I've gotten to storing my collection in essentially four tiers: flips and slabs in binders, flips in boxes, paper rolls/envelopes in boxes, bagged coinage in boxes. I have binders for the few slabs I have, with them stored in rigid compartment pages. I have binders for my silver coins (both investment and issued), commemoratives, antiques (pre-1850s), curiosities, mules, and exonumia. Country sets get flipped and placed in their own folders. Shiny circulated coins and older coins (1850s-1950s) or those belonging to former countries get flipped and boxed. Bulk circulated coins get placed in ISO 9706-compliant copy paper rolls or envelopes and stored in country-labeled boxes. The paper gets marked with the KM code and other pertinent information. Bagged coins are sorted by KM code and awaiting further processing. I learned to avoid albums early on in my hobby because of what decaying PVC does to coins, and I flip them before putting them in pages. I find capsules harder to store in my collection, so I usually don't go for those. the neat thing with 2x2s is that you can store things other than coins in them as well. Various exonumia, medals, as well as small pieces of flat jewelry, like chains. I bought a number of pawnshop junk gold and silver chains some time ago for my stack and store them that way. When it comes to flattening the staples, I use Lobster pliers for it. The staples are barely any wider than the pliers, so it's an easy and quick operation.
You're talking coins, not rounds, but how do you feel about tubes for storing silver rounds? Tubes seem quite space efficient. A 20 tube seems about the same height as something like 12 capsules. They're not as high of a user experience because you can't even see the rounds. I'm not sure if there's any extra damage risk compared to the other storage methods.
When it comes to silver stacking there is simply no better way than tubes. It's ideal for that purpose. For coins with numismatic value, it's definitely not suitable, but then again, it was never intended to store those rare Morgan dollars, etc. Thanks for watching!
Hi Jaco, Thanks for the video! I usually only collect definitive coins (those issued for circulation, not commemorative issues, except the proof version of the circulating coin which come in capsules) So I keep my other coins in LINDNER trays on felt bottoms. But you can buy the next size tray up that will hold the capsule in which is probably the way I'm going to go. As the downside of trays is you have to take them out to see the reverse. I do use the flips if I'm transporting a coin.
Hi Peter, thank you watching! I forgot about trays! I've seen these in the past, allowing the collector to typically interact with the coins using gloves, which is pretty safe I guess. Great way to experience the collection and each coin in its raw form. (5 out of 5 for experience! :-)) I'm also more of "business strike" person. I like the provenance of a coin and a business strike that survived decades and remained unc really fascinates me.
Thanks for the video! Do you have any information regarding the value of mint error coins? I have a 2016 R2 coin and the images on the front and back dont line up. Thank you!
I'm not actively collecting error coins, and the market tends to determine their values. Your best bet is to to join a reputable facebook group, post the picture there and ask the group's opinion. Be careful for scammers though.
Ex Durbanite here. Now in the US. I've just started collecting SA coinage and so found this video. Being completely inexperienced I discovered the 2x2 flip and figured they just make the most sense so that's what I'm using for my currently tiny collection. Interesting and informative channel. Subscribed.
Thank you Jaco for a very informative video. How to store coins is a question that keeps popping up. I like to keep my coins in coin capsules, but how can I store the rest of my coins with same dates? When storing coins in capsules, is it not better to have inners inside the capsules or does it not really matter? Thanks Jaco
Yes, the inners definitely helps if you're standardizing on capsule size. If a coin is placed in a capsule that is too large, it might (just might) get a nick if the capsule falls or is handled really harshly. In terms of the duplicate dates, that is easy, I'd use Mylar flips!
Albums where you can stick the coins directly into the pages aren't generally recommended. The softener in the plastic decays over time and coats the coins in this green slime that's corrosive in the course of decades. Leuchturm and HB are two of the bigger names for making binders and pages that hold 2x2 flips.
I've gotten to storing my collection in essentially four tiers: flips and slabs in binders, flips in boxes, paper rolls/envelopes in boxes, bagged coinage in boxes.
I have binders for the few slabs I have, with them stored in rigid compartment pages. I have binders for my silver coins (both investment and issued), commemoratives, antiques (pre-1850s), curiosities, mules, and exonumia.
Country sets get flipped and placed in their own folders.
Shiny circulated coins and older coins (1850s-1950s) or those belonging to former countries get flipped and boxed.
Bulk circulated coins get placed in ISO 9706-compliant copy paper rolls or envelopes and stored in country-labeled boxes. The paper gets marked with the KM code and other pertinent information.
Bagged coins are sorted by KM code and awaiting further processing.
I learned to avoid albums early on in my hobby because of what decaying PVC does to coins, and I flip them before putting them in pages.
I find capsules harder to store in my collection, so I usually don't go for those.
the neat thing with 2x2s is that you can store things other than coins in them as well. Various exonumia, medals, as well as small pieces of flat jewelry, like chains. I bought a number of pawnshop junk gold and silver chains some time ago for my stack and store them that way.
When it comes to flattening the staples, I use Lobster pliers for it. The staples are barely any wider than the pliers, so it's an easy and quick operation.
You're talking coins, not rounds, but how do you feel about tubes for storing silver rounds? Tubes seem quite space efficient. A 20 tube seems about the same height as something like 12 capsules. They're not as high of a user experience because you can't even see the rounds. I'm not sure if there's any extra damage risk compared to the other storage methods.
When it comes to silver stacking there is simply no better way than tubes. It's ideal for that purpose. For coins with numismatic value, it's definitely not suitable, but then again, it was never intended to store those rare Morgan dollars, etc. Thanks for watching!
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Awesome Video, thanx for the info!!
Hi Jaco, Thanks for the video! I usually only collect definitive coins (those issued for circulation, not commemorative issues, except the proof version of the circulating coin which come in capsules) So I keep my other coins in LINDNER trays on felt bottoms. But you can buy the next size tray up that will hold the capsule in which is probably the way I'm going to go. As the downside of trays is you have to take them out to see the reverse. I do use the flips if I'm transporting a coin.
Hi Peter, thank you watching! I forgot about trays! I've seen these in the past, allowing the collector to typically interact with the coins using gloves, which is pretty safe I guess. Great way to experience the collection and each coin in its raw form. (5 out of 5 for experience! :-)) I'm also more of "business strike" person. I like the provenance of a coin and a business strike that survived decades and remained unc really fascinates me.
Thanks for the video! Do you have any information regarding the value of mint error coins? I have a 2016 R2 coin and the images on the front and back dont line up. Thank you!
I'm not actively collecting error coins, and the market tends to determine their values. Your best bet is to to join a reputable facebook group, post the picture there and ask the group's opinion. Be careful for scammers though.
Thanks for the help!
Ex Durbanite here. Now in the US. I've just started collecting SA coinage and so found this video. Being completely inexperienced I discovered the 2x2 flip and figured they just make the most sense so that's what I'm using for my currently tiny collection. Interesting and informative channel. Subscribed.
@@petercollingwood522 Awesome! You've made my day. Thanks for your support. Happy collecting!
@@penniesshillings Thanks. I jhave literally just found an 1896 ZAR 6 pence coin in one of the booths in the local Antiques mall. This is fun.
@@petercollingwood522 What a lovely find. just over 200,000 minted. They are not that easy to find.
Thank you Jaco for a very informative video. How to store coins is a question that keeps popping up. I like to keep my coins in coin capsules, but how can I store the rest of my coins with same dates?
When storing coins in capsules, is it not better to have inners inside the capsules or does it not really matter? Thanks Jaco
Yes, the inners definitely helps if you're standardizing on capsule size. If a coin is placed in a capsule that is too large, it might (just might) get a nick if the capsule falls or is handled really harshly. In terms of the duplicate dates, that is easy, I'd use Mylar flips!
Thank you Jaco, I am looking forward to your next video😃
Where can I get coin albums?
Albums where you can stick the coins directly into the pages aren't generally recommended. The softener in the plastic decays over time and coats the coins in this green slime that's corrosive in the course of decades.
Leuchturm and HB are two of the bigger names for making binders and pages that hold 2x2 flips.