POLL: Your Holder of Choice

Darkhorse

Personally I prefer 2x2 envolopes because they're cheap and I can take the raw coin out to photograph easily.

syraq

A coin cabinet would be ideal, if only my coins weren't slabbed.

MacCrimmon

Coins, like wimmin, are best bare nekkid.......sorry ladies!!

Emperor

Normal toned coins loose in cabinet. For those with lustre, in capsules in cabinet.

goldrush00013

I pin holed coins to a cork board.

LM gave me the idea.

JrGMan2004

PCGS Slabs for most coins, because of the clear holder.... but otherwise, I use SafFlips for myy raw coins

cosmicdebris

Air-Tites

ccrdragon

Airtites for BU/Proof coins, envelopes or flips for circulated coins.

lordmarcovan

<< <i>I wear holed coins on my vest >>





That's the first time I've had a poll option custom-made for me!

PS- if anybody else votes for that option, I wanna see a picture of their vest!

wybrit

Airtites

spinaker2000

The biggest part of my collection are in safe flips housed in two albums. I have one full NGC box of slabbed.

rhound1977

Non PVC SAF-flips, then NGC and ANACS slabs for those I have submitted myself, though I have other slabs too, but vast majority are in the flips.

farthing

Another vote for Air-Tites

lordmarcovan

I'd keep 'em in my nose, but I have too many coins for that, my nostrils are too small, and the coins would make it difficult to breathe.

AuldFartte

Most of mine are in SaFlips (non-PVC) at the moment; some in 2x2's.

I have been considering alternate methods, however, and MacCrimmon's "tissue and envelopes" is rather appealing.

MSD61

I use E&T Kointainer Saflips then place them in pocket pages that go into a 3 ring binder.
Edit to add: Oh yeah, I also leave them in the mint packaging (PL sets, proof and mint sets) or in the capsules.

coinkat

Sorry to be a dork, but I did not vote because it depends on the coin. As an example, I posted an MS64 Bremen 1906J 5 Mark coin that is white. That is a coin I would prefer slabbed. If I had a common VF Edward VII Florin, I would want it raw. Rare coins that are known to be counterfeited, I would prefer slabbed if condition warranted it.

Askari

Airtites mostly.

wybrit

MacCrimmon's "tissue and envelopes" is rather appealing.

With all due respect to MacCrimmon (if I can bring myself about to respect a coin gobbling mouse ), I really can't fathom wrapping coins in an abrasive material, even if all the potentially reactive chemicals have been leached away. I would need some pretty big convincing that this method is superior to encasing it in an airtite or similar inert plastic enclosure.

MacCrimmon

Watch papers? Abrasive? Well, firstly, they are not abrasive, and the coins are tightly folded into the papers several times. Insertion into the cotton pouch provides "drop protection" as much as a breathable surrounding. The archival envelopes provide a sulfur-free surrounding upon which the particulars can be inscribed.

Been doing this exclusively for 7 years with no problems, however, I will add that certain raw proofs which I have are in Air-tites or the old-style Capital plastic holders. There is certainly nothing wrong with them (in fact, they can outgas moisture more easily than TPG slabs), but as with any system you should exercise caution to keep the surrounding atmosphere DRY.

This can't be emphasized enough. Bank vaults are by design, humid, and those slabs can be moisture-traps. And always, always be sure someones dandruff or skin particulates are not sitting on your coins after they are encased in a slab. I'll guarantee you that more often than not, foreign particles will eventually absorb moisture in those slabs, and you will not like the result.....be diligent.

Respectfully submitted from a coin-gobbling, poor church mouse......

wybrit

Well, firstly, they are not abrasive.

That depends on your definition of abrasive, I guess. It may not be sandpaper, but if the paper isn't sliding through your hands every time you pick it up, then it has a significant coefficient of friction. Since paper deforms it will make more contact with the coin's surface than a would a rigid plastic holder. That contact would most certainly lead to wear, eventually - especially if you are wrapping and unwrapping that coin to take a look at it.

wybrit

but as with any system you should exercise caution to keep the surrounding atmosphere DRY.

I definitely agree with that. My coins in the bank vault are stored along with both "Damprid" and with a silica gel dessicant. These are checked frequently.

PuddlePirate

I like the safe flips - but I gotta admit that those air-tites are great for poker games

The TPG slabs are great fun my grandkids fingerprints wipe off just fine.

I hate bank vaults - no way to enjoy the collection if it is in a steel box.

Holed coins - I make 'em into jewelry because someone else thought of it first so why waste a perfectly good hole

And of course my holder of choice - MY FINGERS

Neptune

Watch papers? Abrasive? Well, firstly, they are not abrasive, and the coins are tightly folded into the papers several times. Insertion into the cotton pouch provides "drop protection" as much as a breathable surrounding. The archival envelopes provide a sulfur-free surrounding upon which the particulars can be inscribed.

What are 'watch papers' and where do you get the archival envelopes? I have the coin envelopes, but don't think? they are archival. I only use these for circ. or coins that I don't care if they tone over long run.

MacCrimmon

Neptune, etal..... try this old thread

Rod's address If you were interested and contact Rod, but he won't sell to you because you're not an EAC member, drop me a PM.

805-COIN are the envelopes I use. I believe Colin Cooke also had some advertised as such, but I don't know the source of his envelopes. They do look the same, so maybe he buys in bulk from the same principal supplier?

sumnom

I didn't think there would be so many slabbies here.

wybrit

I didn't think there would be so many slabbies here.

Methinks are being inundated by Litesiders. I don't think the poll represents the opinion of a lot of true world coin buffs.

sumnom

I hope not!

Askari

Think about it ... how often do we see 90 different people post here over a few days?

sumnom

A very good point, Askari. It's scary to think that they might be in our midst at this very moment.

Askari

Oh, let them lurk ... little do they know they are being infected by the Dark Side -- and that there is no cure!

sumnom

If Cam is going Dark, there is hope for them yet.