Organizing ones collection:

dlimb2 · February 15, 2008 11:26PM

I took all my valuable coins out of thier mint packaging but left them in the capsule and the ones that did not have capsules I placed in airtites....All the original mint packaging is going into a big plastic container with lid...the whole collection is now housed in one grabable box....has anyone else done this to make room for more in the safe!

ahooka454 · February 15, 2008 11:27PM

Not even close for me. I cant orginize my sock drawer.

DorkGirl · February 16, 2008 12:01AM

No, part of the value of the mint product is in the packaging. Ever try to sell a mint or proof set without it?

dlimb2 · February 16, 2008 12:02AM

I am not getting rid of the mint packaging, it is being saved....I did this just to make room.

SilverEagles92 · February 16, 2008 12:03AM

I did something similar quite a while ago, when I was just starting out. I had placed a couple hundred common circulated wheat cents and buffalo nickels in mylar and cardboard 2X2's, and then in the long red boxes. There must have been 4 or 5 boxes full.

Later on, I realized that the majority of those coins weren't worth the time I spend putting them in the 2X2's. So, I popped them all out and just put them in a mason jar. Freed up MUCH more space.

dlimb2 · February 16, 2008 12:07AM

No coins were punched or cut out of anything...these were proof and uncs in mint capsules....no mint sets were removed from their packaging.

Low mintage silver eagles, proof eagles...those boxes can get real bulky!

MrSpud · February 16, 2008 12:32AM

I try to do the same thing, only I then put the coins in their capsules into mason jars with dessicant in them.

As for the sock drawer, I asked MrsSpud to buy me 2 dozen of the exact same black socks for Christmas. I plan on donating all my other socks to Goodwill and just having these (I keep putting them in a bag to go to goodwill but for some reason stray old non-matching ones still keep ending up in the sock drawer). I'm almost to the point where I can just reach in and pull out 2 socks and they match.

Russ · February 16, 2008 12:40AM

<< Not even close for me. I cant orginize my sock drawer. >>

Mine is easy. They're all exactly the same. About 150 pairs. (And, it takes two drawers).

Russ, NCNE

ahooka454 · February 16, 2008 12:43AM

percyb · February 16, 2008 1:06AM

<< I took all my valuable coins out of thier mint packaging but left them in the capsule and the ones that did not have capsules I placed in airtites....All the original mint packaging is going into a big plastic container with lid...the whole collection is now housed in one grabable box....has anyone else done this to make room for more in the safe! >>

Could you provide a diagram with photos?

DorkGirl · February 16, 2008 1:20AM

When you said that the packaging was going into a big plastic container with a lid....I thought you meant a garbage can...

droopyd · February 16, 2008 4:26AM

<< 

<< Not even close for me. I cant orginize my sock drawer. >>

Mine is easy. They're all exactly the same. About 150 pairs. (And, it takes two drawers). >>

You could actually do laundry more than twice a year.

dlimb2 · February 16, 2008 6:02AM

I bought a jewlers box...looks like it is covered in leather with a closing latched lid and placed 5 rolls of eagles(35 coins per row) and other coins inside...and spaced it with styra-foam strips to keep them in place...looks real neat. Heavy as Hell but I can still carry it out quick if need be.

DorkGirl, I learned along time ago you do not throw mint packaging away!

Russ · February 16, 2008 6:05AM

<< << Not even close for me. I cant orginize my sock drawer. >>

Mine is easy. They're all exactly the same. About 150 pairs. (And, it takes two drawers). >>

You could actually do laundry more than twice a year. >>

I do. I only have 40 pairs of 501's.

Russ, NCNE

dlimb2 · February 16, 2008 6:09AM

Hey Russ, why don't you buy 12 more pair of 501's then that would be a pair a week....while you have one pair on you could hang the others out to air!...better yet you could put up a 5 line cloths line and never have to worry about folding them and putting them in a drawer!

droopyd · February 16, 2008 6:28AM

I knew someone once who claimed that if you hung your dirty clothes in the closet long enough, they would magically clean themselves.

droopyd · February 16, 2008 6:28AM

<< I only have 40 pairs of 501's. >>

Sounds like you're set up for more costume changes than Diana Ross!

seatedcoins · February 16, 2008 7:36AM

<< 

<< Not even close for me. I cant orginize my sock drawer. >>

Mine is easy. They're all exactly the same. About 150 pairs. (And, it takes two drawers).

Russ, NCNE >>

Nothing like having a a lot of whites.

cyclonus11 · February 16, 2008 7:39AM

I have a box full of stuff not worth getting graded, a box of stuff I plan on getting professionally graded some time in the future, and a box of stuff already graded & slabbed.

dlimb2 · February 16, 2008 8:02AM

cyclonus11, most of mine are raw yet! I plan on one day getting them graded. For the mean time I have all the one's worth money graded or not in one box..this way if I had to get them out of the house fast for some unknown reason, all I would have to do is grab the box and out I would go....also it is compact enough to where I could get ONE deposit box at the bank.

Russ · February 16, 2008 8:14AM

<< Not even close for me. I cant orginize my sock drawer. >>

Mine is easy. They're all exactly the same. About 150 pairs. (And, it takes two drawers).

Russ, NCNE >>

Nothing like having a a lot of whites. >>

Yep. I just hope Kmart never stops selling the six packs of the ones I have. I'd hate to have to start sorting.

Russ, NCNE

Gemineye · February 16, 2008 9:44AM

<< Organizing ones collection: >>

I did the simple thing....I took all the mint packaging and made a huge bonfire and melted all the mint stuff into one big huge mass....!!!.....

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