What are YOU doing for slab storage? Opinions?

ellewood

Currently, I am housing all of my PCGS slabbed coins in six different 2" binders (that I picked up at Office Depot)...and I'm using Eagle album pages (9 slabs per page). Each 2" binder holds only 4 Eagle pages...so I can only fit about 36 slabs in each binder. I never really liked housing them in the blue PCGS boxes because they rattle back and forth in their slots and sometimes the lids are a bit*h to get off. My question to you all is this: Does anyone else know of anything else - besides these two options - that is a nice compact way to store slabs? I saw something in a coin magazine not long ago...that was a sort of high-tech looking metal/aluminum brief case....that had stackable drawers inside them. If anyone has any ideas for me OR any info on the aluminum briefcase...I would really appreciate it.

Having six 2" binders around the house is not that easy to hide. Plus, I'm thinking about purchasing a safe (I know that is a debatable subject as well) and I want my collection to be as compact as possible.

Thanks,

T

Steve

You can fit up to 7 Eagle holders in a 3" binder. (63 slabs). Just be sure you get a binder with slanted elongated rings. Steve

emzee

I have always used cardboard (chipboard) coin boxes for mass slab storage - optimal size for PCGS/NGC slabs is double-row 5"W x 12"L x 3" tall. They hold about 80+ slabs.You can buy these with red or black paper covering the cardboard. They cost maybe $3-5 apiece depending on supplier and how many you buy at a time. Square $ and 50c coin tubes make ideal spacers when using these boxes.

Ronyahski

I use Intercept boxes. Also get the added protection for the coins.

keoj

Intercept boxes...neat, organized and protected.

keoj

cameoproofcoins

intercept holders, then in intercept boxes, then in a plastic bag with a silicone gel container (available at Cabelas)

Cameonut

I used to use the Eagle album pages, but found they scratched the holders.

So I have switched to Intercept boxes - less access to the coins, but no scratches.

I wish the Eagle pages didn't scratch the holders - a nice way to display the coins.

ellewood

Thanks everyone for your input. I will look into the Intercept boxes. Any suggestion as to where to find them besides eBay? What is their capacity? Price???? Thanks again...

Toby

bushmaster8

You want the big red Intercept box. Try www.amosadvantage.com

ellewood

ordered 4 of the large boxes today...that should hold me over for a while. Thanks again for all of your input. Thank god they won't be rattling around in the blue PCGS boxes....

T

SUPERCARCOINS

...........you put the lime in the coke and then you mix it all up !
or you could put them in Tupperware and add a packet of disssicent ; much cheaper

mercurynut

I keep buying the PCGS blue boxes.

KentuckyJ

I place the slab into an archival sleeve and then place that into an Intercept Shield box and then keep the individual Intercept Shields inside the white Intercept Shield box, which will hold ten coins

KJ

LindeDad

Blue PCGS boxs lots of them.

Steve27

I stack them, hold the stacks together with rubber bands, and put them in a fire-proof safe.

wayneherndon

We sell the Intercept Boxes at prices that are tough to beat. See sig line for details.

WH

MoneyLA

I keep my slabs in my magical bank safe deposit box... where one out of ten stored slabs develops rainbow toning within a year... or existing rainbows grow.

well, it's not one out of ten....

it's more like one out of many dozens. yes the darn rainbow grew on a 1950 pcgs proof washington. I wrote about this a year or so ago here. coin has since been sold. Hmmm... I wonder if the rainbow kept growing?

cheers, alan mendelson

MJPHELAN

Intercept Shield boxes here too.

ellewood

Wayne -

Thanks for the heads up on the Intercept boxes. I already ordered them thru Amos...but I think I paid a couple of dollars more than you are charging. I think I paid $13.99 each...and you have them for $11.99 . Oh well...live and learn. When I need more boxes...I'll be sure to look to your website......

TL

Wekar

the 6-pack of 10-coin double protection intercept boxes from Wayne is a great deal at 59.99. I bought that from him few months ago, pretty good investment for $1/coin.