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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jeepfreak81, post: 24853585, member: 93888&quot;]Hey all, so you may have seen an earlier thread I posted last week looking for ideas on the type of furniture I could look for and then convert into some type of coin storage/display.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve been down this rabbit hole since then and it&#039;s getting deep.&nbsp; lol</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s what I know - Wood off gasses, engineered wood off gasses probably more.&nbsp; I also know that coins were stored in wooden cabinets for a very long time until modern day when it became less popular.&nbsp; It&#039;s probably what causes some of the amazing (and not so amazing) toning on old coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>So then I start thinking, jeez maybe I don&#039;t want something made of wood.&nbsp; So I look at other possibilities but they&#039;re either expensive or hard to find.&nbsp; A flat file cabinet is one option, they are usually metal but pricey.</p><p><br /></p><p>I then thought about making one out of black acrylic plexiglass, but then I&#039;d be using glues to put it all together and we&#039;re back to the chemical out gassing issues.</p><p><br /></p><p>I could go on and on with my thought process here but I&#039;ll spare you as this is already getting long.&nbsp; I think I&#039;ve over thunk this into analysis paralysis.</p><p><br /></p><p>First of all - I do not own anything expensive.&nbsp; I&#039;m a budget collector, my nicest stuff is mostly silver bullion coins like Canadian Maple Leafs and I only have a handful of those.&nbsp; Currently my coins are stored in binders on a bookshelf, some stuff is in my Harbor Freight safe, some in cardboard 2X2 boxes, plus some that&#039;s just kinda hanging around.</p><p><br /></p><p>Wow this is getting long, my apologies and extra points for those of you that have stuck it out this far.</p><p><br /></p><p>So the long and short of this is - I&#039;d love to hear from other people that have stored their coins in various ways, different types of wood enclosures, plastic, metal, etc etc.&nbsp; and what you&#039;ve discovered by doing so.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t want to hear &quot;well so and so says this, or I read this&quot;&nbsp; I want real examples and observations that I can use to make an educated compromised decision and make or buy something at a reasonable cost.</p><p><br /></p><p>So fire away![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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