What kind of safes are most practical for the home collector with a modest collection?

As must collectors have modest collections of values less than - say - 10K, what kind of safe would be appropriate for home and apartment dwellers, especially in urban environments?

 

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Are you talking about a floor safe of a free standing one ? I have a Sentry safe with a Key/ combination lock .
SentrySafe 2.0 cu. ft. Fireproof & Waterproof Safe with Dial Combination Lock-SFW205DPB - The Home Depot

 

That's pretty nice but out of my league, financially.

 

Anything smaller can be picked up and taken away

 

@SensibleSal66 is from old Connecticut money. That's his small safe. Wait till you see his walk in vault

 

Modest collections tend to necessitate smaller safes. There are smaller safes that are secure. My third safe came from Walmart. It is a small safe in my closet. Thing is, like @Treashunt said, they can be picked up and carried away to open at the crooks leisure. Bolt the safe down to the floor! That is the most overlooked aspect of securing a safe.

 

@CoinJockey73 . My collection is in the Smithsonian .

 

I prefer the small handchests so I can get them out in a hurry also have a few small Honeywell boxes.

 

@potty dollar 1878 . I had one but the collection got too big .

 

Same lolhalf my collection is literally hidden all over in my bedroom.I'm going to get some more soon with Christmas and birthday coming around thr corner I'll have enough money for a (safer) place.

 

I use a rolling, lockable tool box (never held anything but my collection). It's the only thing big enough.

 

Dont forget the electric fence also the barb wire,mine field and laser sensor alarms.

 

"safe", can be a relative term. Nothing safe here.

I'm not organized enough to have something "real".
Anybody with OCD want a crack at that?
And this target bag is where i keep 206 W mint mark quarters.

 

Your an open target waiting for an invitation when are they going out.

 

I leave my doors unlocked. I'd rather have the thief try the knob, and use the door, instead of kicking it open and destroying things. All you need to do, is get past me.

 

Any safe is better than nothing but keep this in mind.
You can bolt a safe down but if the bad guys know it's there they can bring pry bars and rip it off the floor in nothing flat. Don't let anyone know you have a safe. I store anything of much value in local bank vaults.

 

Never happened to me i check my coins constantly and have been using them for a while with no effect as your saying,mabey Just in the perfect environment.Besides its not like I have any double eagles if you know what I mean.Most of my coins are from circulation,im not really concerned about where they are for now.

 

Aren't you 16 ?