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<p>[QUOTE="calcol, post: 8396403, member: 77639"]If you’re looking for protection from professional burglars, the safe should have a UL burglary rating. Without that, the safe can probably entered in a few minutes by a pro, and it won’t be by determining the combination. Non-UL-rated safes can deter casual thieves and some amateurs. In any case, if a robber puts a gun to your head or the head of a family member, the security rating of the safe is immaterial … you’ll open it. Fire ratings are a separate category. However, by the time the fire department is finished though, most fire safe have lots of water in them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Best security for valuable coins:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Safe deposit box in a bank that is part of FDIC and Federal Reserve. No, FDIC won’t insure your coins, but member banks must meet certain security requirements for the building and vault. Safe-deposit-only “banks” can have vaults with cardboard ceilings and tinfoil walls if they want. Be sure your box is at least a couple of feet above the floor. Bank vaults are not waterproof. Collectors have had coins, including slabbed coins, in bank vaults damaged by floods.</p><p><br /></p><p>plus</p><p><br /></p><p>2. Insurance.</p><p><br /></p><p>The above is what I do with my expensive coins. A few cheap ones are in a cheap fire safe at home.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cal[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="calcol, post: 8396403, member: 77639"]If you’re looking for protection from professional burglars, the safe should have a UL burglary rating. Without that, the safe can probably entered in a few minutes by a pro, and it won’t be by determining the combination. Non-UL-rated safes can deter casual thieves and some amateurs. In any case, if a robber puts a gun to your head or the head of a family member, the security rating of the safe is immaterial … you’ll open it. Fire ratings are a separate category. However, by the time the fire department is finished though, most fire safe have lots of water in them. Best security for valuable coins: 1. Safe deposit box in a bank that is part of FDIC and Federal Reserve. No, FDIC won’t insure your coins, but member banks must meet certain security requirements for the building and vault. Safe-deposit-only “banks” can have vaults with cardboard ceilings and tinfoil walls if they want. Be sure your box is at least a couple of feet above the floor. Bank vaults are not waterproof. Collectors have had coins, including slabbed coins, in bank vaults damaged by floods. plus 2. Insurance. The above is what I do with my expensive coins. A few cheap ones are in a cheap fire safe at home. Cal[/QUOTE]
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