Storage+Display

[Asumel 6]

I am currently keeping my collection in a mixture of containers, a binder with coin sleeves, though I am now worried about leeching plastic? ( read about it on the internet :/ ), a Small Tin which contains the majority, and ones purchased from the mint+ Westminster coll' in their cases.
What would you recommend as a more permanent home for my collection, It has been recommended to me to get coin capsules http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10-Boxed-Lighthouse-coin-capsules-all-sizes-available-28-41mm-/360634085305?pt=UK_Coins_Supplies_RL&var=&hash=item53f7776fb9

but I wanted to get a little more advice before I made a decision.

I don't have a lot of space in my flat, but at the same time would like something that I can still have easy access to my collection.

Thanks

[TomGoodheart 403]

It partly depends on what metal your coins are made from, how many you have and what you want to spend!

Shiny/proof/lustered copper type coins you'll want to protect from fingermarks / tarnish, whereas my old coins, well they have been around a few hundred years and picking them up isn't going to ruin them.

I imagine if you have bought the binders they will be 'safe' plastic. Only older ones people inherit are likely to have pvc which can tarnish coins.

Coins for display, .. trays are nice and come in a variety of ranges and cost. Some will take coin capsules (and have round holes), others coins in a square space. But if you have a lot of coins, the price can mount up. Chris (Predecimal owner) stocks Lindner storage you could look at.

Me? My collection is in a coin cabinet; a traditional way of storing the things which quite a few others here use:

But oddities I store in small 2"x2" paper envelopes I bought from Colin Cooke ltd, a couple of odd trays, chocolate boxes and plastic coin flips. The usual stuff!

[declanwmagee 122]

I like these:

plus

these.

100 coins to a box, and each box takes up the same amount of space as 2 Screwfix catalogues...

[Coinery 1,156]

I use the same flips as Declan, but put mine into a small A5 Numis book, which holds 60 coins! I like it for the quick viewing of both sides, and see the plastic pages I slide the 2x2 flips into as another barrier to the atmosphere and its dreaded moisture content!

[Peter 615]

If you have a binder with sleeves put your coins into 2x2 flips.That is if your sleeves are 2x2.Brittania albums and sleeves are suitable.

The self adhesive ones are preferred over stapled.

The Royal Mint and Westminster coins I would hide under the floor boards so you don't remember how much you have been ripped off.

[Gary1000 41]

Just a note of warning regarding coin cabinets. You often see some on ebay that are stained MDF or something similar. The wrong wood will do terible things to your coins. Mahogany is the favourite but is expensive.

[Peckris 579]

Just a note of warning regarding coin cabinets. You often see some on ebay that are stained MDF or something similar. The wrong wood will do terible things to your coins. Mahogany is the favourite but is expensive.

Peter Leonard of ?Southend? makes / made the best cabinets. If he's no longer in business, the cabinets do come up second hand from time to time and are worth looking out for. Make sure it's a coin cabinet though - I bought one of his from an auction that turns out to be a medal cabinet : the trays are deeper and don't have punched recesses for coins. I still use it for parts of my collection though

[TomGoodheart 403]

Just a note of warning regarding coin cabinets. You often see some on ebay that are stained MDF or something similar. The wrong wood will do terible things to your coins. Mahogany is the favourite but is expensive.

Peter Leonard of ?Southend? makes / made the best cabinets. If he's no longer in business, the cabinets do come up second hand from time to time and are worth looking out for. Make sure it's a coin cabinet though - I bought one of his from an auction that turns out to be a medal cabinet : the trays are deeper and don't have punched recesses for coins. I still use it for parts of my collection though

Mine's one of Peter Nichols'. I have to say I thought I'd heard he was retiring but he still seems to be making the things!

[HistoricCoinage 147]

Mine's one of Peter Nichols'. I have to say I thought I'd heard he was retiring but he still seems to be making the things!

Peter has retired due to ill health. But a gentleman called Geoff designed and made the first cabinets with Peter in the 1960's is working alongside the son, Ben, who is a partner making the cabinets in Nottingham. It's still going strong!

[Peckris 579]

Just a note of warning regarding coin cabinets. You often see some on ebay that are stained MDF or something similar. The wrong wood will do terible things to your coins. Mahogany is the favourite but is expensive.

Peter Leonard of ?Southend? makes / made the best cabinets. If he's no longer in business, the cabinets do come up second hand from time to time and are worth looking out for. Make sure it's a coin cabinet though - I bought one of his from an auction that turns out to be a medal cabinet : the trays are deeper and don't have punched recesses for coins. I still use it for parts of my collection though

Mine's one of Peter Nichols'. I have to say I thought I'd heard he was retiring but he still seems to be making the things!

Oh I know where I got confused - Peter Nichols of St Leonards on Sea??

[1949threepence 3,367]

I think I got one of the last mahogany cabinets actually made by Peter Nichols himself, back in January 2010. Very similar to Tom's photograph above.

Couldn't be more pleased with it. Would recommend one of them for storage, as they also look good, and can blend in alongside any other living room/study furniture.

[Peckris 579]

I think I got one of the last mahogany cabinets actually made by Peter Nichols himself, back in January 2010. Very similar to Tom's photograph above.

Couldn't be more pleased with it. Would recommend one of them for storage, as they also look good, and can blend in alongside any other living room/study furniture.

I'll second that.

[Peter 615]

There are a lot of MDF rubbish cabinets on Ebay.

A new seller was producing oak cabinets.I emailed him.He was oblivious and said his brother

was making the cabinets and he was just selling them.

[Coinery 1,156]

There are a lot of MDF rubbish cabinets on Ebay.

A new seller was producing oak cabinets.I emailed him.He was oblivious and said his brother

was making the cabinets and he was just selling them.

We'll be seeing a few interestingly toned coins on the circuit shortly, then?

[HistoricCoinage 147]

There are a lot of MDF rubbish cabinets on Ebay.

A new seller was producing oak cabinets.I emailed him.He was oblivious and said his brother

was making the cabinets and he was just selling them.

One man on eBay was selling cabinets. He said it was a wooden construction and, naturally, I was curious. His reply to my query was "Stained beech ply and laser cut acrylic." Not one I'll be buying any time soon...