90% Storage, Paper, Plastic or other?

[newton7]

Was rolling up some 90% for storage and I got to thinking. Is this the best way to keep it? I have bought some rolls in plastic tubes, some loose and some in plastic bags. I once had some clad get spots on them in plastic tube from mositure I can only guess so now I opt for the paper coin rolls. It gives the mositure a chance to escape if present and they stack smaller than plastic tubes. They are cheap and if you look around there are several different brands of wrappers around to help keep them organized. You can write on them and they stack like little logs in the box. They also help me to keep count of how much is where.

This is by no means the best or correct method but what I use.

Is plastic better? Buckets? Bags?

What do you do with your 90% for storage???

Any thoughts are greatly helpful.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

[TXBullion]

I like the square coin tubes, there is two brands at least of them. I like that they dont roll

[Market Harmony]

I like the canvas bags

[Rosco]

I'm using smaller Tupper ware containers' oblong ones neither are full they hold rolls an reduce the handling when you have the need to fondle
using paper rolls to simplify counting needed only for Dimes an 40% halves

I have the coin in flips stored in bank check boxes any one know of a good container for the 2 x 2s

[Nacinator]

Square plastic coin tubes neatly stacked in 30 cal ammo cans with desi-packs

[JadeDragon]

Lock-in-locks inside ammo cans works for me. Airtight, packs tight and heavy 55 gallon drums with plastic liners work pretty good too.

[jasmatk]

I just throw it in the pool scrooge Mcduck style

[blatant]

general junk, doesn't matter how you store it, unless there is something special to it.

[Sheikh_yer_Bu'Tay]

Whatever you do... DO NOT STORE IT IN ANY KIND OF PAPER!!!

It will tarnish on you and drop in value. Yeah, yeah, I know... it's only junk silver... until a buyer says he doesn't want to pay full retail 'cause it's tarnished.

[newton7]

Tarnish? Even the store bought coin wrappers? I thought they were designed for this type of thing? What do you use?

[Sheikh_yer_Bu'Tay]

A couple of people have PM'ed me about paper storage of silver coins. So, I will address my experiences for you.

When you open a paper roll of coins looking for silvers, the fastest way to see silvers is to do an edge check. Silvers are usually darkened on the edge. That is because the acid in the paper has had a galvanic reaction to the silver and tarnished it.

All paper is made employing acid in the process. There is always a teensy bit of residual acid left in the paper. When that paper is left touching silver for any time, it tarnishes.

Also, coin shops used to sell little paper envelopes to store sorted coins. They were cheap and you could write on the envelope what you had inside. At that time no one knew how bad that would be for the silver coins. I was a real coin sorting hog back in the day. From 1964 until about 1970. All coins were stored in those little paper coin envelopes. Last summer, I opened up those old envelopes to discover that they had tarnished where the coins made contact with paper! A life time of coin collecting was ruined! GaaAAGGghhh!!!!!

IMHO all coins have a numismatic value to them until they are worn down to "slicks". If someone needs a coin to fill out a collection, then that coin has value to it for that person. Even if it's a G-4. So don't store your coins carelessly.

The number one culprit to tarnishing silver is sulfur oxides. They occur naturally. They can be airborne. They can also be on your skin, so, handle your coins with care. I use cotton gloves.

I store coins in plastic coin rolls or little plastic envelopes that you can find at coin shops. Be sure to talk to a coin dealer about your concerns of proper storage. After they are in plastic, they go into air tight containers with silica packs to absorb moisture and also chalk to absorb the sulfur oxides.

If anyone knows a better way to store them, man, I am all ears! I don't want to repeat the fiasco of last summer!

Edit: Be careful even with the plastic! Some plastics have chemicals in them that will tarnish the silver!

[hirbonzig]

Old canvas bags work great--easy to open 'em up and toss in that days silver finds.

[Lemon Thrower]

i count out specified amounts like $10 or $100 and then vacuum seal them in bags.

[neilgin1]

humbly, there is no such thing as "junk silver". 90%'ers will be the currency that you use to buy food, when the SHTF. dateless 90% clods, yes that's junk, but if its pre-64, its tradeable.

i store everything in tubes, in a lockbox, in a safe, and i have no qualms about using any means neccesary to keep it, should anyone have designs on it.

[Treetop]

humbly, there is no such thing as "junk silver". 90%'ers will be the currency that you use to buy food, when the SHTF. dateless 90% clods, yes that's junk, but if its pre-64, its tradeable.

i store everything in tubes, in a lockbox, in a safe, and i have no qualms about using any means neccesary to keep it, should anyone have designs on it.

the truly wise here will be growing food when or if tshtf..... atleast imo. the silver and gold to buffer that, and retain wealth while we rebuild..... If the [shucks] REALLY hits the fan, silver is just metal, if times are just really tough, then why waste all your silver or gold on food when you can grow it? If youve got a job worth going to, then your making enough in whatever currency to keep food on the table or its not worth the job. Otherwise youve got time to garden.

[neilgin1]

funny you should say that.....just bot 5 gal buckets of hard red sprind wheat and a hand mill...and i got a bunch of seed from seed savers, got some really great heirloom varities there. i real good operation, seed savers.

[Ronin]

Square plastic coin tubes neatly stacked in 30 cal ammo cans with desi-packs

I also store mine in square coin tubes in 30 cal cans. I find the dime and quarter tubes fit nicely laying on their sides, and as the top of the coin tube is a bit wider than the bottom I stagger each one. If I recall correctly, I think you can fit 77 dime tubes in a 30 cal can, not sure about quarters. I never thought too much about 'proper' storage, just saw it as 90% junk that's been circulated for years and this was a compact and convenient place to stack it. I haven't used the desi-packs, maybe I'll take a look at that. Thanks for the tips everyone.