A great way to store my coins. Finally.

After seeing some long term effects from storing coins in Danscos and other albums, I decided to start moving the worthy ones into airtites.
So then I had a box full of loose air-tites. I stopped by the local shop and discussed it with them.
These are brand new from lighthouse and just came in.
They are plastic and can go in any 3 ring binder. It was exactly what I was looking for.



I have no affiliation with this shop, so I will gladly share their store link.
They are also on ebay as pinnaclecoin . Good people, good products and very inexpensive.

 

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I love that, it looks great! Exactly what I would looking for as well, I hate loose airtites, thanks for the link.

 

I want to add something though.
In my image I am using airtites with the inserts. Only because I had just bought them recently.
I suggest to buy the actual lighthouse capsules. The are thicker and fit snuggly in the holes. The airtites are a little too thin and are not snug.

 

Thanks for sharing this.

 

Do they have it up for sale yet?

 

What were the long term effects from the Danscos?

 

It doesn't look like they do yet. They haven't received them all yet, but will next week. I couldn't get the ones for nickels and quarters today.

 

Yea...I've never heard of any that aren't shared with other open air albums.

 

I have always been an advocate of albums, until recently.
As an example, I had put a proof cameo 1940 nickel in my Dansco a couple of years ago. When I pushed the slide back in, a very small piece of debris landed on the field. I didn't know this at the time.
I don't know if it was actual debris for the album, or a foreign object. I suspect it was a piece from the album itself.
Either way, it did some damage. Whenever adding a coin or swapping a current one in the album, that slide has to move. It just started to worry me in regards to more valuable or special coins.

Also, since I enjoy coin imaging, it's much easier to shoot them in air tites instead of pushing them in and out of albums.

I understand a piece of debris can also do this in an airtite, but I only have to put the coin in once. I feel I greatly lower the risk of contamination.

 

Thanks for the explanation. It's my one main concern with albums.

 

Wow I really like those I might just have to pick some of those up.

 

It concerns me the most with my type set album. When it's time to upgrade a coin, and it's the closest coin to the outside, you have to drag that slide across 5 other coins and risk dust, dirt, scratches, etc. Then you have you to pray that they didn't move or the backslide won't go back in without adjusting some of the coins.
Drives me bonkers.

 

They do look nice in those pages, Greg, but I must caution you that the holes for the 3-ring binder can, and most likely will, crack under the pressure from the weight of all the coins and AirTites. I don't recommend that you use regular notebooks because of this. The open sides allow the pages to "hang" loosely. You are better off buying zippered portfolios, but even still, you should not put too many pages in each one. As long as it is no more than a "slightly snug fit", once closed, the portfolio will keep the pages in place and take pressure off the holes.

Please take this from someone who discovered this the hard way.

Chris

 

Yeah Chris, this is a great point. Paddy also mentioned this to me. I never took into consideration the weight of 20 morgans or ikes in the hard plastic. I haven't gotten that far yet.
For now I will try and take extra care with them and see how they last while I continue the search.

 

Greg Here are some shots of my storage system for some of my coins . As per our PM last night I told you about issues I had with hard plastic pages. The weight of the page from the coins will make the hole fail on these harder plastic pages. Yes the way you posted is a nice clean look but will be more costly due to page failure at the ring hole in the binder.

After many years I came up with this it's not perfect but I think better than an album and makes for a nice presentation. In a binder The first picture is how the hole fails with the weight of the coins in the page. Plus the air tights are heavier.
I use Kointains.... Kointains have been around since the fifties they are what major Museum's use for their coin storage. Yes they are a little on the yellow tint side but not that much that matters. The Kointains come packed in bags of 100 tops and bottoms. They seal over the coin for a more natural feel in hand. I use the Kointain with a 2x2 flip or 1x1 flip depending on coin size with the incert. The incert you can use to mark the date and other information about the coin I put the coin in the Kointain in the top side of the flip with the incert in the bottom side see pictures. This first picture shows what happens to hard plastic pages after awhile of heavy coins in them the hole breaks and you need to replace the page.

 

Now here are some pictures of Kointain storage and how I did my Raw set of Jeffersons MS & Proofs coins.

 

Here are some other follow up images of the Kointain storage system I use. The bag of tops and bottoms of Kointains a top and bottom image.

 

This website is dangerous. Just a heads up.

 

Just a few more shots of the Kointain together as top and bottom the raw nickel and the nickel in the kointain and a side view of the coin. Feelfree to pm or ask any questions ...as I have for years tried to think of the best way to house my coins ...I do have a full set in a Dansco album as well as other holders. I tried Kointains and was sold as I like the feel and clean look of the coin plus they are protected and best of all you can take them out of the flip and hold the coin and have what I call the real feel of the coin. I welcome all feed back on my system Paddy

 

Oh yeah Paddy, I really like how you do that! That is a very handy way. I always did like the kointains, but had forgotten about them.