Hey guys, I recently bought 50x silver maples and they're going to be in tubes. What's the best way to store these? Should I get individual air tight containers?
I say don't touch them, (use gloves) as it will impact sale price. And store in airtights if possible as I find the milkspots develop more rapidly when in tubes. Could be Canadian climate though,
Just dont touch them if you can avoid it. I often get an extra I can play with just to satisfy the urge to do so and leave the bulk of then untouched.
Agree with Dwayne... you do want to handle one, and with your bare hands too. Notice how it changes colour. But otherwise, don't touch the rest. These coins are not just something to be locked in a glass cabinet, handled by no-one, lest you knock a few cents off the resale price. Mind you, if you were a millionaire, you could setup a vacuum sealed glass room which stores the coins, and only manipulate them from outside the room by using robot arms
Hm, some good feedback guys, Thanks for that. I've actually never seen or handled one of those before.. I think I would like to be able to see what it's like, individual weights, sound etc.. Plus I would hate to buy 50 of em and never take a look inside I like the idea of getting one and handling it seeing how the color changes.. I know with bars you can practically play football with em and they don't have too many problems. Guess coins are a tad more high maintenance. If I vacuum packed them do you suggest just wrapping the tube itself? I'm curious because maybe if I sell them off individually in the future I'll have to handle them and be as careful as possible.
Gees maples are bullion coins made in the millions - they will always sell for a little more than spot, no matter what you do to them. Store them in the tubes, handle them, do whatever you want with them. Don't expect a massive premium in the future because they've never been touched.
Yeah, silvers silver to me but guess it just depends on the market. I bought em because I thought it would be handy to have something more liquid than bars. Guess non tarnished gives it a few more dollars for numismatic value?
I had a bout 10 x slabbed ASE some were even proofs, I ended up swapping them back & forth between a couple of members here $40 an oz each Graded 69/70 They were like a hot potato Bouncing around between members
I have understood the annoying milk spots on Maples was a minting process perhaps baked on Borax or another chemical staining during production, so cannot relate to subsequent spotting with age when stored in tubes. If you have good coins free of these spots then I cannot imagine they will appear later. Please comment if you have observed differently as I have many tubes of Maples and would start to become concerned. Thanks
maples are my favorite i touch my coins i store my maples with those moisture absorbing packets,coins in tubes others use airtightes and have no milk spot problems and i am on the coast milk spots can show up years later or six months after purchasing your silver coins i believe this is a moisture problem that can happen in a SDB or a safe because the moisture may have gotten in to the tube during transportation/postage or at the local coin store it does not make a difference when you sell in my opinion, if you are lucky enough to have found someone who will pay a lot more for your maples in excellent condition lucky for you just wait for the SROTT SPIKE if you want to sell your silver for more!
I vacuum pack each coin individually, Pandas, ASEs, Maples, etc... when I have the time That way I can also separate the coins that are in top condition from those which may have some issues.
