I am looking for ideas on storage and preservation of my 1955-64 US Mint proof sets. They are currently kept in an Intercept Shield box. The envelopes probably have corrosive elements, and the film within doesn't prevent toning. Additionally, to view the coins one has to handle the envelopes, causing some wear & tear to the wrapping, which I assume is part of the "collectible" value. I have seen the Capital holders, but they don't appeal to me, and one must break open the sets to mount the coins. Has anyone developed a more elegant solution to housing their mint sets? I wish Intercept made a case in which one could mount a wrapped mint set.
I keep all my 1950-1964 Mint sets in a Box with silica gel. I have them removed from the sulphur laden yellow envelopes and keep nothing eles in that box except the sets! It's a good method and leave them in the original wrapping, in other words don't cut them out! Good luck RickieB
If your dead set on keeping these coins their original packaging, there is a storage page for 3 ring binders, use "D" ring, that is designed to house the packaging on one side and the coins on the other. I liked it because you can view the coins without handling the packaging. IMHO unless the packaging is pristine break those beauties out and put them into airtites. I kept my set of 54-64 in 2X2 flips, no staples, landscaped in a binder page that holds 20 coins. They were stunning like that, easy to view and share. Good luck in finding what you what. Allen
Thanks for the input. GrungyGrunt: Agreed. Why have an Intercept system if you introduce corrosives into it? Allen: I like the presentation in the binder. That system would allow carrying forward the mint sets into later years as well. Somehow, though, breaking out the coins seems to render the sets no longer "sets," but I might be a little too particular there. For now, I don't like keeping the envelopes separate from the coins, and I don't want to put the envelopes in the Intercept box. Thus the conundrum continues. The solution of mint-set album pages may be the optimal answer. Thanks again.
