How to store and display Air-tite capsules?

How do you store/display Air-tites?

I really like displaying 2x2s in 3 ring binder pages.

The storage boxes for 2x2s really allow you to pack them into a small area.

Doug has recently convinced me that most nice coins need Air-tites but I'm unsure of how to handle the increased size of the Air-tites.

Anyone have some ideas?

 

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Personally, I like coin easels - available all over E-Bay. They're cool because I can arrange coins anyway I want, by any theme I want.

 

First I snap the AirTites into thick stock cardboard mounts that you can buy online at the AirTite website, then I slide the cards into a little rectangular box made for that very purpose. You have to pull the cards out of the box to see the coins, but they look great.

 

I have not come up with a satisfactory answer to that question.

Hoping someone else might see the thread with more good ideas...Mike

 

I have a set of Lincoln cents I'm building in 19mm Airtites. Right now I've got em in 9-coin easels, with 6 easels to a binder, but I don't really like that particularly.

I always figured that once I got around to it, I'd build or buy a small cabinet with multiple, shallow drawers, then make inserts for the cabinet made of 1/2" or 1/4" solid oak planks, with holes drilled through so that the AirTites fit (relatively loosely) in a pattern in the drawer. The coins would rest on the bottom of the drawer, organized by the pattern of holes in the planks.

I'd also probably drill in a thumb-hole for each coin so that each individual coin could be removed easily.

First I think I'll concentrate on filling all those holes in the binders

 

Didn't know that! Thanks for the tip!

My employer has access to a great deal of thick plastic billet stock (ABS, UHMW, etc) -- maybe I'll look to that as an option in a non-wood cabinet.

 

While I was aware that wood and coins don't mix, I do wonder if there isn't a modern replacement for those great looking old coin cabinets?

 

I know of a German firm that makes a good coin cabinet, but they're not cheap.

 

We need to team up! I have access to a machine shop. :smile

The hard plastic 2x2 boxes do a decent job of holding the 'I' size Air-Tites with rings. (I just counted 38 Air-Tites in the 100 2x2 size blue plastic box. Not as bad, bulkwise, as I thought!)

The other sizes rattle around too much to suit me. I guess we need to be on the lookout for different size boxes!

I too like the cute easels, 900 fine, and the Air-Tite card type boxes, BigH, but they do take a lot of room.

 

Ever consider this type of presentation? I am working on a BU Red collection of Lincolns, and keeping current on Canadian Commerative Silver dollars, and I got them showcased in airtights within this type of arrangement.
I think the trays were approx 25 bucks Canadian and the aluminium case was 80. Lincoln cent trays hold 48 coins, so its a good yield. Aluminum case can be carried and has a small lock on it. Im thinking about using a brother label maker somehow and marking the storage compartments with whats in there and its grade.
I thought the whole arrangment is worth the intial investment, especially when you are showcasing coins worth umpteen times more than what you paid for it.

http://www.ihobb.com/cgi-bin/ws400CS.cgi?category=LIGHTHOUSE+COIN+BOXES&pcat=coinsupplies.html

***Follow-up, I just looked at the prices quoted on the above link and it appears I got severely ripped off. YIKES!!!!!!!!!

 

That is SWEET! Thanks for showing us the way!

 

I'm thinking the architect cabinets! (used)

 

best way I found is the Eagle pages and Binder
http://www.brent-krueger.com/eagleholders1.html#EAGLE 2X2" COIN STORAGE ALBUMS

 

Are the pages in the Eagle album hard/rigid plastic? I am thinking about getting one of these for my air-tites....

 

I once started a thread asking the same question, but the answers at the time were not as satisfactory.

I was aware of this solution and it looks awesome, but more expensive than a lot of the coins I own.

This is new to me. It sounds good, but the pictures do not totally clarify what's going on for me. Do you put the round air-tites directly into each division? If so, how can it accommodate different air-tite sizes without causing them to rattle or put pressure on the air-tite plastic?

Besides, the website describes it as follows:

"The album pages are made of PVC-free rigid vinyl."

Which leads me to think they don't know what they're talking about.

I was already thinking about this solution (although far from ideal for displaying purposes, I know):

http://www.valleycoin.com/index.php?cPath=300_558&osCsid=7e62d8a3feda8f2570f5716c67ffe1a5

 

I use air-tite holders as well for my collection. I store mine in the "Lindner" plastic coin drawers (that are stackable on top of one another). The cost is around $20 per tray and these are stocked by most coin supply dealers. It probably is a little more cumbersome than using an album but it seems to work for me.

Hope this helps.

 

The pages are rigid but flexible enought to work with. They have a strap across each opening which keeps the Air-Tites in place. The pages fit a standard 3 ring binder. I have added, removed, and rearranged the coins with no problems so far. They work for me.

 

Is this what you're using?

http://www.lindner-usa.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=588_589_1104

Those look good! I'll order a few to try. Thanks

 

I have quite a few bullion coins in I size air-tite. I am wandering about getting storage/display for them. The problem I see is that the I size is 51.59 mm and 2 "x2 " are 50.8mm is there any way to store I size air-tites ?