be to go to a hardware store and buy some small sections of PVC piping. Cut some small ring sized sections and use them to fill the tubes.  Place any coins you now have in a tube, pour in liquid plastic with a hardener to fill the rest. Keep all loose coins in a jar until you have enough to fill a tube. See there are many methods if you just think about them. I myself just let them standing up until they are full. |
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Packing peanuts - aren't they styrofoam? I remember as a kid taking styrofoam cups, lighting a match to them and watch them burn. Don't they have petroleum or some derivative of petroleum in them? That doesn't sound good.
OK not the Styrofoam ones... the "green"ones made of corn starch! These peanuts keep things from rattling around and have done no damage. |
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I myself just let them standing up until they are full. That seems easiest to me... |
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Fill the remaining empty spaces with oil. This will stop the coins from bumping each other and if they do, they will just slide over them. Use a good grade of oil and remember that a multi grade oil changes in viscosity with temperature. Couldn't I just go to the gulf and use some. I would also be helping to fix the problem by taking some oil away. |
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