Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;red_spork, post: 2505552, member: 74282&quot;]I recently changed how I store my coins and thought I&#039;d update this thread. I liked the SAFLIPS but I was getting tired of having scratched, broken and scuffed flips and if you like actually getting the coins out and handling them, SAFLIPs don&#039;t last terribly long. Because of this, I&#039;ve switched to paper envelopes with handwritten info, which have the advantage of(so far) holding up to handling better than the flips, especially for larger coins like bronze asses. They also have the advantage of being much more compact, especially for the 20%-30% of my coins with no envelopes, tags or other provenance info to keep with them. For provenance information, I store everything related in one pocket of a cut-in-half flip(or in the original envelopes for coins that came in them) and they&#039;re all numbered using my collection accession numbers. I could store them in the envelopes with the coins, but I don&#039;t know about the paper and inks used and would rather keep them separate just in case.</p><p><br /></p><p>My goal with this method is that I can keep any provenance information and tickets at home and keep the coins safely locked away in the safety deposit box when my collection gets to the size that it matters. As much as I liked using nice printed tags I&#039;ve actually decided I much prefer the handwritten ones, after getting over the initial bump of handwriting all of them, because it allows me to draw out all monograms and ligate letters in legends much easier than I could when I was trying to print them out.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]532258[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in