I just wanted to know how others store their coins/rolls/sets. I was thinking of using like a Sterilite or Rubbermaid box to store them in. Do you guys think that's safe to use? Also, do you guys use silica gel packages to try to minimize moisture. So far I just have most of my coins in my drawer or the sets/rolls in cardboard boxes but I don't think those are safe to store in long term. Thanks for any suggestions!
there are many threads on this issue just keep in mind that the material you choose WILL affect the coins you puit in them. I would not use Rubbermaid. Great for food, not so much for coins.
I put my better coins in airtites, in a wooden box, with silica gel. Other coins I put in rolls or 2x2's.
My expensive or rare coins I keep in a fireproof safe with silica gel packets, and the other ones are in 2x2s and airtites in a cupboard
The plastic that Sterilite uses is the Polypropylene (PP 5) which I read was inert, so why wouldn't that be a fairly good choice? I'm just wondering why and not trying to challenge your advice or anything. I know there's better things out there like mylar but I'm just looking for some type of place to store my rolls and sets if I can't afford something like a safe. Thanks.
alot of items claim to be inert. Heck even sellers of PVC say its inert. I didngt comment on the Sterilite because i never heard of it. I really don tknow if Polypropylene is safe or unsafe. In my conversations with the someone from the University of Toronto (who is a coin world columnist) she talked alot about Mylar and its equivalents. Never even mentioned Polypropylene. I do not know if it is safe, and wont say it is unsafe. But i would go for what i know IS, and not gamble on what could be. Dont get me wrong, please! I certainly understand the very limited budget. I battle with the same problem every year But if you spend the time to collect, its worth the added investment to safeguard what you collect IMHO. Good luck
2x2s for cheap stuff, airtites for nicer stuff, and whitman plastic tubes for rolls. Mint/proof sets are stacked up along with some silver certs. in soft plastic cases.
Cool, thanks for the suggestions! As for the 2x2's, are those the ones with a mylar window and cardboard? Thought the cardboard might be potentially acidic also? Or are you guys talking about the 2x2 casings that are entirely made of mylar?
I go to extreme lengths as I live in a humid area. I put all raw coins of any value in Intercept 2x2' or air-tites in Intercept box's. Those are placed in a Reynold's brand or Ziplock brand bag that allows all the air to be sucked out with a machine. Can buy this at most any supermarket or Target or what have you. I surround with fresh pennies to take the oxidizing his instead of my nice coins. Before I suck the air out I place a rechargeable dessicant tin (reheat in an over to remove humidity). This whole thing goes into another ziplock (same kind with air sucked out). Lower value coins go in 2x2 mylar/carboard flips. Best to use canned air or wipe with a soft cloth the flips as paper dust will tone your coins in time, and can get sort of embedded in the coin. Graded coins get placed in Intercept box's and the same procedure repeated.
I keep my nicer ones or those which I only have 1 or 2 of (just to have that type) in 2x2s. Also have some of those plastic? holders for paper money, but only have a couple $2 bills in them and a star note. Other than that, I have a can/tin that I have pennies in until I divide and roll them(59-82 coppers)
Hoping to stock up on storage stuff at tomorrow's coin show. Do the shows tend to have a good selection of supplies?
I store mine in dansco/whitman albums, air sealed in gallon bags using reynold's handi-vac system. Each album is placed in a hanging file folder and hung within a file storage box with silica gel packs tossed in the bottom. I often like pouring through my collection, and this storage system offers me plenty of flexibility to do so. And it sounds like you're on a coin budget like me and couldn't afford a decent coin safe. The handi-vac was $5, gallon bags $2, hanging file folders (free from work), file storage box $15, silica gel packs (free from boxes of wife and kid's many shoes). -LTB
Fenton, if you're referring to the coin show at the red lion inn, there's one guy there exclusively selling coin supplies. Plenty of dansco albums, pages, flips, inserts, boxes, etc. I don't recall seeing any air-tites...although I wasn't looking for them, so they might be there. Prices are kinda high though, and since he's there in place of his wife, he won't budge on prices. -LTB
