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Message:: [QUOTE="+VGO.DVCKS, post: 4847917, member: 110504"]I've been collecting sporadically since the age of 6, when I got my first antoninianus of Victorinus (my uncle let me owe him for it), but the latest phase, going back to the '90's, has focussed on earlier medieval (through the 13th century, more or less).Since then, I've been trying to store them this way.  All very low tech, and time intensive ...I'm still Way behind getting caught up with everything.  But along the lines of 'Your Mission, Should You Choose to Accept It,' I put the coin in an acid-free paper envelope (mostly 2" x 2", but the latest batch is more like 3 1/2" x 2 1/4"), with enough written on that to identify it.  Then I put Everything I know about the coin, with full legends, translations, all known references, etc., on a 3" x 5" index card.  That, and any old tickets, etc. then go in a small letter envelope (3 5/8" x 6 1/2").  With enough written on that, starting with the geography, issuing authority, and chronology, so that the net result can easily be arranged in some kind of box.  For those, you need something along the lines of a shoe box --good luck finding anything marginally better, but in my collection, one is in active service.The serious caveat here is that, after the initial, little envelope, exactly none of this is acid-free, or remotely 'archival' in any other capacity.Anyway, my two cents, for what they're worth.[/QUOTE]