For some of you that have been chatting with me you know that I am currently green with the coin collecting. However I have thousands of coins that were passed down to me. All of these coins are not properly protected. I've been searching online trying to get a good deal especially for these peace and Morgan's. I would really love some insight into "The best coin protection materials" that I should be using for all these coins. I'm really in a slump because this is costing way more than I thought. I have been putting stuff in whatever I got. Literally white Envelopes for now. where I live it's very hard in finding a coin dealer. the closest one is 50 miles away. I want to do this properly and I'm willing to pay. I want to take care of and be very particular and how about I do this. What do you use???? Brand names??? Ideas on the best way to store??? Folders??? The big plastic holders??? Any kind of info would be greatly appreciated and I will happily take any kind of information you guys can give me. I would like a good selection of ideas from as many people as possible so I can figure out the best way that it could work for me. Sending a picture of one of the holders that I found in my grandfathers box. I'm not sure if this is the proper thing to use or not. And it's just way too much money and getting everything graded currently. Because most all these coins are going to be Passed down through the generations. Thank you for your time!
Saflip flips are about the cheapest storage devices that are safe. Widely available from Amazon, Wizard and elsewhere. Most US coins will fit in the 2x2" flips; however, if you are considering submitting any to grading services, they prefer the 2.5 x 2.5" flips. You'll want some cardboard or plastic boxes to put the flips in too. Cal
I have tons of these that I've been holding forever. I don't know the materials that they are made of, so I wouldn't keep any real high end coins in them, but they should be fine for circulated coins. If you want them, they're yours, just send me a PM with your info and I'll ship them out to you.
Warning: guys just learned don't search airtities in Google just realized what that also sounds like, wasn't thinking... well don't unintentionally. Thanks, Jacob
I would not use any holder that has foam in it. PVC free flips are your best bet based on the amount of coin you have. The hard plastic holder your Peace Dollar is in, is better but the cost would be much greater.
The most economical way to protect coins is to keep them in cloth sacks. If you want to avoid bag marks, wrap the coins in paper rolls and seal by crimping or with tape. The important point here is to keep air away from the coin.
Thank you for your input! I definitely want to do it the right way without going broke lol. The coin holders Kirk is sending with the foam I will most likely use them for the tokens. I was thinking I could replace the foam with cotton cloth? There's around 2500 coins. It's going to be a very long and slow process. I will purchase as needed. I'm more of a fan of the hard case. I just don't feel confident with the paper. Especially with the humidity and winters. I live right off of the lake in southwest Michigan
Haha I'm in Michigan also and also close to the water you should be fine if you keep them in a dry, safe, semi-warm place. Thanks, Jacob
Freudian slip. The ones with the foam held silver (.999) Mardi Gras doubloons with PL strikes for the past twenty of so years without harming them, but I would toss the foam anyway just to be safe. Most of them have a cardboard cutout or are direct fit like the one that was posted earlier.
Some good advice and some bad advice in this thread. But as with most things in life that is because people tend to tell others to do what they do. But that does not necessarily mean that what they are doing is what should be done. There are many, many different forms and methods of coin storage, and almost all of them have their own problems. Or to put it another way, reasons why those methods should not be used if you wish to preserve the coins in the best way possible. But when collectors make their choices involving which storage methods they will use for their collections they usually do so based on a few different things. Namely, cost, convenience, personal preference, and presentation. But rarely does the one thing that really matters, the thing that matters the most, even enter into the question - what is best for the coins ? The thing that is best for the coins is that only inert materials be used for coin storage. That right there eliminates most of the various and most commonly used coin storage methods - cardboard 2x2s, coin albums, and original packaging just to name a few. But rather than point out all of the inadequacies and problems associated with most of the coin storage methods I'll tell you what you should use. As I said, inert materials are essential. Then you also need adequate protection qualities, which includes the durability of the holders and reducing air flow as much as possible. That leaves you with using any of the hard plastic coin holders that qualify, and not all do qualify. As pointed out already in this thread there are some hard plastic holders that can be detrimental to your coins for they are not made of inert materials. But any of those that are, are acceptable, and there are quite a few. Of those Air-Tite brand coin holders are the least expensive, if purchased in quantity. And you can use direct fit or the ring type, the foam rings used in Air-Tite holders are 100% inert and will not harm your coins in any way. But even then there is more to proper coin storage than just the coin holder. Once in their holders the coins need to be placed in a sealed container, and there must be no other materials placed in that container. That means no paper products, which means no original packaging, no COAs, no cardboard, no anything that is not made of inert materials. And in that sealed container you also need to place silica gel packs to help contain and eliminate as much moisture as possible. Then store your container in a cool, dry, and dark place where the temperature remains as constant as possible. Do those things and you will have done as much as can be done to preserve your coins.
