Question about should I put coins in airtites protectors

Hi, I have alot of Morgans (71) about (50) Peacse dollars and about (200) 1964 Kennedy halves. Im not good at grading at all but most look good to me. The morgans on the back you can see all the feathers appears to be no wear and face on the front looks great. Peace dollars not as good. Kennedy,s look brand new I would guess AU ? Think I should invest in airtites or just put in tupperware container stacked on top of eack other. Thanks Jim

 

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Depends on what your goals are... have you checked the dates and mm's on the dollars to see if you have any with numismatic value (as opposed to bullion value)? If these are all common dates, it matters little as to how they are stored, as they're worth melt. If, however, you are a collector (or the coins are higher grade), you may want to store them properly.. and airtites are a good choice.

 

if its bulion purposes, coin tubes are a godd fit

 

Agree with paper money. Coin tubes are the way to go.

 

I have a noob question about the coin tubes. Will it work as well as the airtite at preventing oxidation?

 

The only way to prevent oxidation is by storing them in an air tight, water tight and sterile vacuum. And that still might not guarantee no oxidation.

 

I keep everything I have in airtites because I think it looks fly and being fly is one of my primary objectives.

 

ATs for uncirculated or nice AU dollars. Saflips for pretty looking EF-AU, and rolls for the rest of the dollars. Maybe look up the 1964 halves, and pick out gems (if any), but as far as I know they're not worth much over spot.

Slightly OT: I have a lingering project out there: to open them all up and rinse in acetone, as I never implemented that step when I started, and I'd be horrified to see fingerprint toning years hence.

 

There was a recent thread on storage here:

http://www.cointalk.com/t213882/

My opinion would be to take the best ones and put them into either airtites or hard pastic 2x2's, and the rest that would be considered "bullion" into hard plastic coin tubes in bulk. This will help to preserve some that are in good condition, and probably result in less rub damage than a tupperware container.

 

IMO I use the 1/10th rule, the storage medium of a coin (capsule/slab etc + album) should be worth at most 1/10 the value of the coin. Considering air tite capsule sells for around 50c (i know its cheaper in bulk) you should not be storing any coins worth less than 5 dollars in it.

 

tubes work fine. anything that keeps the coins tight to each other cuts way down on oxidation. and they're a cheap way to store with a lot less space used up.