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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mlov43, post: 2263943, member: 16729&quot;]I use cardboard 2X2s for low-value coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>I staple them on all four sides.</p><p><br /></p><p>After I staple, I take a flat-nose pliers and flatten the rounded prongs of the staples so that they won&#039;t scrape the mylar windows on other 2X2s when stacked upright in chipboard boxes.&nbsp; They make staplers that automatically produce &quot;flattened&quot; staples so that you don&#039;t have to do this.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I break them out of the 2X2, I carefully pierce the mylar window with a penknife and remove the coins that way.</p><p><br /></p><p>I eventually migrate the better ones of these low-value coins to air-tites. </p><p><br /></p><p>I store them all in a dry, sealed metal box.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>2X2s are NOT tight-sealed at all, and I don&#039;t think they&#039;re expected to be.</p><p><br /></p><p>Silver-dollar 2X2s work well for me.&nbsp; Just purchase the right kind.&nbsp; I staple A- and T-size air-tites into these so that they stand up and don&#039;t roll around in storage.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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