A while back, our basement flooded. In a couple weeks we’re getting new doors, frames, carpeting, wood base, etc. The room in the pics was once our “office” but has been pretty much unused for years. I’m thinking of turning it into a coin room, a place where I can get my coins out of storage, analyze them, photograph them, catalog them, etc. (My wife already turned our older daughter’s bedroom into her scrapbooking room, so this is what I get.) This room is about 14’-4” x 8’-10”. The double sliding doors are to the water heater and sump pump. The door on the left side of the refrigerator is a closet w/ bookshelf. The refrigerator stays – need a place for extra food and beer!!! I do have a copy stand for taking photos and want to get that all set up and have easy access to photograph my coins. That’s eventually going to be a secondary coin hobby of its own, I can already tell! So, what do you have in your coin room that you couldn’t live without? What do you wish you had in your coin room (other than better coins!)? What does your coin room look like? I would LOVE to see pics of your coin room, and your photography setup!!!
Sounds like a great idea but just don't put the coin room in the basement since it's prone to flooding.
If you are anything like me you will want more desk space especially with a copy stand. Watch out for the moisture and other oxidizers in the environment. I have my office/coin room in the basement, but I live in a semi arid climate at the top of a hill. The conditions do not seem to affect my coins, as much as other areas of the US.
My coin room, which is my bedroom, is just a mess. I don't have my desk set up properly yet. We moved here about a year and a half ago. All of my coins from before the move are still packed up in moving boxes, and everything I've bought since then is scattered all over the floor in shipping bags and boxes. It seems that most of my coin pleasure is derived, not from owning and studying the coins, but rather, simply from the buying and anticipation of the receiving of them.
To address the flooding: we have had the sump pump fail, and had about 1/2" - 1" of water throughout the basement. Not flooding like you see in some places, where boxes are floating or anything. This happened 3 times over the 28 years we've lived here (tornado, pump failure due to lightning strike, power failure). I am somewhat concerned about the humidity factor in the basement, but would plan to keep a dehumidifier in that room, and another in the main basement space. No safe room or hidden sanctuary for me - just my hobby room! Maybe I should have moved the liquor box - makes me look like a drunk! LOL!
