O.K. I purchased a vacuum sealer...

mach19

How is it that you store slabs after being sealed.

YaHa

IN the right back corner of your freezer.

RWB

Hmmm...I’d think you’d want the vacuum out where you could use it to clean the floors or carpet instead of sealing it in something….good thing you didn’t put the cat in there too...it's safer in the freezer with your coins.

mach19

The cat is way too fat.

jessewvu

This is how I do it. I seal the slabs in the PCGS box. It does make it hard to view the coins, but that is why I took pictures of all of them. I also put a label on the back of the box so I can see the contents of the box in case I need to open one.

RWB

That is embarrassingly organized....Nice!

jessewvu

<< <i>That is embarrassingly organized....Nice! >>



You should see how I keep my wife!

mach19

Thank's Jesse, I was thinking individual coins

jfoot13

geeze you make "Monk" look like pigpen

Ronyahski

<< <i>This is how I do it. I seal the slabs in the PCGS box. It does make it hard to view the coins, but that is why I took pictures of all of them. I also put a label on the back of the box so I can see the contents of the box in case I need to open one.

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Wish I were organized like that! I have a sealer, going to give it a try.

jessewvu

Yeah, I have a little OCD. We live in a hot and humid area and this method seems to keep out the nasties.

I tried to lay the slabs out so that I had a HUGE sheet of coins, kind of like how the US Mint seals their American Buffalo Gold bullion coins. Well, that was really hard to get to work and made for an unmanageable coin sheet. So, I got frustrated and my wife was asking why i was wasting so much of the vacuum bags (they are expensive) on my coins. She didn't understand why I needed to protect slabbed coins that I paid to have protected in the slab...

If anyone is interested, I can send you the Excel template I have that fits exactly under a PCGS storage box! For the rest of us obsessive compulsive types out there.

skibum

I store them just like jesse does works great. works on food to you know.

RWB

Great! Now I gotta' go try that! Need to test it first. OK...where's the cat? Here kitty, kitty, kitty.....come here you stupid, scratching, vermin, we have to test the vacuum....

jessewvu

My only suggesting is if you are going to seal them with the top off like I did, make sure you don't have any sharp pokers on the top of our slab or around the edges of the storage box. I found out the hard way that some of the PCGS slabs have remnants of the ejection molder they come from on the top of the coins sometimes that will poke a hole through the bag.

Connecticoin

I used a vacuum sealer on a pile of junk silver I sold once. That way, the buyer could not claim I shorted him anything!

morgansforever

Nothing but good things to say, about my Chinese Black n Decker vacuum sealer.

Seal all my ASEs, so far so good. Just remember to seal when the dew point is low.

I guess I take it to the extreme, never vacuum sealing coins when it's really humid out.

I don't want to lock moisture in. All the 20th Anniv. sets, are spot free, and will never be housed in a slab.

On top of that, I dipped them all in Acetone, and rinsed with distilled water. I'm hoping these measure will preserve the Eagles for decades.

Scott

rgCoinGuy

<< <i>Nothing but good things to say, about my Chinese Black n Decker vacuum sealer.

Seal all my ASEs, so far so good. Just remember to seal when the dew point is low.

I guess I take it to the extreme, never vacuum sealing coins when it's really humid out.

I don't want to lock moisture in. All the 20th Anniv. sets, are spot free, and will never be housed in a slab.

On top of that, I dipped them all in Acetone, and rinsed with distilled water. I'm hoping these measure will preserve the Eagles for decades.

Scott

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That is nice, but how in the world do you expect battle creek toning on these after going through all of that?

morgansforever

<<That is nice, but how in the world do you expect battle creek toning on these after going through all of that? >>

I'm going for the white, spot free look, didn't want to risk leaving them in the OGP. Say no to "milk".

Beside, I don't have much luck with toning, unless you consider a milked coin attractive.

Scott

tmot99

<< <i>Nothing but good things to say, about my Chinese Black n Decker vacuum sealer. Seal all my ASEs, so far so good. Just remember to seal when the dew point is low. I guess I take it to the extreme, never vacuum sealing coins when it's really humid out. I don't want to lock moisture in. All the 20th Anniv. sets, are spot free, and will never be housed in a slab. On top of that, I dipped them all in Acetone, and rinsed with distilled water. I'm hoping these measure will preserve the Eagles for decades. Scott >>



Why don't you put in a humidity absorber in with the coins before you vacuum seal? You can also flush the bag with dry nitrogen before sealing.

You should all know that oxygen and moisture can permeate through the plastic bag over time. I don't know the water vapor transmission rate or oxygen transmission rate for the different bags and I'm sure it is relatively low, but still, over time, the oxygen and moisture will build up in the bag.

mozin

Anyone try using the FoodSaver to seal PCGS slabs laid out side by side, just enough to fit the safety deposit box in layers?

For the large boxes, it would be about four wide, to fit the 11 inch rolls. It would probably take six slabs top to bottom. I would estimate about 24 of these sheets would fit into the large deposit boxes. 24 times 24 would be 576 PCGS holdered coins, the equivalent of 29 PCGS plastic boxes, certainly more plastic boxes than can fit into the deposit box.

If the deposit box will not support four wide, three placed across might work better. I think with the air sucked out, the sheets would hold the slabs in place nicely for easy handling.

seemyauction

I'm so glad I read this........us OCD'ers like to know we are not alone even though we prefer to be alone.......

BECOKA

I really wish I would have done this. Would have saved me a lot of trouble.

habaraca

sealing great for anything stored in a humid area.

All my rifles are sealed for freshness. I make the bag about 8 inches to long so you can reseal a number
of times.

halfhunter

<< <i>Nothing but good things to say, about my Chinese Black n Decker vacuum sealer.

Seal all my ASEs, so far so good. Just remember to seal when the dew point is low.

I guess I take it to the extreme, never vacuum sealing coins when it's really humid out.

I don't want to lock moisture in. All the 20th Anniv. sets, are spot free, and will never be housed in a slab.

On top of that, I dipped them all in Acetone, and rinsed with distilled water. I'm hoping these measure will preserve the Eagles for decades.

Scott

I would think that it doesn't matter how hot & humid it is when sealing. When the air is pulled out, anything in the air, including moisture, is also sucked out.

Regards, John

AnkurJ

I use intercept shields, and from what I have seen, they give sufficent protection.

jfoot13

when I first saw the header I opened this thread out of curiosity and chuckled.. after a couple posts I checked the date to make sure it wasn't originally dated april 1st..... now I'm getting just plain scared.... you're taking "Coin Weenie" to a whole new level

messydesk

<< <i>IN the right back corner of your freezer. >>


Will ASEs get ice cream spots, then?

lathmach

Here's another idea.
Get a big pot and some mason canning jars. Fill the pot most of the way with water and get it to a rolling boil.
Then put your coins in the fruit jars and just lightly tighten the caps, then lower into the water.
Wait 10 minutes and remove from the pot and tighten the caps good.
Watch for the dome on the lids to snap down as the jars cool, so you know you got a good seal.
Then put your coins away for a hundred years or so.

Ray