I picked up another 20 SAE coins from Apmex taking advantage of their no shipping charge promotion. I'm stashing them in my safe deposit box and I'm asking if it's ok to just leave them in the monster box plastic tube thing that they were shipped in or should I put each one in an air-tite? Advice would be most appreciated.
Safety mostly. I'm trying to zero cost average my net by buying some while the price is low. I'm not a prepper, more an investor/collector.
The green topped tubes of past years caused toning to occur on the top couple of coins. That is no problem for me, but may be for some.
Ok, so the answers you will received will depend on preferences. Some collectors pay more for toned coins, some do not. Most investors, IMHO, do not care either way. I have never had a coin dealer, for example, pay me less for toned rounds than encapsulated ones. As you can see, I have no problem handling them.
There's also air-tubes that can hold up to 20 air-tite capsules. I have some 2013 ASE stored that way, but, only time will tell how well they work. You might want to put a little rechargeable desiccant in your SDB to wick moisture in the air. Visit your SDB every so often with fresh desiccant and swap out.
I would go with air-tites. All of mine are in air-tites and then packed in a food grade poly bag as well. I'm not into toned coins so I'm trying to keep mine blast white and shiny.
Keep them in the tube, tarnished or not they all melt the same. For the price of all those air tites, you could just about buy an additional ASE.
In the beginning I took all the eagles and put them in air-ties, so now I have these 2 empty container that stare at me everyday when I come home. It's like they're calling my name to fill them up with eagles and I might have to give in and do that.
Unless they are 96's mine only get stored in their original tubes. But to be honest after a you acquire few dozen tubes I can't see the point of wasting almost $1 a piece for air-tites.
