How should i look after my coins ?

[alandyer 0]

Hi again.

Ive just started collecting coins.

whats the best method of storage ?

should i do anything in prepartion ?.

Will the coins still degrade ?

Im looking at long term future, something i can pass down to my children..( if i have any ...lol ).

Ive found these albums on the net, are they anygood or not ?

[Chris Perkins 228]

Well those are both pictures of my albums you've stolen () from this website, so yes, you'll find those ones are very good.

Albums are the most affordable way of storing coins, and those examples will certainly look after them fine. The smaller one cannot be added to, and the ability to add pages is usually preferred.

I'd also be pleased to give a 10% discount as you are a forum member.

[alandyer 0]

Sorry about that .

And thanks alot

[Chris Perkins 228]

Don't be silly, you can use my pictures as much as you like in this forum!

[Half Penny Jon 0]

I store my coins in trays which I find protects my coins very well. Chris has a large selection of trats for sale below:

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They are very good!

[Aethelred 0]

All of my better British coins live in grading service slabs (such as PCGS, NGC et cetera).

If you are not collecting slabbed coins, be sure you select albums and holders that DO NOT contain PVC as over the long term it will damage your coins. I am sure Chris can point you in the right direction.

[Emperor Oli 0]

Did you slab them yourself or did you buy them already slabbed?!

[Half Penny Jon 0]

I can understand your reasons for having your coins "slabbed and graded" but I would be reluctant to have mine "slabbed and graded" because the whole feel of the nicely presented collection in a nice cabinet would be gone.

[Half Penny Jon 0]

I can understand your reasons for having your coins "slabbed and graded" but I would be reluctant to have mine "slabbed and graded" because the whole feel of the nicely presented collection in a nice cabinet would be gone.

[Half Penny Jon 0]

Sorry, I double posted

[Master Jmd 80]

Sorry, I double posted

you just made that three posts in a row ...

i hate slabbing; from what i have been told about it...

[Aethelred 0]

Did you slab them yourself or did you buy them already slabbed?!

About 50% of those I own were slabbed when I bought them, the others I sent in myself.

The American mindset is "if it is worth owning it must be slabbed." If I were to die (I guess that should be when) my wife will be able to sell them easier with them slabbed.

[Half Penny Jon 0]

I guess we just have to accept that Britain and America have different grading systems and different ways of showing that grading. I just don't like the idea of a coin with a label. You can't walk into a supermarket or "store" and buy a coin in the U.K, it just would not be possible, whereas in the U.S with your "slabbing" it is very possible.

[Aethelred 0]

Even a good many hammered coins end up slabbed on this side of the pond. About 1/3 of my hammered coins are slabbed! I'll have to post some pics one of these days to crack you guys up a little!

[Half Penny Jon 0]

Lol, do they use the same grading system with hammered coins?

[wybrit 2]

To answer the original question, I encapulate my key coins in Airtites. They are inexpensive and do not harm the coin. I think Lindner offers a similar product in Europe.

[Aethelred 0]

Lol, do they use the same grading system with hammered coins?

Yes, they use the 1-70 Sheldon Scale, but you will almost never see anything graded above about MS-62. The American grading services don't have much of a clue about how to grade hammered coins and I have been known to curse them for it a time or two!

[Sylvester 15]

Yes, they use the 1-70 Sheldon Scale, but you will almost never see anything graded above about MS-62. The American grading services don't have much of a clue about how to grade hammered coins and I have been known to curse them for it a time or two!

That's obvious! MS-62, I maybe old fashioned but as far as i'm concerned no hammered coin qualifies for UNC.

[Half Penny Jon 0]

If you think about it there must be some hammered coins which have not been put into general circulation, the trouble is they are usually worn from being in the ground for hundreds of years.

[Master Jmd 80]

The royal mint or the british museum may have a Unc hammered coin, it is in theory possible

[Half Penny Jon 0]

I don't know if there are many, or any at all! On the front cover of Spink 2004, there is a picture of the ex. Slanley Charles I Exeter Halfcrown dated 1642, which looks like a GEF/UNC to me.

[Sylvester 15]

I still don't think UNC in hammered is possible, the reason is who knows what a UNC hammered coin looks like? Because each coin can differ so much in strike and centering, what could be UNC on one very well struck specimen, could be only seen as VF on another. Now if one knew the history of the coins, the one grading VF might have never been used but just have a less than perfect strike etc, so it's technically UNC, whilst the UNC one may have been around a little, so it's not UNC.

Impossible to tell. The reason why i say UNC is impossible is because you would need to find the best one in existence and compare all others to it, and even then a better one will no doubt show up because there's always a better one!