How Do YOU Store Your Coins?

[AncientNumis]

16 hours ago, noname said:

I move my coins around a lot, storage wise, but currently, I have most of my better coins (about 300-350 ish) in my Zecchi coin cabinet, and my two Abafil cases.

I store another 150 ish in Saflips, which I keep in rectangular boxes, and I have a few hundred very low end ancients, mostly lrbs, that I keep in bags and boxes 

I store the core of my Roman imperial collection+coins i'm actively trying to sell (trays 8&9) in my cabinet, my better/more interesting ants in my Miidiplomat, and my better/more interesting Greeks&miscellanious ancients in my minibring

I do have a large amount of ancient and medieval Chinese cash coins (nothing rare/valuable) that I store in a box

For the rest of my collection I store mostly in saflips

Wow! Never knew you had so many coins - great to see all of them. Looks super nice in those trays too! 

[AncientNumis]

19 hours ago, Ryro said:

Trays are tre bien:

 

 

But cabinets are classy:

They're easy and fun to make! I did a how to on another forum. 

I saw that post on CT! Wow your cabinet is awesome, personally it’s my favourite of all these storage methods in this thread and it’s wonderful that you made it yourself 😄 

[Pantoffel]

2 hours ago, Qcumbor said:

Abafil trays all the way for the main collections

 

Q

Those are some beautiful coins! 

[Qcumbor]

3 minutes ago, Pantoffel said:

Those are some beautiful coins! 

Thanks @Pantoffel and @Etcherdude for the kind words

One can see them if they like at Colleconline (clickable link to my gallery there)

Q

Edited May 29, 2022 by Qcumbor

[Helvius Pertinax]

20 hours ago, noname said:

I move my coins around a lot, storage wise, but currently, I have most of my better coins (about 300-350 ish) in my Zecchi coin cabinet, and my two Abafil cases.

I store another 150 ish in Saflips, which I keep in rectangular boxes, and I have a few hundred very low end ancients, mostly lrbs, that I keep in bags and boxes 

I store the core of my Roman imperial collection+coins i'm actively trying to sell (trays 8&9) in my cabinet, my better/more interesting ants in my Miidiplomat, and my better/more interesting Greeks&miscellanious ancients in my minibring

I do have a large amount of ancient and medieval Chinese cash coins (nothing rare/valuable) that I store in a box

For the rest of my collection I store mostly in saflips

That looks amazing, great collection! 3rd pic, 3rd coin in the top row - whats that? It looks beautiful, but ive never seen it before.

[Limes]

On 5/28/2022 at 7:44 PM, AncientNumis said:

So, I know there were a lot of threads like this back on CT.

Yes, but this never gets old! I really like to see everyone's display. Especially the one by Spaniard, which is fit for a museum. 

 

I have fewer coins then most members here. So my coins fit in our cabinet. I use two larger trays, which are standing up. A smaller display for my smaller bronzes of the Julio Claudio emperors. I added a close up. It opens easily. 

In my workroom I have a bookcase with my Roman/coinbooks and with another tray standing up. It only holds two Greek tet's and one AE of Constantine, with the eyes upwards. My idea was to add the 'famous' rulers of the ancient world and a few other coins that I just find awesome (hence the tets) in that one case. So far, I have one 'famous' ruler added. I have plenty of time left to fill it 🙂 The tourist collosseum is a must have, for everyone that has visited Rome of course 😉

[Spaniard]

@Limes.......Lovely displays..

I really like the trays that have removable discs to encompass the coin diameter....Can you give a link as to what/where you purchased them please?

Paul

Edited May 29, 2022 by Spaniard
Grammatical error....Forgot to add a question mark !

[Limes]

1 hour ago, Spaniard said:

@Limes.......Lovely displays..

I really like the trays that have removable discs to encompass the coin diameter....Can you give a link as to what/where you purchased them please?

Paul

Thanks!

This is the link: https://www.lindner-original.de/numismatik/muenzboxen/muenzboxen-hoehe-20-mm/muenzbox-inletts

Take a good look for the right size! 

[sand]

On 5/28/2022 at 2:01 PM, TheTrachyEnjoyer said:

Abafil is nice…be warned, scyphate coins may not fit 😟

Hello @TheTrachyEnjoyer

It's nice to see you again. I was rather unhappy, when you were banned from CT. No one seemed to know why. I figured, that it was probably something silly, and that's what it turned out to be, it sounds like.

Are you aware of the Abafil deep trays? They come with 24 compartments, 15 compartments, 6 compartments, and 1 compartment. They are items 132, 133, 134, and 150 on the following web page, and they are lined with red velvet (not felt).

https://www.coin.com/cases/ 

I have a 24 compartment deep tray, a 15 compartment deep tray, and a 6 compartment deep tray. I measured the depth of the 24 compartment deep tray, and it was approximately 14 millimeters deep. That was the height of the vertical dividers. The horizontal dividers are slightly taller.

I'm using the 24 compartment deep tray, to store my "2nd string" thick coins and "2nd string" trachy coins.

I'm storing all of my "1st string" coins, in 1-compartment regular depth (not deep) Abafil trays, with each tray in an Abafil Diplomat 2 case, with only 1 tray per case. But, I have a lot of regular depth 24 compartment trays, in case I ever decide that I prefer the 24 compartment trays.

I use 1 tray for my ancient Greek coins, ancient Africa coins, ancient Middle East coins, and other ancient coins. I use 1 tray for my ancient Roman coins. I use 1 tray for my Byzantine coins. I use 1 tray for my ancient and medieval Chinese and Vietnamese coins. And, I use 1 tray for my Celtic, medieval, English, Spanish colonial, and US coins. Except for my Lincoln cent collection, which is in coin albums. So, at the moment, all of my "1st string" coins, except for my Lincoln cents, fit into 5 Abafil 1 compartment trays.

Here are photos of my 24 compartment deep tray, with my "2nd string" Isaac II bronze trachy coin in it. The Isaac II bronze trachy has a maximum diameter of 27 millimeters (and a weight of 2.89 grams).

And, here is a photo, of my "1st string" Byzantine coins, in a 1 compartment Abafil tray.

And, here is a photo, of my Diplomat 2 cases, and my Diplomat 7 cases. I keep all of my extra Abafil trays, in the Diplomat 7 cases.

And, here are photos of my "black cabinet", which is a Lighthouse case, with a single non-removable tray, of black felt and 12 large compartments. I probably have more than 1 fake, especially among my "2nd string" coins. But, I'm 99% sure that the Justinian I follis is a fake, and that's the only coin, that I'm so sure is a fake. The fake Justinian I follis has a maximum diameter of 45 mm (and a weight of 17.67 grams), so you can see how large the compartments are.

Edited June 1, 2022 by sand

[Ancient Coin Hunter]

I used to employ binders with clear pages and 12 flips per page, Recently however I have migrated everything over to paper envelopes which I store in two shoe-sized boxes, very convenient and accessible. I became annoyed with flips as they become brittle and crack after a few years. My collection weighs somewhere between 15 and 20 pounds at this point. 

[KenDorney]

I've been using Abafil for about 30 years.  Been meaning to get some of the new colors though.

 

[TheTrachyEnjoyer]

3 hours ago, sand said:

Hello @TheTrachyEnjoyer

It's nice to see you again. I was rather unhappy, when you were banned from CT. No one seemed to know why. I figured, that it was probably something silly, and that's what it turned out to be, it sounds like.

Are you aware of the Abafil deep trays? They come with 24 compartments, 15 compartments, 6 compartments, and 1 compartment. They are items 132, 133, 134, and 150 on the following web page, and they are lined with red velvet (not felt).

https://www.coin.com/cases/ 

I have a 24 compartment deep tray, a 15 compartment deep tray, and a 6 compartment deep tray. I measured the depth of the 24 compartment deep tray, and it was approximately 14 millimeters deep. That was the height of the vertical dividers. The horizontal dividers are slightly taller.

I'm using the 24 compartment deep tray, to store my "2nd string" thick coins and "2nd string" trachy coins.

I'm storing all of my "1st string" coins, in 1-compartment regular depth (not deep) Abafil trays, with each tray in an Abafil Diplomat 2 case, with only 1 tray per case. But, I have a lot of regular depth 24 compartment trays, in case I ever decide that I prefer the 24 compartment trays.

I use 1 tray for my ancient Greek coins, ancient Africa coins, ancient Middle East coins, and other ancient coins. I use 1 tray for my ancient Roman coins. I use 1 tray for my Byzantine coins. I use 1 tray for my ancient and medieval Chinese and Vietnamese coins. And, I use 1 tray for my Celtic, medieval, English, Spanish colonial, and US coins. Except for my Lincoln cent collection, which is in coin albums. So, at the moment, all of my "1st string" coins, except for my Lincoln cents, fit into 5 Abafil 1 compartment trays.

Here are photos of my 24 compartment deep tray, with my "2nd string" Isaac II bronze trachy coin in it. The Isaac II bronze trachy has a maximum diameter of 27 millimeters (and a weight of 2.89 grams).

And, here is a photo, of my "1st string" Byzantine coins, in a 1 compartment Abafil tray.

And, here is a photo, of my Diplomat 2 cases, and my Diplomat 7 cases. I keep all of my extra Abafil trays, in the Diplomat 7 cases.

And, here are photos of my "black cabinet", which is a Lighthouse case, with a single non-removable tray, of black felt and 12 large compartments. I probably have more than 1 fake, especially among my "2nd string" coins. But, I'm 99% sure that the Justinian I follis is a fake, and that's the only coin, that I'm so sure is a fake. The fake Justinian I follis has a maximum diameter of 45 mm (and a weight of 17.67 grams), so you can see how large the compartments are.

Wow I was not! I will need to order one!! Thanks for the heads up!!

[TheTrachyEnjoyer]

@sanddo the deep trays work in the normal cases or you need to order a special one?

[sand]

On 5/30/2022 at 9:33 AM, TheTrachyEnjoyer said:

Wow I was not! I will need to order one!! Thanks for the heads up!!

You're most welcome.

On 5/30/2022 at 9:34 AM, TheTrachyEnjoyer said:

@sanddo the deep trays work in the normal cases or you need to order a special one?

All of my deep Abafil trays fit inside my standard "Diplomat 2" cases, and they fit inside my standard "Diplomat 7" cases.

For example, a "Diplomat 2" case can hold 1 deep tray. Or, a "Diplomat 2" case can hold 2 regular depth trays stacked on top of each other.

Do you order your Abafil products directly from the Italian web site Abafil.com? Or do you order from the US supplier at https://www.coin.com/cases/ ? I order from the US supplier, so I'm not as familiar with the Italian terminology for the cases. On the Italian web site, I think the "Diplomat 2" case is called the "Standard Minidiplomat" case, and the "Diplomat 7" case is called the "Standard Diplomat" case, but I'm not certain of that.

It looks like your brown Abafil case with green velvet trays, probably is a "Diplomat 2" case, which Abafil.com calls a "Standard Minidiplomat" case, I think, but I'm not certain of that.

The deep Abafil trays seem to have approximately the same thickness as 2 of the regular depth trays, but I'm not sure if that is exact. 

On Abafil.com, it looks like the deep trays are called "Dip Trays".

I'm not very familiar with how snug the Abafil trays fit in the Diplomat 2 case, in the vertical direction. That is, I don't know, if you would need a piece of fabric laid on top of the trays, to ensure that the coins would stay in their compartments, if you were to carry the case around, holding the case vertically. I've been using the 1 compartment trays mostly, and I'm always careful to carry a case horizontally. Therefore, I don't know what happens, if one carries a case vertically, with a deep 24 compartment tray inside the case, or with 2 regular depth 24 compartment trays inside the case.

By the way, the "Diplomat 7" case, seems to be a misnomer. The "Diplomat 7" case doesn't always seem to be able to hold 7 regular depth trays. At least, my "Diplomat 7" cases don't, not with my regular depth trays. Each of my "Diplomat 7" cases only seems to hold up to 6 regular depth trays. However, that doesn't bother me. Perhaps there is some variation, in the thickness of the regular depth trays. I don't know.

Edited June 1, 2022 by sand

[Kali]

Extra long boxes, binders and curiosities found in change are stored in plastic screw on tubes.

[Spaniard]

3 hours ago, Kali said:

stored in plastic screw on tubes.

Interesting what are these? Do you have a photo?

Edited June 6, 2022 by Spaniard

[Kali]

28 minutes ago, Spaniard said:

Interesting what are these? Do you have a photo?

 

Just like these.

https://www.thecoinsupplystore.com/collections/marcus-round-coin-tubes

[Steve]

The good ol' days ... 

=> 3-ring binders and a 500 lbs gun-safe

Edited June 6, 2022 by Steve