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<p>[QUOTE="red_spork, post: 3900177, member: 74282"]I've now gone through 4 storage methods, though none of the coins in my current collection have been through all 4. I started with the cardboard holders, then went to SAFLIPs, then paper envelopes and most recently Abafil trays. This is by far the least space efficient method I've used but I love being able to see and handle all my coins without opening any envelopes or anything and I was planning to buy one of the small half sized Abafils for sharing coins with friends so I decided to move the whole collection to them. I only recently made the switch so I'm still in the process of creating a tag for each coin and lining each tray with SAFLIP material(to avoid the coins being scuffed by the tags).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1027975[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I had my eye on these for years but was hung up on the cost of the trays and space efficiency. My order came out to about $2.50 per slot for the trays in the sizes I ordered(mostly 20 slot because I have lots of big bronzes but one 35 slot for later coins, mostly denarii). That's a fraction of the average price I pay per coin. As far as space efficiency I have a fairly average size safe deposit box and I should be able to store about 215-230 coins in the 5-tray briefcases along with my aes grave/aes rude box. That's about double the size of my current collection which I've built over the past 5 years, so I've got a few years to grow and in the meantime am on the list to get a bigger box or another of equal size, whichever is available first and I usually have a few coins at home anyways, so I have time to figure out the space efficiency issues. When I thought about it that way it was really a no brainer for me to switch to trays but the best storage solution for a given person will depend on personal needs and tastes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="red_spork, post: 3900177, member: 74282"]I've now gone through 4 storage methods, though none of the coins in my current collection have been through all 4. I started with the cardboard holders, then went to SAFLIPs, then paper envelopes and most recently Abafil trays. This is by far the least space efficient method I've used but I love being able to see and handle all my coins without opening any envelopes or anything and I was planning to buy one of the small half sized Abafils for sharing coins with friends so I decided to move the whole collection to them. I only recently made the switch so I'm still in the process of creating a tag for each coin and lining each tray with SAFLIP material(to avoid the coins being scuffed by the tags). [ATTACH=full]1027975[/ATTACH] I had my eye on these for years but was hung up on the cost of the trays and space efficiency. My order came out to about $2.50 per slot for the trays in the sizes I ordered(mostly 20 slot because I have lots of big bronzes but one 35 slot for later coins, mostly denarii). That's a fraction of the average price I pay per coin. As far as space efficiency I have a fairly average size safe deposit box and I should be able to store about 215-230 coins in the 5-tray briefcases along with my aes grave/aes rude box. That's about double the size of my current collection which I've built over the past 5 years, so I've got a few years to grow and in the meantime am on the list to get a bigger box or another of equal size, whichever is available first and I usually have a few coins at home anyways, so I have time to figure out the space efficiency issues. When I thought about it that way it was really a no brainer for me to switch to trays but the best storage solution for a given person will depend on personal needs and tastes.[/QUOTE]
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