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Message:: [QUOTE="ToughCOINS, post: 1760729, member: 20480"]There's little harm putting similar coins in tubes for long term storage, assuming the tubes won't be moved around a lot . . . you wouldn't want them to suffer significant stacking friction to the detriment of your better looking coins in particular.  I would not store coins of different materials in the same tube however, as you don't know what kind of chemical reactions might be set up between them. At any rate, removing coins from their original flips is always a good idea, if the flips are not of archival quality (mylar, and very rigid, to the point of being brittle). You have the right idea for your higher grade / more valuable coins . . . individual holders are best, and the AirTites are fine for that purpose. I use cardboard 2x2 holders for most of my raw coins.  Most people who denigrate these holders do so because staples can scratch the mylar windows and even the coins.  I use a crushing stapler, and orient and staple the holders differently from most, putting the hinge at the bottom, rather than the top, and stapling only on 3 sides, unless the coin is tiny (3cs, H10c & $1G, which are all thinner than the holders, and better protected against a 4th staple).  That way, sliding staples over coins in a box is much less likely to cause casualties.  - Mike[/QUOTE]