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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 3571810, member: 112&quot;]Howdy Jillian - welcome to CT <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Dunno quite how to say this - you already had a big can opened, and I think you just switched it over to a 55 gallon drum.</p><p><br /></p><p>And yes, there is some humor intended there but a bit of fact too. Ya see, the vast majority of products made for coin storage are harmful to coins in one way or another. Flips of all kinds, cardboard 2x2s, albums, coin tubes, coin envelopes, and more - all of &#039;em are harmful to coins in one way or another.</p><p><br /></p><p>About the only products that are not harmful to coins are the individual hard plastic type of coin holders. And then you have to throw proper storage conditions in on top of all that. Beginning to see now why I said it&#039;s a 55 gallon drum ? Simply put there is just so much to know. In other words it&#039;s a whole lot more complicated than it looks at first glance.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, to make things even worse, what you&#039;re gonna have to do is figure out a way to balance costs with practicality, the amount of time and effort for all the work you&#039;re going to have to do, and your own personal desires. So come to think of it, that 55 gallon drum might be an Olympic sized pool and you&#039;re into the deep end. But from the looks of things - your posts - I&#039;d guess you&#039;re a pretty good swimmer <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I could go on and explain a lot but a lot has already been explained and you&#039;re asking the right questions. My advice at this point, just let everything sit on hold for right now, it&#039;s not gonna hurt the coins any more than they already have been. Take some time, look around the forum, READ, a lot ! You&#039;ll find most of what ya wanna know already here - just like you found this thread. Once you&#039;ve done all that, then we can get down to specifics.</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh yeah almost forgot - welcome to coin collecting <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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