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Are Kointains capsules still being made?

GRANDAMGRANDAM Posts: 8,499 ✭✭✭✭✭

Searched eBay and Wizard and can't find anyone selling them? Are they still being made?

GrandAm :)

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  • Mr_SpudMr_Spud Posts: 5,278 ✭✭✭✭✭

    You might be right thinking they aren’t available, I just checked and most places that used to sell them are out of stock. A couple places still had just one size in stock, but this place spells them different and seems to have many sizes available https://www.oldmint.com/cointains.htm

    Mr_Spud

  • MWallaceMWallace Posts: 4,088 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I used to use them regularly. It was like handling a coin like it was raw but without touching it.

  • lilolmelilolme Posts: 2,651 ✭✭✭✭✭

    As Tibor noted vcoins. However, I don't see the Kointains available there either.

    This NNP article states that vcoins purchased E&T Kointainer (dated 9/13/2020).

    https://nnp.wustl.edu/Library/Periodical/629119

    The E&T Kointainer Company, provider of archivally safe numismatic storage products, has a new owner.

    Bernard A. Nagengast, who has owned the company for 41 years, is retiring. Mr. Randy A. Moore, who has been associated with Mr. Nagengast and E&T Kointainer for the last 11 years, has purchased the business and will continue to offer the same quality products numismatists have been using from this American company since 1950. The product line includes Kointain and Saflip coin holders, Safgard currency sleeves, Metal Safe corrosion inhibitor, Koinpage generic coin album, and other accessories.

    E&T Kointainer sells only numismatic products that will not harm coins and paper money. The company has a history of important innovations in numismatic storage with many firsts that include the Kointain coin capsule, Saflip, the first non-PVC coin flip, the earliest plastic coin tubes and the use of inhibitors to prevent toning of coins. Collectors interested in investigating Kointainer products can access the company website at www.vcoins.com/us/kointainer. Catalog requests can be sent to Randy Moore at plantman55@icloud.com or mailed to E&T Kointainer, PO Box 103, Sidney OH 45365.

    Best of luck and continued success for the new owner. Here's the historical background, written by Bern Nagengast. Thanks. -Editor
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    The webpage link above does not appear to have the Kointains and clicking Kointains does not show them avialable. Below is the vcoins webpage for supplies and while it has the Kointains listed, there is essentially nothing there that I can find (same as above) and don't see other information on them there either. Perhaps their contact information could clarify.

    https://www.vcoins.com/en/coins/us/collecting_supplies-2189.aspx

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  • MetroDMetroD Posts: 2,174 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 7, 2024 7:14AM

    Did a QUICK search for "Kointain Capsule". One of the top 'hits' was the Air-Tites.com website. There was a detailed description of the capsule, but no purchase option. So, I called Air-Tites.

    Had a really pleasant interaction with a gentleman named Joel, one of the owners. He said they used to carry "Kointain Capsules", but that they had been discontinued by the manufacturer. He went on to say that E&T Kointainer, however, was still in business.

    Edited a spelling error.

  • wayneherndonwayneherndon Posts: 2,356 ✭✭✭

    Kointains were permanently discontinued around a year ago.

    WH

  • GRANDAMGRANDAM Posts: 8,499 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 7, 2024 8:01AM

    @wayneherndon said:
    Kointains were permanently discontinued around a year ago.

    WH

    OH NO!!!!! Is there anything similar?

    GrandAm :)
  • MWallaceMWallace Posts: 4,088 ✭✭✭✭✭

    OMG! I had long ago given up on finding the Koinpage generic coin album. In the 80's I used a similar item by Dansco. It was found to contain PVC. I didn't know anyone was making this type anymore. I'll be placing an order soon for sure.

  • TiborTibor Posts: 3,543 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I wonder if Bernard still has his Jefferson collection. Heard in the early 90's
    that it was immense, loaded with 5 and 6 step nickels.

  • coastaljerseyguycoastaljerseyguy Posts: 1,325 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Before I bought albums, used the clear snaps to house raw collection. Have a few Kointains but mostly have about a hundred Marcus 2X2 clear $ snaps. I like the Marcus better since they were easier to open. Both reliable to not open if closed properly and dropped.

  • MWallaceMWallace Posts: 4,088 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Tibor said:
    I wonder if Bernard still has his Jefferson collection. Heard in the early 90's
    that it was immense, loaded with 5 and 6 step nickels.

    I believe I still have a copy of The Jefferson Nickel Analysis that he wrote.

  • wayneherndonwayneherndon Posts: 2,356 ✭✭✭

    @GRANDAM said:

    @wayneherndon said:
    Kointains were permanently discontinued around a year ago.

    WH

    OH NO!!!!! Is there anything similar?

    There isn't really. Many brands of acrylic capsules are available. They do a fine job of protecting coins but don't provide the near invisibility of Kointains.

    WH

  • GRANDAMGRANDAM Posts: 8,499 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 7, 2024 3:25PM

    Thanks for all the help guys,,, I have a lead on some so I will see what pans out. I have raw sets of coins that go in the plastic slides and I use the Kontains for extra protection. I need the quarter size right now.

    GrandAm :)
  • KiwiNumiKiwiNumi Posts: 119 ✭✭✭

    If you're having trouble finding them you can always just search "coin capsules." There are many other brands that make them. I have my nice modern bullion coins stored in them.

  • GRANDAMGRANDAM Posts: 8,499 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 7, 2024 6:00PM

    KoinTains are just barely bigger than the coin. I need them to fit it the album pages that I use.

    GrandAm :)
  • littlebearlittlebear Posts: 1,505 ✭✭✭✭

    The great thing about Kointains is that they are convex and only touch the coin on the edges. They do not touch the flat surfaces.

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  • TiborTibor Posts: 3,543 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @GRANDAM and all other posters.
    Just got off the phone with Randy, current owner of
    E.T. KOINTANER . They are no longer being made. The
    existing inventory was sold to Allen Berman, a medieval,
    ancient coin dealer. I've dealt with Allen for several years.
    To reach him to find out the status of his inventory:
    agberman@aol.com

  • GRANDAMGRANDAM Posts: 8,499 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thanks for the info

    GrandAm :)

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