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<p>[QUOTE="beef1020, post: 1415376, member: 24544"]Just want to add some thoughts on security. The home safe, safe deposit box is a personal choice, which i personally side with the safe deposit box on, but there are two other key considerations which are cheap and extremely important.</p><p><br /></p><p>First, be very careful who knows that you collect coins. I suspect in most cases where coins are stolen they are stolen by people the collector knows. I know how tough it can be to not share your hobby with friends/relatives, but we as collectors need to ask ourselves if this person needs to know. My inlaws do not know about my collection and I have instructed my kids explicitly to not talk to their friends about my collection. </p><p><br /></p><p>Second, if you have coins or coins related material (magazines, supplies, etc.) shipped to you, get a PO box. You can get a small one and the post office will just hold your material. Do not give your home address to coin organizations either. </p><p><br /></p><p>The critical first step to securing your coin collection is to limit the number of people who know you have it and limit the access to your home address for anyone who must know you have it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="beef1020, post: 1415376, member: 24544"]Just want to add some thoughts on security. The home safe, safe deposit box is a personal choice, which i personally side with the safe deposit box on, but there are two other key considerations which are cheap and extremely important. First, be very careful who knows that you collect coins. I suspect in most cases where coins are stolen they are stolen by people the collector knows. I know how tough it can be to not share your hobby with friends/relatives, but we as collectors need to ask ourselves if this person needs to know. My inlaws do not know about my collection and I have instructed my kids explicitly to not talk to their friends about my collection. Second, if you have coins or coins related material (magazines, supplies, etc.) shipped to you, get a PO box. You can get a small one and the post office will just hold your material. Do not give your home address to coin organizations either. The critical first step to securing your coin collection is to limit the number of people who know you have it and limit the access to your home address for anyone who must know you have it.[/QUOTE]
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