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<p>[QUOTE="red_spork, post: 2849331, member: 74282"]I use archival 2x2 paper envelopes stored in double row cardboard boxes. The clear flips you see are actually PVC-free flips that dealers sent coins in that I've cut in half to store all provenance info(old collection tags, dealer tags, etc.). I plan to separate all the provenance info soon and keep those at home to save space in my safe deposit box but for now they're stored alongside the coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>As a collector of bronzes, I also keep plenty of dessicants in my coin box and change them out regularly with recharged packets. They're a cheap way to help avoid bronze disease especially if you live in a humid environment. For me, living in dry-as-a-desert Colorado, they're more peace of mind than anything and probably not strictly necessary.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]675852[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>As far as costs: 500 envelopes is about $15 at my LCS and these double row boxes are about $5 each. A single row of a 14" box probably holds ~100 denarii in envelopes and with my mixture of bronze and silver ~70-80 coins so it is a very economical storage solution.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="red_spork, post: 2849331, member: 74282"]I use archival 2x2 paper envelopes stored in double row cardboard boxes. The clear flips you see are actually PVC-free flips that dealers sent coins in that I've cut in half to store all provenance info(old collection tags, dealer tags, etc.). I plan to separate all the provenance info soon and keep those at home to save space in my safe deposit box but for now they're stored alongside the coins. As a collector of bronzes, I also keep plenty of dessicants in my coin box and change them out regularly with recharged packets. They're a cheap way to help avoid bronze disease especially if you live in a humid environment. For me, living in dry-as-a-desert Colorado, they're more peace of mind than anything and probably not strictly necessary. [ATTACH=full]675852[/ATTACH] As far as costs: 500 envelopes is about $15 at my LCS and these double row boxes are about $5 each. A single row of a 14" box probably holds ~100 denarii in envelopes and with my mixture of bronze and silver ~70-80 coins so it is a very economical storage solution.[/QUOTE]
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