Has anyone here used the Air-tite standard storage box for your coins? If so please tell you opinions of it. ANy would be welcome BIll
I use several of those, if you’re talking about the black plastic boxes. You mount the Air-Tite into a card, and the cards slide between fins inside the box; keeps them from coming into contact with each other. The mounting cards all have the same outside dimensions but come with different inside diameters to accommodate the different sized holders. I like them fine for storage. I use Air-Tite albums for display.
Bacchus, Do you have pictures of these Air tite mounting cards and ait-tite albums? I use air tites but have been wondering how I can display them.
The storage boxes and display cards are at the top of this page at Mitchell's site: http://www.air-tites.com/ATstorageboxes.htm The display albums are shown here at Mitchell's site http://www.air-tites.com/ATQuarterAlbum.htm Most vendors of the albums sell them with just a few options for album cards. If you don’t like the cards they come with, Airtiteholders.com sells dozens of different album cards (that is, different combinations of hole sizes). They also have a great catalog, but I haven’t been able to get them to send me a new one: http://store.yahoo.com/airtiteholders/specialalbum.html Airtiteholders.com's web site isn’t done too well. It’s confusing and doesn’t show anywhere near the items the catalog does.
Bacchus, this is great, just what I've been waiting for. I have these air tites all in one bag and had no idea what to do with them. Thank you.
Well, they have more than albums and storage boxes. They also have display cases, display easels, etc, all for Air-Tite holders. Both of the two web sites I referenced carry them. J.P.'s probably does, too. For example, Coin Chest
Yes JP does have them. That site is what interested me. They have nice products and it seems that their prices are decent. Thanks for all the input everyone
Ahhhhh...balancing storage, presentation and protection. First and foremost...coins need to be stored in low humdity and room temperatures. If you store you coins in a box, cabinet, drawer or safe, make sure you use those silica gel moisture absorbers to help address humidity. Keep them near inert materials, that is those materials that DON'T give off "bad" gases that can hurt your coins. Now, for my early Lincoln dates, I like using Intercept Shield (2x2's) with Eagle page holders in a Century Archival photo clamshell box. In other words, I am using products from three differant sources as I haven't found one product that can do it all. For presentation, I use Avery .5 inch by 1.75 inch labels (80 per sheet) and using Microsoft WORD, I type up the year and mint mark for my early Lincolns (before 1944) in #12 Arial font (centered) on the first line and the mintage numbers in #8 font centered on the second line. I also like to highlight in yellow those coins that are "key" or "rare" For years 1944 and forward, I use standard 2x2's stored in Century Photo clamshell binders. Air tites are good, BUT you better make sure you are NOT enclosing any breath vapor or moisture that will cause the coin to "spot" or "burn" later.
Just wondering Midas... the 2x2 Intercept sheilds can't stored in the regular 2x2 pages. I just tried and failed. What size pages are you using to store the 2x2 Intercepts?
I put all my air-tite holders in a coin tray take the tray out of the safe put it on the table makes a very nice display to show your coins.
Almost as common a subject as cleaning coins. There are so many different methods of protecting coins and many try one of the other. I find that just putting coins in a Whitman Classic Album or those 2x2's works fine for me. I put each album in a separate freezer type bag and squeeze as much air out as possible. 2x2's just go in a large red box purchased at coin shows. No silica gels, no vaults, no gun cases, no wads of cotton, no nothing except this really nice dehumidifier. Sucks all the moisture out of the air I want pending on the setting. If I wanted I think I could make my place like a desert. Nice electric bill though. I've had coins in this invironment for well ove 60 years now and no sign of toning, tarnishing, pitting, etc. However, if I'm wrong it will surely be noticed in the next few hundred years. If my system dosen't work for at least two hundred years I'll let you know.
