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<p>[QUOTE="weryon, post: 791318, member: 17622"]For some time now I have been searching for a proper container to store my various capsules and holders. I thought about various safes and containers and neat boxes that could do the job. Last week I almost bought one of these cases </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.colonialacres.com/images/numis_alumcase_KOFFER10.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>They come in boxes of 6 , 10 or 15 racks and they can hold up to 99 coins per tray, from holding rounds, air tilts , slabs , 2x2 , bars and everything ells ..... but they can get expensive; cheapest I found was 80USD for the box and then 20USD for each rack. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now this is the option I was looking at today. A nice vintage safe , the seller wants 150 CAD for it . it's more then a century old "14 x 17" and 24" high" and he has been using it as a coffee table for the past two decades. I though i could just stack cheaper coin trays in the safe. I'm not sure if these babies are fire safe, but it would look kewl next to my desk <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://img1.classistatic.com/cps/kj/100118/510r9/7193k64_19.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>What would you guys do ? or would you opt for something different ...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="weryon, post: 791318, member: 17622"]For some time now I have been searching for a proper container to store my various capsules and holders. I thought about various safes and containers and neat boxes that could do the job. Last week I almost bought one of these cases [IMG]http://www.colonialacres.com/images/numis_alumcase_KOFFER10.jpg[/IMG] They come in boxes of 6 , 10 or 15 racks and they can hold up to 99 coins per tray, from holding rounds, air tilts , slabs , 2x2 , bars and everything ells ..... but they can get expensive; cheapest I found was 80USD for the box and then 20USD for each rack. Now this is the option I was looking at today. A nice vintage safe , the seller wants 150 CAD for it . it's more then a century old "14 x 17" and 24" high" and he has been using it as a coffee table for the past two decades. I though i could just stack cheaper coin trays in the safe. I'm not sure if these babies are fire safe, but it would look kewl next to my desk :D [IMG]http://img1.classistatic.com/cps/kj/100118/510r9/7193k64_19.jpeg[/IMG] What would you guys do ? or would you opt for something different ...[/QUOTE]
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