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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;calcol, post: 3299980, member: 77639&quot;]Your collection isn&#039;t valuable enough yet to warrant a safety deposit box or really good safe.&nbsp; As it grows in value, a time will come when one of these is advisable. The debate over which goes back and forth.&nbsp; Having a safe at home gives instant access to the coins.&nbsp; A safety deposit box in a Federal Reserve/FDIC bank is very (but not completely) secure.&nbsp; No, the Fed and FDIC don&#039;t insure coins, but they do have minimum security requirements for member banks. Safe-deposit-only and non-member banks may have poor security.&nbsp; Private insurance that covers safe deposit box contents is relatively cheap.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is a wide spectrum of burglar susceptibility of safes.&nbsp; The cheapest will deter only an opportunistic amateur.&nbsp; The most expensive will slow down and occasionally defeat a pro.&nbsp; However, one thing is sure about a safe.&nbsp; If someone puts a gun to your head, you will open it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Neither safes nor safety deposit boxes are waterproof or smoke-proof.&nbsp; If you get a safety deposit box, it should not be near the floor.&nbsp; Safes should not be in basements unless contents are in waterproof containers.</p><p><br /></p><p>Plastic bags and Lighthouse Intercept boxes help prevent corrosion due to water, water vapor, hydrogen sulfide and other nasty gases.&nbsp; If you put paper or cardboard inside these containers, you may concentrate the hydrogen sulfide or other gases they emit.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cal[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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