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<p>[QUOTE="Prime Mover, post: 1605764, member: 38783"]Any circulation-quality coinage is out in the open for people to handle and my kids to play around with. It's either junk silver or regular pocket change, and I don't care about it's protection. Besides, the kids get a kick out of playing "store" with 100-year-old junk morgans... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I consider most silver/gold under BU/MS to be bullion grade, which goes into tubes for bulk storage. All "bullion" cents go into old mint bags by the pound.</p><p><br /></p><p>Any raw coins with numismatic value over bullion I typically put into hard plastic 2x2's - I prefer the square 2x2 over air-tites since they fit into normal 2x2 boxes for easy storage in the safe/SDB and they don't roll away on me. I do not use cardboard 2x2 or flips (see related thread posted below for reasons not to use).</p><p><br /></p><p>I prefer slabbed over raw when possible, so I don't adhere to a strict dollar limit to slab coins. I plan on slabbing/grading anything that I really like regardless of it's potential value, but anything with a high value - to me over $50 - gets pushed to the top of the list to be done first.</p><p><br /></p><p>Two places I have ordered supplies from recently and have been happy with price/shipping:</p><p><br /></p><p>Coin Supply Express:</p><p><a href="http://www.coinsupplyexpress.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinsupplyexpress.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinsupplyexpress.com/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Hobbies Depot:</p><p><a href="http://shop.hobbiesdepot.com/main.sc" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://shop.hobbiesdepot.com/main.sc" rel="nofollow">http://shop.hobbiesdepot.com/main.sc</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A related thread that may be of interest to this topic:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t213882/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t213882/">http://www.cointalk.com/t213882/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Prime Mover, post: 1605764, member: 38783"]Any circulation-quality coinage is out in the open for people to handle and my kids to play around with. It's either junk silver or regular pocket change, and I don't care about it's protection. Besides, the kids get a kick out of playing "store" with 100-year-old junk morgans... :D I consider most silver/gold under BU/MS to be bullion grade, which goes into tubes for bulk storage. All "bullion" cents go into old mint bags by the pound. Any raw coins with numismatic value over bullion I typically put into hard plastic 2x2's - I prefer the square 2x2 over air-tites since they fit into normal 2x2 boxes for easy storage in the safe/SDB and they don't roll away on me. I do not use cardboard 2x2 or flips (see related thread posted below for reasons not to use). I prefer slabbed over raw when possible, so I don't adhere to a strict dollar limit to slab coins. I plan on slabbing/grading anything that I really like regardless of it's potential value, but anything with a high value - to me over $50 - gets pushed to the top of the list to be done first. Two places I have ordered supplies from recently and have been happy with price/shipping: Coin Supply Express: [URL]http://www.coinsupplyexpress.com/[/URL] Hobbies Depot: [URL]http://shop.hobbiesdepot.com/main.sc[/URL] A related thread that may be of interest to this topic: [URL]http://www.cointalk.com/t213882/[/URL][/QUOTE]
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