Update to "Confessions of a Numismatics Sinner"

I'm with @Ken Dorney on Abafil trays : they are elegant, well manufactured, and overall, viewing a whole tray at once and cherrypicking coins to admire them is a great pleasure
Sure, storage is an issue, but nothing being too good for my babies, the safe deposit vault is big enough to allow the whole to fit in

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I do like Abafil trays. Like I've said if it wasn't for space they would be a nice option. I may get one or two and put my better coins in them.

 

Ditto

 

Sure ... ummm, maybe I should buy "one" tray ... just in case I'm called-up to the big-leagues!!

yup => there I was, with my lone Abafil tray ... it was a pleasant day and I'd already had a nice breakfast, but somehow I knew that there was danger in the air ...

Jango had sent-out the invite to all of us, so I was eager to finally meet our awesome coin-gang (what could wrong, right?)

I carefully chose and then re-chose my top-20 ancient coins and then gently placed my babies into my lone Abafil tray ...

... and then it happened ...

It was horrible ... how could this be?!!

... but then I heard that awful sound once again ... WHAMMM ... it was like a sledge-hammer coming-down on a defenseless rabbit!!

"Hello ladies and gentlemen ... the first Round competition will be between AJ, and stevex6"



... sorry, I'm a bit drunk already and that scenario made me chuckle (in a bad way)

Ummm, I really do think those trays are awesome ... but ... but ... hmmm, well maybe (I'll have to think about that)

either way, I'm feelin' good

=> I hope that you coin friends have an awesome night (and weekend)

*awkward*

... I'm out of this thread

 

In my scenario I would trip and the tray go flying with coins in all directions. And then, to make matters worse, a coin I thought was solid as a rock, breaks to reveal a crystallized interior. Oh my, oh my. Someone wake me from this terrible nightmare.

 

... made me smile (hope things are good)

 

Not too bad. Making it from day to day. Hope you and the little misses are doing well. Oh, can't forget the dogs. I think of your dogs often, especially Larry.

 

Cool people use paper envelopes. Everyone else wishes they were cool enough to rock the coin in the paper.

 

100% => we all follow your lead

 

Steve will win in the $280 weight class. 20 @ $280 would be $5600. I might be more competitive in the $50 class (my average) where 20 is $1000. Like boxers, we don't fight out of our class.

http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/acmshow.html
Some may recall my page from 2001 telling the tale of three friends who competed for the best use of $100 at a coin show. I liked the concept of that page but the amount is no longer practical. It was pushing the matter in 2001. We are not talking about resale value here since Steve and I agree on when it is appropriate to sell coins we like. We are talking about coins that make us feel good when we see them over and over and over again.

 

The only downside to trays is dropping them. I have done this twice. I am soooooo careful now. Mind you, I was soooooo careful before.

 

I've dropped coins onto my tile floor before by mistake. By some miracle none cracked or broke or were otherwise visibly damaged. But I am now crazy careful regardless.

But as a bird owner, I have the added scare of my larger parrot going for coins and flips within his sight and reach. Had a couple of coins damaged that way. I love that he is curious but preferably just kinda not with my coins Which is why I distract him with old flips I don't use (if they happen to be cardboard then with staples removed) or culls (large enough ones that won't break into smaller pieces, and while under my supervision, of course). Modern coins dont really grab his attention, lol (wonder from who he got that from ).

 

Didn't you hear? Birds flock together, you can't keep those owl and eagle coins laying around.

 

Well, it took a long time due to my busy schedule, but phase A is complete.



Now we move to Phase B: Creating a new catalogue system, followed by Phase C, creating a new coin image system and rephotographing some of the coins which might need a new picture, and last will be Phase D, sorting out the coins by categories (ie. Greek, Roman Provincial, Roman Imperial, etc) and creating dividers for them to fit in the coin box.

 

I love seeing how other people store their collection. Nice work @Sallent

 

Congrats on getting your coins transferred to envelopes! IMHO, other than trays, this is the best way to store ancient coins. Traditional, economical, and practical.

 

Confessions of a Numismatics Sinner, Update:

I'm back in purgatory....



As of yesterday I started to transition back to stapled 2x2 flips in a coin album. It basically came down to this, I've been using parts of my collection to take to my son's cub scout meetings to promote coin collecting awareness, and also been sharing my collecting journey with a close friend who've I've gotten hooked on coins, and I've found it hard to share having to sort through boxes of paper envelopes just to find one or two coins I might want to share with someone. It's great for storage, but not so much for when you want to view a specific coin or two in the heat of the moment so you can show someone else a specific coin you are talking about. For that, I find the old 2x2 cardboard holders easier to display the whole collection and find a specific time period, emperor, or an individual coin much easier. Plus I can show a coin off without it being manhandled. And it's easier for tiny hands to hold the coin in a 2x2 rather than raw, and I don't have to worry as much about it slipping and taking a quick trip to a concrete floor or another hard surface.

I'll probably be super busy over the next few weeks re-doing all the tags for my collection, but it will be a fun weekend project over the next few weeks.

Plus doing 2x2s in folders will allow me to do things such as have one folder for Roman coins, another for Greek coins, etc., and use pages with graphics and information to divide my time coins by periods and regions, so that anyone viewing it can get information and context as to the history, time period, and region of the coins they are about to view in the next album page or two, etc. That's something you can't do very well with paper envelopes in a box. In a way, I'm thinking back to how Stevex6 used to do that for his coins, and it's sort of grown on me after 4 years since I first saw how he displayed his collection. Sometimes things, like fine wine, need some time before you can come to appreciate it.

 

Congrats Sallent. I do envy you for that strong will and perfect planning, along with continuous pledge for the better.. no matter for how small it is. Great..

 

I too tried the paper envelope route for a while and it drove me nuts. I found I didn't enjoy them as much as I do the plastic flips. I look at my coins often, in their album.

I wish paper flips had the same cellophane type window as 2x2 cardboard flips.

I only saw 1 ever and it was from the 60s apparently.

Stamp glassines weren't much of an alternative either.

 

Strictly a paper envelope guy. My plastic flips had a bad habit of cracking. File the envelopes away in a couple boxes of cohibas and I'm good.