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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3333388, member: 56859&quot;]This is a popular topic which comes up several times per year.&nbsp; It&#039;s fun to see everyone else&#039;s solution to this dilemma.&nbsp; There is currently a thread about it on page 1 although the title may have led you to overlook it in context of your question:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/how-do-you-present-your-collection.328777/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/how-do-you-present-your-collection.328777/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/how-do-you-present-your-collection.328777/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Some people may retrieve a selection of coins for special display but for most of us I suspect &quot;presenting&quot; and &quot;storing&quot; amount to the same thing.</p><p><br /></p><p>Like most of us, I&#039;ve changed my storage strategy as the collection grew.&nbsp; Hopefully I&#039;ve settled into a permanent solution, although I wouldn&#039;t mind having a nice Abafil case with a few trays for storing certain special coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s my system:</p><p><br /></p><p>I wanted neat labels so that meant typing rather than printing. Interesting pedigree information is in red; plate coin information in blue, and unpublished in green.&nbsp; The sticker is place on the outward-facing side of my insert, which is shown in the subsequent image.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/img_3124-jpg.714647/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d already been using business cards (folded in half) as inserts. It requires trimming a bit, and folding, but it looks nice and the stiffness makes insertion and removal from the PVC-free flip much easier. Auction and seller ephemera can be safely tucked in the card too.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/img_3204-jpg.714651/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I was using half-sized colored boxes but in 2017 sprung for these Whitman plastic boxes. They are fantastic! Each box has two removable dividers so if a box isn&#039;t full it keeps the flips from sliding into disarray.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/img_3198-jpg.714654/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The extensive Roman Egypt trays are amenable to labeling with Emmett numbers, making it easy to find or file coins:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/img_3201-jpg.714656/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Some of those Ptolemaic bronzes are too large for 2x2 flips so those are put in 2.5 x 2.5&quot; flips and stored in a larger box meant for slabs. I have a few slabs from pre-ancient-collecting days <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/img_3203-jpg.714657/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This system is nicely compact and amenable to storage in a bank&#039;s safe deposit box.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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