As some of you may have seen I just acquired a set of roman coins. I have to say these things are pretty cool after doing some research. How do you guys store yours? I would assume not like I store old silver? I'm literally gonna throw them in this tin lol. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I store mine in this a small form filled container if not individually packaged already and then all of those into ok an old wooden box. Thanks, Jacob
I use paper envelopes on which I write minimal ID and numbers that allow looking up details on my computer database. You have to slide the coin out to see it but you don't have to look at them through plastic which I really do not like. When my collection was smaller, I preferred open trays but those are inefficient when the collection gets to a certain size.
Huh I may have bought some coins that you used to have from a different dealer at a coin show. Did you ever have old Macedonian coins?
This site has a wealth of useful ideas for storing and displaying ancient coins. Here are two very good threads on this topic: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-organization-and-attribution-at-work.250251/ https://www.cointalk.com/threads/how-do-you-store-your-ancients.275050/
Paper envelopes, with the provenance tags kept in plastic flips with a code that matches the code in the reverse of the paper envelope.
envelopes are expensive even without shipping. many collectors reuse envelopes from inbound purchases. Some amusement token collectors make a 2x2 cut square from inbound mail (three per envelope if you save the stamps) sealed with tape or staples for their duplicates. Stored in a 2x2 box they work well for picking trades and want lists.
Yes, they will tend at 20 coins per page to fill a three-ring binder pretty quickly. My binders occupy about 8'-9' linear feet of shelf, currently - but I can find anything I'm looking for in a flash since all are organized in such a way that everything is arranged in a logical order in "tree" structure, by field, geography, era & chronological order.
I think you may be confusing the envelopes mentioned here with something else. The 2x2 paper envelopes that coin collectors use are fairly cheap. I pay about $15 for 500 of them at my local coin shop and could probably look around online and get them cheaper if I felt like it. At 3¢ each they're about as economical as it comes.
@$30 per thousand plus shipping alternatives are worthwhile. I got several boxes for free with no notice and a bill for the shipping. I was not happy. Someday they will find a new home but they will not be mailed.
He's talking about envelopes to store coins in, not to mail coins in. The storage envelopes measure 2 inches by 2 inches...
If you play your cards right, your home made envelopes might be more interesting than the coins they enclose. This one was made in 1920 (June 17 according to the top row on the back of the card insert) probably by a disabled veteran in a German hospital who was given therapy coins but needed cheap supplies (NFA's idea). His collection was sold by NFA long ago and Victor Failmezger bought a lot enabling him to piece together the cards and envelopes that contributed to the project. I got very few from Victor. This was one of my better coins from the group. This is a fine example of what comes when people don't notice they were in the Ancients section and give a modern answer. I do believe this is our first from the amusement tokens point of view. I do understand the desire to spend less on housing items that are not high priced (ancient or amusement). Welcome harley bissell. BTW there are sellers of envelopes who pay postage on such items if you shop around.
I know a few folks who stored their collection at home and found it missing. Most of my collection is in a lock box at my bank. I use the highest box in case of flood. I store most of the coins in trays. Some are in stable flips. The bigger pieces have larger slots. The box below was for transportation only.
This is fascinating! I’m a combat vet myself and these coins really do take your mind off things. Thanks again! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I collect everything from amusement tokens through ancient coins. Storage problems and dealing with duplicates cross the borders but remain the same. To my mind I want to see my collection and I don't need to see my properly identified duplicates. When the provenance does not add to value most buyers or traders swap out the holders. I also reuse 2x2s for my traders and sales items for the same reasons - lower costs and most of the people getting them prefer to swap out into what they prefer. I buy thousands of used plastic flips. They house my attributed maverick tokens. The brittle ones are cut in two and hold my notes on tokens that I want but don't have yet. Few people dealing with hundreds of thousands of tokens would try to buy new holders for all of them. Even buying 10,000 at a time 2x2s cost more than $100. Retail they are $5 per hundred loose and more if you need the box. All that money saved can be used to buy rarities.
Thank you guys. There is a lot of good information and ideas here. I had to laugh a little, thinking that for all of us new to collecting, I can see our future problem of coin storage.
for those who like flips I have bought some coins from European dealers that are put in flips that are taller than u s flips. A good substitute for those would be the flips sold for one ounce silver art bars. There would be plenty of room for description and attribution.
