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Valued Member
United States
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I am having trouble figureing out how to store my coins. I have to put them away for the holidays but I dont know how to store them and keep them organized tat the same time. They are all loose coins (I havent gotten any thing to put them in yet.
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Valued Member
 United States
270 Posts |
does anyone also know where the cheapest place is to get just the cardboard staple protectors?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
882 Posts |
Well is seems like really value your coins since you don't want them just laying around. I would use several forms of storing. I buy plastic tubes for loose coins that I find more value to, because I don't have the time nor space to keep the cardboard holders. But I do keep my silver all in rolls or in holders. Copper and nickel, a plastic baggie will work wonders.
I'm sure you could find cheeper cardboard holders around, but if you need to get this done before the holidays, I would just go out and buy some regrless the price. Even so, you will be only saving a few bucks.
Ty
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Valued Member
United States
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ok. thanks. I never realized how large my collection was getting. I guess working at a bank I end up getting more things than I realize that I'm getting. just this week I got 20$ worth of nickles all 1964's - 1939's, I guess those really add up quick.
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Pillar of the Community
Egypt
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I store my coins in s business card file album, I can categorize them easily as well as I'm able to view them from both sides be cause the files are transparent and its easy to get them out at any time.
Its more convinient for me than any other container.
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Australia
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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FYI: If you decide to use 2x2's that have to be stapled shut be sure to invest a few bucks in a stapler that uses FLAT staples. It'll save you a lot of headaches down the road!
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Storage of coins can be a problem. My secret is to have a good spreadsheet/database where I list my coins and where they are stored. I think 2x2 are about the cheapest way of keeping the coins individually. The first photo is a plastic tray that holds about 300 2x2's, in three rows of 100 coins.  The plastic tray fits into a small stack of 5 trays. Therefore holds about 1,500 coins very neatly.  I have a few of these stacks which I put on a strong shelf.  I use some larger bins for NCLT coins from the mint. These measure about 300mm across and 400mm long and about 200mm high.  You can see that the packs of coins are stored in sealed plastic bags.  Then, also have my Treasure chest!  This is a large box that are normally used for storing blankets etc. I use it for storing more NCLT coin sets and folders.  I wouldn't mind seeing how others have overcome the problem of storing their coins. |
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 Australia
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I like toast's setup, there. The only thing to watch with that are the staples - you can end up with damaged 2x2s and scratched coins if you don't have the staples nice and flat, like dsking said. I use a normal stapler and a pair of pliers for that purpose. For my main collection, I use cardboard 2x2s as well. For coins that are worn, ancient or otherwise wouldn't be seen too well sealed up in a 2x2, I use 2x2-sized mylar flips. These all then go into rigid plastic archival 3-ring binders designed for use with photographic slides; the pages fit 20 coins per page, and the plastic is much higher quality than the ones typically sold specifically for coins. They make a nice album. A good tip: anything designed for a 2x2 photographic slide will take a 2x2 coin holder as well. Unfortunately, with digital virtually killing off the slide, this stuff is getting harder to come by, but you might find suitable stuff second-hand or on ebay. For many of the modern coins (eg. my North American, Pacific and European date/mintmark sets) that aren't worth "wasting" a 2x2 on, they go into "standard" plastic coin pages. Mint sets, proof sets and other coins in bulky packaging get sealed up in large resealable bags. My banknote storage system is a complete shambles - folders, albums, boxes everywhere, with no logic or organization - and that's probably the main reason why I seem to have largely lost interest in paper money. I've come to believe an efficient, user-friendly storage system for your collection is key to maintaining interest. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Valued Member
United States
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thanks everyone, It all really helps a lot. no matter how I do it though its gonna take more time than I planned for, but I guess I better do it the right way and take the extra time.
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Valued Member
United States
342 Posts |
If you collect sets check out Dansco albums.  Edited by Dockwalliper
12/18/2006 1:27 pm
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Valued Member
United States
270 Posts |
Yeah I have a bunch of albums but they cost so much and I have more than one of the same years. So I put the best one in the albums and I dont know what to do with the rest. The cardboard protectors will be most likely the way I go with them though.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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To make it easy to organise, I store all my coins in 2 x 2's and then store them in cut down shoe boxes. See photo...  This way I can slip a new coin into its correct place without having to move heaps of coins like I use to when they were in albums with pockets. The boxes are then stored in a safe. Not that they are worth much, just sentimental value, I would hate to lose them. Toast, that is some collection you have, I'm jealous.LOL Steve  |
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Valued Member
United States
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The pages that hold 2x2 holders and fit into 3 ring binders are really cost effective and are easy to orgainize and use. Put the coins in the cardboard holders or just slip them in as is.
The plastic trays work great too.
Try to keep an inventory list though, this really helps. On the inventory list you can list: date acquired, kind, date, mint mark, price paid, grade and comments. I don't know about you, but after awhile I forget some of the details, such as date acquired and price paid if I don't make a note of that.
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New Member
United States
20 Posts |
Does anyone have an elegant way to open Air-Tites? My thumbnail is not so effective...
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Posted 12/16/2006 2:05 pm
