I am new to ancient coin collecting and was wondering the most popular method of storing them? All my ancient coins are from the ancient Greek and Roman eras so they are misshapen making the plastic holders I have pretty useless.
You could also measure your coins with a caliper, find the measurement in millimeters and then buy the corresponding AirTite. This site - www.air-tites.com has them in sizes for just about any coin.
Papyrus, Wine and Olive Oil 1. I don't care about the "misshapen" problem. 2. I put many into soft vinyl flips, others into hard (low PVC) vynil, others into 2x2s and still others -- many, indeed -- into paper coin envelopes, about the size of 2x2s. 3. IN the last case, the paper envelopes give me plenty of room for writing attributions and identifications, though, of course, you can put that into a little slip of paper in a flip. I have a page in Word for 2x2 inserts. I just type in the new information and cut out the square with scissors. 4. All of these go into a red "dealer's box" a thing about just bigger than 2x2 by some inches long. Is this like an obsessive-compulsive collector's thing, where you can't stand to have them all perfectly neat and flat?
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If you balk at the cost of Abafil, there are other, much cheaper, brands. They lack the construction quality of Abafil but serve to hold coins. I bought mine here: http://www.vaticancoins.com/Coin_Trays/coin_trays.html There are others if you Google skillfully. He does not sell cases but I found some that fit at a local flea market complete with foam inserts for custom fitting. If you collect very small coins, you might try snap shut plastic boxes. This one has nine coins smaller than an obol. I put an explanatory label on the back so their next owner will know what they are.
