Storage for RAM coins with packaging

[ausjack]

You could always hire someone to do your ironing and ask if they do 2x2's as well :mocking: But you might get a strange look :winkextra:

[robbiegal]

Ha ha
That is funny
I did some at home work as an ironing lady years ago and was told that I was too particular
But I doubt that would qualify for 2x2 ironing jobs!

[ausjack]

Yes I like the idea but getting real it's a bit of a joke having so many coins to do.

[Unicorn]

I did some at home work as an ironing lady years ago and was told that I was too particular
But I doubt that would qualify for 2x2 ironing jobs!

I'm sure you'd be able to manage these 2x2s ..... :mocking:



Now that's a pair of drawers!

[ausjack]

Have you been dressing the horses again, or was it little Miss Uni :blink:

[Unicorn]

:laugh2: ..... AJ ..... perhaps it would be a 2x2 suitable for a mule?

It would sure be a smart dresser .....

[ausjack]

:laugh2: could be mate

I hope I don't see something like this next time I'm down :shock:

[Unicorn]

Definately not AJ ..... no Silver 4WDs with floats here!

(My tiara is much nicer too ...... :angel:).

[ausjack]

:laugh2: why am I not surprised :dodgy:

[Fulvio]

Yes I like the idea but getting real it's a bit of a joke having so many coins to do.

Why do you think I'm trying to find better ways to package coins? I spent a fortune on 2x2's years ago, and TBH, I don't feel like I got value for money.

Unfortunately, the tooling for making plastics do what you want is horrendously expensive, and I don't think there's enough of a market to warrant any real investment. So reusing existing materials is the order of the day, at least for now. And ironing mounts shut is one solution.

My ideal product however would be a PP/PET laminate (one for O2, the other for H2O), formed into a blister pack A4 sheet sort of like on the Olympic cards, with individual clip-on backs. That would be as much protection as you could hope for, and still allow for easy access to coins when needed. But it wouldn't be cheap, and you'd need completely different tooling for each size. Plus, they wouldn't be flexible, and would probably have to be treated very gently to avoid damage.

Hrm.. perhaps something smaller, sort of like index cards and a suitable box to hold them?

[trout]

I would think that if a coin doesn't warrant the relatively small expense of a 2x2 or saflip then it probably in all reality isn't worth collecting anyway :ok:
I would think that many of us have coins that aren't worth the effort/expense of putting in a flip But we just like to hang onto them anyway.
I just put these sort of coins into Ziplock   bags which are a cheap and easy solution

[ausjack]

Yes I hear you both as I have to think about costs being on DSP and have spent way too much money already on storage so the majority of my coins I now just store in ziplock bags I get from the bank as they're happy to give me packets of the things so can't get any cheaper than freebies

[Fulvio]

I just put these sort of coins into Ziplock   bags which are a cheap and easy solution

But they are also a problem, because LDPE is permeable to both gasses and moisture. As I found out the hard way with the green Coronations.

See, this is all about scale.

There's no debate about thousand-dollar coins. But seriously, how many do we have? My mate Phil showed me his proof pennies the other day, which are in half a dozen of these:



But no way can we justify that sort of expense for the average error, low mintage, sleeper or even granny bait coin. Not when we have thousands to deal with. And before the McDuck jokes start, I'm not the only one with lots of coins... look around and tell me I'm wrong.

At the same time, if the way we pack things fails to protect them, then in years to come, when potentially their value will rise, they will be ruined. And ziplock bags fail miserably in this department. We really would be far better off sealing them into used chip packets which are about as impervious as you can get. Maybe turn them inside out if the printing offends.

This is why I'm investigating PP sheet, bags and tubes, and tracked down the manufacturer of those PP buckets. I really can't justify a couple of hundred bucks for my personal use, so in the meantime I'm talking about it and showing people in the hope the idea will catch on and we can place an order. A couple of people at the MNS meeting last night were intrigued about the bucket of Olympic rolls, for sure. :angel:

[ausjack]

:scratch_one-s_head: don't you mean green anzac's as the coronation was purple

I have a timber box that I was given :give_heart: It holds 50 slabs and looks really nice but I can't see the point in having a clear lid as you still have to take the slabs out to look at them so that seems a bit pointless.

Yes the bag might not be the best but they're free and it's better than having the coins stacked on top of each other but I do still have them stacked :blush2: I don't really eat chips to save the packets and no I'm not going bin fishing for them

And what do you mean before I start, your the only person I know that has that many coins they need a McDuck vault :blink: :mocking:

[Fulvio]

:scratch_one-s_head: don't you mean green anzac's as the coronation was purple

You've clearly forgotten the story.

I left a heap of coronations in LDPE bags sitting on a cushion and promptly forgot about them. Months later, the bottoms of all the coins turned green. Not verdigris. The metal is now green instead of gold.

This was a harsh lesson that 1. Foam deteriorates and gives off nasty fumes, and 2) LDPE doesn't provide any sort of barrier to this.

Which is why I'm putting so much effort into finding affordable solutions that actually work. The ideal material would be a sandwich with both BoPP and BoPET in reasonably thick films, but if it exists I've yet to find it.