How do you store your collection?

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very badly

 

I use 5 gallon buckets

 

You know, I never bothered to take pictures of my horrible mess. Plus, its not really something special. Its all in 2x2 Saflips with printed labels in a binder.

btw. Here are a few older threads with the same idea.

https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-storage-schmorage.262139/
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/anyone-else-stores-ancient-coins-this-way.279667/
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/coin-storage-used.224409/

 

you should use buckets too...

 

All over the place until Christmas the wife surprised me with a safe. I didn't realize I needed one until then. Turns out, it is much more organized and fuller than I thought it'd be.

 

I keep my good finds in these Canadian folders so I can see both sides.

 

For the most part if they fit I use the album books For penny size and under. Capsules for larger

 

<jealous> Again...

 

A picture I've shared before, but this is how I store things. Coins go in archival paper envelopes with full notes, provenance, etc. and a unique number that identifies each coin. The coins themselves are ordered according to Crawford's numbering. Old provenance tags, envelopes, etc. are scanned into my digital file and then put into old flips I've cut up and stored separately(actually in a separate box now) and organized not by Crawford number but by my collection number so they're easy to find. Some of these flip halves have things like scans of old catalogs as well for provenance verification.

The reason I like this split strategy is that I can keep the coins stored safely away in a safety deposit box and the old tags and whatnot at home and the coin storage itself is relatively compact. Also, they're not necessarily needed where I live in Colorado, but I like to keep dessicant packs in with my coins and change them every other month or so, just as a bit of added protection against bronze disease.

 

I used boxes and pvc flips for the most part, here is the bulk of my ancient collection...

Desiccant packs galore...

2x2 archival flips with hand written (should switch to printed probably) inserts...

 

I used the flips in an album

 

That reminds me, I need to order more orange and blue boxes. And yellow. And maybe another green. Man I have a lot of coins

These are stored in a safe with rechargeable desiccant. I have some oversized coins that won't fit in 2x2s. At the moment they are in the plastic case but I'd like to find a half-length box for 2.5x2.5 flips. So far I've had no luck with that.



The insert is a custom-printed business card. I have to trim ~5mm from the top before folding them, which is annoying. The thickness of the business card makes insertion into the stiff and brittle Saflip easier. The space formed by the folded card creates place to store prior sales inserts and other ephemera, such as photo cut-outs and catalog clippings. Without that, trying to insert thin paper (such as the newspaper-weight catalog clipping shown below) wouldn't be possible.

 

I've always tried to be organized about my coin storage, but I admit my earliest attempts were less than ideal...


I've since gotten more serious about it. Where I live, relative humidity averages 80% and often reaches the 90s. I worried especially for my bronze coins, and eventually bought a dry cabinet of the sort used to store photographic equipment. Silver coins are kept in a safe with a box of dessicant.


Additionally, some coins temporarily reside in a small four-tray Peter Nichols coin cabinet that I keep on the desk of my study. They're typically newer arrivals or some random coins that I pulled out of storage to keep on hand for easy access and re-appreciation.

 

i am impressed and amused><. mine were scattered about, then i got a safe for Christmas, now i got them back out again (this ain't countin' the ones on top the the sewing machine or the safe)

 

Very cool

 

I Have to say! I admire the way you do things! SIMPLE!

 

Coins? What coins?

Collection? What collection.

My storage is on a need to know basis.

Call me paranoid, I guess.