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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 7944329, member: 26302"]OP, you mentioned urban environment. Your answer will depend on if apartment, condo, single family home, etc. Also your collecting habits matter. Are you a photographer who likes looking at pics of your coins, or like me like pawing through them occasionally? If coins not need on hand, a SDB from a bank probably the safest. </p><p><br /></p><p>If you want them on hand, but, (again not like me), will keep your collectoin smallish, then I would think a safe mounted into your floor like in a closet might be a good idea. Someone else mentioned bolting. This is HUGE. it must be secured no matter how heavy it is. If built on wood, mounting it into the floor and then hiding the safe is a good alternative. </p><p><br /></p><p>No safe is completely safe. Even with a safe if they know you have one they can come prepared. Best to hide it. Actually, another answer can be simply hiding. I have seen people install fake drain pipes. At the bottom of a clean out put in a bottom, and put your coins into the clean out, (screwed connection into large sewer pipe to clear clogs). Not many thieves want to check your sewage. Make it real looking and even if broken into should be safe unless you show your "friends" your cool toy. Secrecy are the top 3 most important things about security.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 7944329, member: 26302"]OP, you mentioned urban environment. Your answer will depend on if apartment, condo, single family home, etc. Also your collecting habits matter. Are you a photographer who likes looking at pics of your coins, or like me like pawing through them occasionally? If coins not need on hand, a SDB from a bank probably the safest. If you want them on hand, but, (again not like me), will keep your collectoin smallish, then I would think a safe mounted into your floor like in a closet might be a good idea. Someone else mentioned bolting. This is HUGE. it must be secured no matter how heavy it is. If built on wood, mounting it into the floor and then hiding the safe is a good alternative. No safe is completely safe. Even with a safe if they know you have one they can come prepared. Best to hide it. Actually, another answer can be simply hiding. I have seen people install fake drain pipes. At the bottom of a clean out put in a bottom, and put your coins into the clean out, (screwed connection into large sewer pipe to clear clogs). Not many thieves want to check your sewage. Make it real looking and even if broken into should be safe unless you show your "friends" your cool toy. Secrecy are the top 3 most important things about security.[/QUOTE]
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