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<p>[QUOTE="red_spork, post: 2353794, member: 74282"]Here's a quick cell phone picture of my "coin box". That's actually my entire collection(at least of ancients/medievals). In the box are all my coins in 2x2 SAFLIPs. The coins are arranged into their respective "families" using little flags(<b>G</b>reek, <b>R</b>oman <b>I</b>mperial, <b>R</b>oman <b>R</b>epublic, <b>B</b>yzantine, <b>J</b>udaean, etc) and then the Roman Republican coins are arranged by Crawford number, the others simply arranged chronologically. The paper envelopes you see are old collection envelopes, mostly from the RBW collection but also a few others, and all provenance info that will fit is kept in the second pocket of the flip.</p><p><br /></p><p>One other thing you see is something that is in my opinion essential if you collect bronzes: dessicant packets. Really they may not even be needed as I live in Colorado but I am paranoid about bronze disease so I do my best to keep the humidity as low as possible.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]479366[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="red_spork, post: 2353794, member: 74282"]Here's a quick cell phone picture of my "coin box". That's actually my entire collection(at least of ancients/medievals). In the box are all my coins in 2x2 SAFLIPs. The coins are arranged into their respective "families" using little flags([B]G[/B]reek, [B]R[/B]oman [B]I[/B]mperial, [B]R[/B]oman [B]R[/B]epublic, [B]B[/B]yzantine, [B]J[/B]udaean, etc) and then the Roman Republican coins are arranged by Crawford number, the others simply arranged chronologically. The paper envelopes you see are old collection envelopes, mostly from the RBW collection but also a few others, and all provenance info that will fit is kept in the second pocket of the flip. One other thing you see is something that is in my opinion essential if you collect bronzes: dessicant packets. Really they may not even be needed as I live in Colorado but I am paranoid about bronze disease so I do my best to keep the humidity as low as possible. [ATTACH=full]479366[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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