Coin Collection Storage - Options for Raw or Slabbed, Long or Short Term, Displayed or Not
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- čas přidán 19. 09. 2020
- Here's an in-depth look at coin storage options, especially for those newer to coin collecting.
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Hi Ben - How about humidity control - silica bags, dehumidifiers, Intercept Boxes or Holders... would be a good adjunct video.
Great info as always thanks.
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For long term storage, I use a mylar flip, heat sealed, and a card in the other opening of the flip for identification. Works nicely.
Funny I just Commented on one or more recent videos and here a stumble across the video that answered my question thank you again for your time
Glad you mentioned getting kids involved, that's a good way to keep the coin hobby going. Very good video on coin holders.
I'm currently rolling with three options:
slabbed/cased and stored in these hard plastic 3x3 slot "pages"
stapled into 2x2 and stored in pages or boxes
wrapped in ISO 9076 standard 80g/m2 copy paper and stored in boxes
First option is that I sometimes get a coin in a slab or its original display case. Might seek to have some of my coins evaluated and slabbed.
Second option is using 2x2 flips, with a coin alone in there, or if they're smaller up to four in a 37,5mm windowed flip. 3x4 or 4x5 pages are my preferred solution for silver and billon coins as well as commemoratives and interesting items. Rest get stored in whatever box I have handy until I buy boxes for that purpose.
Third option depends largely on how many of a type (determined by reference code) I have. Singles get flipped if interesting enough. Otherwise they go in a small folded pocket. Smaller coins 2-4 get in the flips. 2-10 larger coins or 5-10 smaller coins get in a folded copy paper pocket. 10+ get placed in a roll with a copy paper wrap. If it's too tough to roll all of them into the same stack, then I'll cut off the length at 25-50 coins per roll.
With the pockets I make them tight to discourage jostling and therefore rubbing, but I could explore making a sort of 2x2 pocket style.
With flips I write down mint info (year, issuer, face value, reference code, commemoration, and metal with fineness and unit weight) and on the rolls or paper pockets I write down the issuer, reference code, year range of rolled coins, face value, number in roll/pocket, and if precious, total weight and fineness.
As a short-to-arbitrary term solution I just bag loose change by country. It gets annoying having to redo the pockets and rolls if I get a new batch of the same reference code.
each box I store coins in gets a silica bag.
I use many types but a favorite when traveling is the school 3 ring binder that zippers closed. Very incognito, looks just like a kids school supplies. Great Video
Yeah, those Case-It zipper binders are especially popular with sports card and D & D card collectors.
Good, informative video. I learned a few things reading the comments, also. I like that your videos are nice and calm, you don't come out screamin' and hollerin' like some of these guys on here!
Great overview of storage options. Thanks!
I'm a Novice at this...great information...enjoyed the presentation...Thank you for sharing
Really like the Dansco albums. Have even posted a video on my Dansco collection. Keep other coins in archival flips. Nice video. Thanks.
Thorough demonstration, very nice.
Another option Ben : On Amazon there is a 36-42 coin wall display for slabbed coins about $75 It does have a lock
Well made and I own 2 of them
Great way to display and show coins but a low security option
Awesome information Ben.
With staples, if you flatten them with some pliers they won't hang up on things and won't scratch
That works fine, but I recently bought a flat clinch stapler that does the job for you (and it does a better job than pliers). It's such a time saver. I bought mine for around $20 or $25 iirc. It uses standard staples, too.
No mention of air tights?
Great details, highly informative.
Very nice and educational video. I like the coin albums, and I just stack my slabs on each other in my safe
very informative, thank you, well done!
How come you didn’t show Plastic airtights?
I think most of us probably use those
Very helpful; thank you!
Great Video
Great information.
I have the quadrum 2x2's I really enjoy. Can display them in the Lighthouse velvet style drawers that stack. Very neat and clean!
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That’s a good tip thanks 😊
I use the slab pages to keep a type set. The 4 page binder (36 slabs) is better than the 6 page 54 slabs. I have both. For reasons Ben noted I find the smaller less bulky and cumbersome. I like that set up a lot, but they are pricy. I paid 45 bucks and 70 respectively.
I use pliers to flatten the staples. The cardboard flips are my favorites for that reason.
I bypassed it all I measured all 4 slabs and came up with a universal box and mine now and I can go bigger holds 6 wide 6 deep 36 total and can go smaller or bigger depending on what is needed and it was cheap and easy !
Excellent video. On the staples in flips, they do make staplers that result in flat staples, not curved. OR you can simply take a short 1/2-inch metal rod and use it as a punch to lightly hammer flat the staples. I would not recommend using a hammer without the rod as you could accidently miss and hammer the coin inside.
Also, if you staple the flip far away from the center window it isn't much of a problem
I use pipe pliers to squeeze staples flat. Plenty of leverage.
Like Channelock Pliers@@Tounushi ?
@@Car1Sagan old 300mm Lobster pliers. All steel. The tips of the claws at the smallest adjustment cover a surface area about the width of a size 10 staple and a little bit of margin to either side of the metal. Leaves an imprint on the paper and lays the staples down flat.
Nice overview. You could probably do a whole video about taking the 2x2 to the next level with plastic cases like the Lighthouse Quadrum, Guardhouse Tetra and BCW snap cases. Lighthouse makes the ENCAP Q52 plastic album pages that will hold 20 of any of these per page.
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Coin geek. The guardhouse aluminum 50 slab cases are my absolute favorite. It holds both pcgs and ngc with foam inside. It has a glass top. My favorite. At 50 coins its not as heavy and they have two clamps to secure top to bottom of case. Awesome container better than the plastic ones of pcgs or ngc but they are second best
Those guardhouse cases are excellent
@@tylonnplatinumthe3rd659 the only modification they should make would be to add a handle for them. But they are perfect to carry under ones arm. :)
What about coin cabinets? And to the graded coin box problem, I just use PCCB boxes, that can hold all types of slabs :)
I take pliers and smash down the staples round ends and they are nice at that point. Slide right in the box.
I have had the hardest time deciding what to use. I like flips because u can write on them. However I also really like dansco. I'm torn. Always have been. I have coins in both.
If you take a straight exacto knife you can slice out the thin pieces of plastic down in the slots of a NGC box so it will fit PCGS slabs. Takes about 5 minutes or so. Maybe a video on coin collection storage as a whole. Safes, fire boxes, safe deposit boxes etc.
The binder that holds slabs is by far the best. My raws are slabbed also. With boxes you cant see the coin unless taken out of the box. Tried that. With the binder they are all there to enjoy.
Me cutting myself- My next youtube storage video- don’t DIY! Lol
I live in a humid area after moving from high desert- are waterproof ammo boxes okay for storage? I keep slabs in there and anything unslabbed in cheesecloth. I'm in a hurricane zone and just went through Sally- if I gotta move fast my scene needs to be highly portable and stashable in a vechicle.
Ben do you recommend Intercept Shield protection cases that hold slabs by NGC, PCGS, ANACS, etc??
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On the cardboard flips, I always flatten the staples with pliers so they won't scratch other coins.
You can buy a stapler that staples the staple flat. I purchased one for around $20.
Yeah flat cinch stapler saves you the time!
What about Igc and anacs as well it’s best to buy a universal box because I have several different slabs from different companies including older pcgs ngc and anacs and igc
I've bought the individual "slab pages"...usually 3-5 in a pack...and just put them in a 3 ring binder rather than the fancy one being sold....can also stack the pages in a safe or fire box.
Are tubes good for raw coin storage?
Ben should proof coin holders be kept in the type holders you showed or would proof coins require other type holders for long term storage?
My coins are mostly proofs, that are associated with significant family dates/events/themes; most of those coins are stored in air-tote holders or the hard flips.
It’s early in my collecting goal and I haven’t decided on an appropriate theme set, because all the dates or type of coins are like helter skelter.
Thanks you friend for the video. It helped me a lot.
Check out the Lighthouse Quadrum system. They're hard plastic 2x2 snap cases that keep most of the air out. For intact proof sets, I like the Eagle Coin and Card plastic proof set holders that hold four proof set lenses per page in an album.
Hi Ben, good topic on this video. Will the hole spacing on the slab holder sheets allow them to fit in a 3 ring binder? Thx
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Any particular brand of cardboard 2x2’s you recommend? Just getting started and I have a couple coins of sentimental value I want to prioritize and not sure how many of the cardboard ones have PVC in the plastic covering
A question bouncing around in my head for a long time I'd like to get out of there is with the 2x2s, the plastic touching each side of the coin is very thin and I'd think "soft" would be another way to describe it. So if I follow the rule concerning the flips, wouldn't PVC also be an issue with these 2x2s? That's like the main reason I'm not using them and it's probably not a good reason.
On the bright side you can buy cleaned coins that say "MS-63" written on them so that's always good buyers love that. If I get something that says "WOW! $$ BU Gem MS+++!" on it I know right away that I made a smart decision. You just can't get value like that from PCGS.
The 2x2s you staple don't have pvc in them if they aren't chinese knock offs
"It helps if I hit record." 😆 Been there. Nice overview of coin storage and display options. I think I have seen generic coin slab boxes being sold at shows that hold both types of slabs. Am I right about this? or did I dream that?
Yah Whitman makes a 20 coin box that holds all 4 TPG coins
Some of those work well- others -- not so much !
Is there no cardboard boxes with 3 or 4 rows that hold slabs ?
I've always liked Dansco albums, however many coins in my mercury dime collection became heavily toned. Any suggestions to avoid this in the future?
The NGC box I have only holds 14 coins!!
I want to avoid tarnishing at all costs. What are my options for storing?
Key ingredients would be dry, cool areas with little to no paper or wood or cardboard.
I use the 2x2 cardboard in 20 coin pages so I or someone else can view them. The legs of the staples should be pressed flat with a blunt object or flat smooth plyers so they don't cause a problem. Medium-long term these holders will tone your coins and unpredictably, not that toning is predictable. I have a full set of Kennedy half's I started apx 20 yrs ago and one clad coin can be toned (invariably with no vibrant color) and the one next to it untoned. Same with the clad proofs. My silver proofs have mostly obtained a whitish haze with no colors. That would be my only complaint with these holders.
When and is it good to use coin capsules ? I’m buying for the long haul...
Always buy holders that are safe for long term storage.
Hello, I've been trying to find a capsul for my Silver Triangle, Australian shipwreck coin but no one seems to have any. Where can I find these?
I've not seen them, but if you have an actual capsule on the secondary market for the coins, but they should fit into a round airtite holder until you find a triangle.
@@TheCoinGeek I thought of that as well, at least it's protected from finger prints and other. Thanks for your reply, I'm just now seeing it.
4:30 I don't know anyone who carries pocket change. A few bills, but no coins.
What do you think of paper envelopes for coins?
No! I think he made a video about this, but don't
Would ISO 9076 standard conforming paper be OK?
What about tubes and capsules?
I like Air-Tite myself
I use airtites and tubes to or all my coins.
You forgot to mention that ANACS graded coins fit perfectly in PCGS plastic storage boxes.
I have a 3x3 page for slabs, and I got a PCGS in there, as well as a number of Finnish slabs from the late 70s and 80s and a few Europa slabs. As long as a slab fits in the same dimensions as an ANACS and PCGS, you can store any, if you don't mind a bit of rattle.
Why didn’t you talk about Airtites? Are you tired of opening them when they get brought into your shop or something? I bet a lot of us use those so I’m surprised you didn’t talk about them.
I tried to narrow my focus- I’ll have more on the topic. Thanks.
TheCoinGeek awesome thanks. Curios to hear a coin dealers thoughts on them because it seems like they never use them. I’m assuming because they are difficult to remove.
You forgot coin capsules
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