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How do you store and display your collection?
TopographicOceans
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One great thing about collecting coins is there are so many different ways, (series, type, date, mints, keys, etc) and everybody can define their own collection the way they want.
I have my Dansco and Whitman albums from when I first started collecting.
But now I have slabs and raw coins in Kointain's.
When PCGS started the Registry, I built a gold type set (this was back in 2002 when gold was ~$200 an oz.) It was a top five complete set, so I had it pedigreed. The reason it was a top five set is because there were only 4 others at the time.
My wife and kids say coins are boring, but I like to get them out from the safe deposit box a few times a year and look at them all. So I need a way to be able to store them in the bank box, easily be able to take them out and enjoy them. When you don't see them after a few months, it's like they're new again.
I looked into Capital Plastics custom made holders and designed what I wanted so they would fit nicely in the safe deposit box but could be easily taken home. The problem I found was they charge a lot of money for custom holders - with a charge for each hole they drill as well as each letter embossed on the holder. I'm a type collector so I wanted to do them in denomination and date order. It solved the problem of storage and display, but it was expensive and I would have to crack out my slabbed coins to put them in the holders.
I'm a type collector, so for all my modern coins I have proof sets (starting at the year I was born). To be honest, I've never shown anyone a President Madison proof saying "check this out", but I have one - along with all the SHQ's - in the proof sets.
I defined my type set using the Redbook and major varieties. But some coins, like a $4 Stella, I'll never own and others I expanded, like 1839 cents - I have a Booby, Silly, and head of 38.
I have about 60 in Kointian's and I think the best plan would be to send those to PCGS so that way I have all my set in slabs. I have my free 8 submissions, so it would run about $1700 to get those in PCGS holders - and that's about 1/2 of what the custom holders would cost. I have NGC, old ANACS and even 1 SEGS but at least my type collection would be slabbed. With PCGS doing Genuine grades I don't have to worry about body bags. My coins are what they are, so maybe some won't grade.
I found these slab albums so I could get some of those, then store the set in the bank safe deposit box and when I want to look at them I can put them in the albums.
I think this is the best solution for me, but I was wondering how others do it?
I have my Dansco and Whitman albums from when I first started collecting.
But now I have slabs and raw coins in Kointain's.
When PCGS started the Registry, I built a gold type set (this was back in 2002 when gold was ~$200 an oz.) It was a top five complete set, so I had it pedigreed. The reason it was a top five set is because there were only 4 others at the time.
My wife and kids say coins are boring, but I like to get them out from the safe deposit box a few times a year and look at them all. So I need a way to be able to store them in the bank box, easily be able to take them out and enjoy them. When you don't see them after a few months, it's like they're new again.
I looked into Capital Plastics custom made holders and designed what I wanted so they would fit nicely in the safe deposit box but could be easily taken home. The problem I found was they charge a lot of money for custom holders - with a charge for each hole they drill as well as each letter embossed on the holder. I'm a type collector so I wanted to do them in denomination and date order. It solved the problem of storage and display, but it was expensive and I would have to crack out my slabbed coins to put them in the holders.
I'm a type collector, so for all my modern coins I have proof sets (starting at the year I was born). To be honest, I've never shown anyone a President Madison proof saying "check this out", but I have one - along with all the SHQ's - in the proof sets.
I defined my type set using the Redbook and major varieties. But some coins, like a $4 Stella, I'll never own and others I expanded, like 1839 cents - I have a Booby, Silly, and head of 38.
I have about 60 in Kointian's and I think the best plan would be to send those to PCGS so that way I have all my set in slabs. I have my free 8 submissions, so it would run about $1700 to get those in PCGS holders - and that's about 1/2 of what the custom holders would cost. I have NGC, old ANACS and even 1 SEGS but at least my type collection would be slabbed. With PCGS doing Genuine grades I don't have to worry about body bags. My coins are what they are, so maybe some won't grade.
I found these slab albums so I could get some of those, then store the set in the bank safe deposit box and when I want to look at them I can put them in the albums.
I think this is the best solution for me, but I was wondering how others do it?
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See my sigline for displays.
I'm thinking of having some of my photo coin boards professionally printed so I can hang 'em up at home and enjoy them.
I want to be able to pick them up and look at them and sometimes have a private showing at home.
Otherwise I could just use the PCGS Photograde site if I want to look at an online type set - or a series because everything is there.
When I get everything out and lay it out on the dinning room table, it looks disorganized with a combination of Kointains and PCGS, NGC, ANACS slabs.
I like albums, but I can't really use albums, because there aren't any made for my definition of a type collection and that's why I'd have to have them custom made. And like you said, I think gold looks best in the black plastic and silver in the white.
For me, there are three considerations:
Security - I have to pay about $900 a year in insurance and bank safe deposit boxes.Liquidity - After I'm gone, I don't want to leave chaos. Heck the family will probably use some future iSell app to get Bitcoins Enjoyment - That's the whole reason I collect coins
Years ago, I used the Eagle slab pages in a three ring binder. Over time, they scratched the surface of the holders - PCGS more than NGC. It got so bad, I had to reholder a number of coins. I wish I had never used the Eagle slab pages as I lost the original green holders. Never again.
I do recognize that Eagle may have improved their product over the years - but for me, it is not worth exposing the holders to potential abuse. So I now use PCGS and NGC boxes to transport coins to shows, etc.
“In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock." - Thomas Jefferson
My digital cameo album 1950-64 Cameos - take a look!
<< <i>Almost all of it sits in safe deposit boxes and doesn't get displayed anywhere. It's just a reflection of the times. >>
Yup
RMR: 'Wer, wenn ich schriee, hörte mich denn aus der Engel Ordnungen?'
CJ: 'No one!' [Ain't no angels in the coin biz]
Displayed in registries as others.
PCGS Registries
Box of 20
SeaEagleCoins: 11/14/54-4/5/12. Miss you Larry!
(the album is kept in bank box, but is very easy to retrieve, transport, examine, share, and replace, as it looks an feels just like a book)
This group is what it is, no problem with it not being a "complete" US type set, the other coins are stored in all manner in the SDB, mostly slabs and 2x2 safeflips in boxes.
Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry
<< <i>Almost all of it sits in safe deposit boxes and doesn't get displayed anywhere. It's just a reflection of the times. >>
Yup +1
Really nice 7070 you've got there Baley.