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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 620288, member: 19065&quot;]I understand that a lot of collectors like to enjoy their collections at home on a regular basis. I do too and I keep a small amount of coins around as I acquire pieces slowly. With other items of greater significant value, I feel safer having them in a SDB and so don&#039;t have to worry about home safes being compromised in any fashion or relying on weapons or animals to protect these things. No government can ever be fully trusted, I suppose, if they possess the powers to seize property and impose limited rights of citizens, however, some of us do live in countries with a greater sense of democracy reinforcing that these nightmarish scenarios do not happen. But that&#039;s a whole issue to discuss in and of itself and not my point here. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m making mention of the benefits of SDBs. I went to college out of state and did not wish to move my coins with me. I stored them in a SDB and while away I felt my collection was safe. As I acquired new pieces and made return trips home, I made special visits to my SBD to deposit new coins I&#039;d procured and wished to store. I treasured those trips as they were infrequent and I could really admire my coins when I opened up the box. </p><p><br /></p><p>I continue to store coins in my SDB and always look forward to visiting them a few times a year when I need to access them. I think that even though they are stored in a bank vault and I have limited access, that it continues to make my appreciation of these coins greater so the act of going to visit them is a very special thing for me. </p><p><br /></p><p>Fortunately, my bank doesn&#039;t charge me for each visit as someone else noted in this thread, which I think is really bad customer service practice, since these are customers already paying for their SDB service on a regular basis. This has been my personal practice with my coin collection in SDBs and while never an absolute in security, it&#039;s a much better level of security than I can provide or wish to defend at home, giving me the convenience and greater certainty of always having my collection available to me and the money otherwise spent on a safe or a home owners replacement policy which I can devote to buying more coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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