Question For You Lincoln Cent Collectors

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big orange fan New Member United States 20 Posts	Posted 07/07/2006 10:23 am Like several who have posted on here lately I have been given by my father a large bag of Lincoln wheat cents that my dad bought when I was a child (I'm 38). He went through many and has stored common dates in what I call whitman tubes. Is this a safe long term storage? I have started going through the ones he had not searched and so far they appear to be mostly common dates from the 50s. I am at the point where I either need to purchase some more tubes or find a different storage method. I don't plan to sell and want to keep these to pass onto my child. Any recommendations would be appreciated. Report this Post to the Staff

ziggy29 Valued Member United States 157 Posts	Posted 07/07/2006 10:24 am For common, circulated issues, I'd say the coin tubes are fine for long-term storage. I don't think I'd store uncirculated (and especially not red) cents or key dates that way, though. Report this Post to the Staff
Susanlynn9 Forum Mom United States 5877 Posts	Posted 07/07/2006 10:32 am I agree with Ziggy. Any nice uncirculated or red coins should go into airtites or something like that. The common circulated coins should be fine. Report this Post to the Staff
Metalman Pillar of the Community United States 7123 Posts	Posted 07/07/2006 10:52 am Hi Big orange fan The tubes should work well for the circulated cents a word of caution though concerning these cents, pick out the ones with degritis contamination that green stuff can and will spread to the other coins. I agree with the recommendation for any of the better cents,EF and above should be stored in a better environment . Rick Edited by Metalman 07/07/2006 10:53 am Report this Post to the Staff
madhandles761991 Pillar of the Community United States 577 Posts	Posted 07/07/2006 1:04 pm Yep, I love the tubes, they have not let me down yet. I have so many old wheaties that I keep in tubes. I'm trying to collect a roll of every common Wheat penny, and I am 8 dates away. Report this Post to the Staff
Joeyuk Valued Member United States 383 Posts	Posted 07/07/2006 1:44 pm I have some red BU cents that have been in plastic tubes and paper wrappers since the early 70's at least. In a old ammo box. These coins are still gorgous. Report this Post to the Staff
Gary Burke Rest in Peace United States 3730 Posts	Posted 07/07/2006 10:01 pm Tubes are fine for common dates. In my safety deposit box at my bank I have coins which were stored away as far back as 1968, and when I recently checked on their condition they looked as good as the day they were stored -- nearly 40 years ago! Report this Post to the Staff
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