How do you store your collection?

Very organized, kudos.

 

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Very simple............

 

I use 2x4 open Saflips in Albums so that I have the attributes for each side as I view the coin. 6 Saflips per page. Provenance captured in Saflip and/or customs and other provenance papers captured in a folder.

Album: Desiccant Pages in front and back; 6 slot open Saflips as 2 x 4; Attributes on front and back in top pocket of Saflip; can flip page to see obv and rev. and attributes on both side for each coin; Each album page separated by 100 lb archival card stock.; Album slides into Archival safe Album Cover. Perfect for my Home Safes as well as my Bank Safe. Easy to view, present, store.

Card stock gives a background, as well as "padding" between the album pages.

Desiccant pages in books, desiccant packets in Safes.

Easy-access active Glocks, Rugers, S&W's program in place.

 

There isn't one perfect way, but that's just another enjoyable (although sometimes frustrating) aspect of the hobby-- playing with various storage and organization methods

 

Ditto

 

LMAO at the "why the hell did I buy these".

 

In abafil trays in a safe deposit box at the bank. With dessicant of course. You cannot tell from this photo, but the trays are about 10 deep in the metal box.

 

Most of them are in wooden cases:







minor collections are in smaller cases, untill I have more, then they migrate to a bigger case.

 

Everyone has a couple of those, right? Thankfully, that box isn't very full.

 

ditto


Coins? We don't got no stinkin' coins!

 

I have a custom emblem that my Father and I created for his business that I use on the front side of my flips, for uniformity. The back has all printed info with a number that correlates to another binder with previous flips/pedigrees. Coins separated by Greek, Roman Republic, Roman Imperial, then Misc binders.



I have a messy area in my binders where I haven't gotten around to measuring, weighing, and typing. In between each page is an extra BCW flip page for padding.


Slabs are in LightHouse ENCAP Certified Slab pages; hard plastic.

"the most attractive beets ontop" -Dwight


Random page and new acquisitions going in


I was in the process of having a custom coin cabinet being made; but I had a baby and couldn't justify paying someone $1500 at the time.

-Michael

 

Haha I got box like that

 

This was last year's storage method. As you can see I was a bit slab happy.

I don't slab my coins anymore so this year's storage method is a large compartmentalized jewelry case.

 

Coins start in these two little boxes. I'm always far behind describing, but at the moment there are only about 25 coins in the boxes.
Then comes the sorting, for the photo they are on a vellum bookbinding.
And I store them in these trays, in the end described, with exact measure and weight, with some sort of a picture.
The descriptions are on my computer, not on little papers. And yes, I backed up my descriptions.

 

I like this method, @Alegandron. What pages do you use exactly, for the 6 flips?

 

I enjoyed the Amazing Antonines Truckload of Fun, and the 6 Caesars. Also, I had no idea there was such a thing as a dry cabinet. Are those things practical for someone who doesn't live in an area with 80+% humidity?

 

I really only stumbled on the product when searching for a solution for low-humidity storage of my coins that didn't require constant changing/recharging of desiccant packs. I can't claim any in-depth knowledge about the technology and don't know if they're even easily available in the US. I just plug the box into the power supply and it keeps the RH inside it at sub-30%. They come in a range of sizes and are not very expensive. Mine comes from a Taiwanese manufacturer which specializes in humidity-regulating solutions for hobbyists as well as the commercial and industrial sector.

 

In paper envelopes, organised in coin boxes, stored in a safe deposit box. When at home they are guarded by a large black cat.

 

(I tweaked it a bit using an online animated gifmaker I hadn't used before )

 

OK. That made my day. LOL.

And you read Hershey's mind!