Tube for 45mm coins?
SQ
Is there a tube that will hold a roll of 45mm diameter coins?
oly
> Is there a tube that will hold a roll of 45mm diameter coins?
Pray tell, what 45 mm coin has been issued in quantities in recent
years? oly
oly
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> On Apr 17, 1:21 am, oly <oly2...@aol.com> wrote:
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> > Pray tell, what 45 mm coin has been issued in quantities in recent
> > years? oly
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> Need a tube that holds 20-30 of them.
Interesting.
Probably not going to be easy to find such an item.
oly
sgt23
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> > Probably not going to be easy to find such an item.
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> > oly
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Here a website you might like to check out. These people specialize in
Canadian coins and they may have what your looking for. They also have
a 800 contact number for any questions that the website does not
answer. http://www.collectorssupplyhouse.com/c_album.htm. Oh and they
do carry some items for U.S. coins. I hope this helps.
Gary
Roger Hunt
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I am in the UK and have discovered that the cardboard tube in the centre
of this here Co-op toilet tissue, is 45mm inside dia, and 110mm in
length. Would that fit the bill?
I would head down the local shop and investigate what is on offer where
you are.
Have fun!
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Roger Hunt
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Coin tube molds cost many many tens of thousands of dollars. A mold
is manufactured hoping that that size tube will sell many many
millions in few years. There is NO WAY to amortize that size tube
because there is no demand. .
Bob F.
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> I took a 8 oz contact lense bottle, cut off the top and used that, for
> an almost perfect fit. Managed to fit about 30 in there.
>
> These olympic rounds are supposedly collectible, so the idea was to
> store them in special plastic holders.
> In actuality millions were made so that their numismatic value is nil
> and they sell for a few FRNs over silver spot. (Currently spot is
> 12.4/
> oz, so they seem to go for 14-15/oz, e.g. a 30.3 oz set runs between
> 400-440 FRNs).
>
> I take them out from their plastic holders, which after 3 decades have
> become very brittle.
I see whole sets of these selling on eBay for slightly over spot, which
isn't a bad deal.
There is a liquidity problem though.
mazorj
"SQ" <onesta...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I took a 8 oz contact lense bottle, cut off the top and used that, for
> an almost perfect fit. Managed to fit about 30 in there.
>
> These olympic rounds are supposedly collectible, so the idea was to
> store them in special plastic holders.
> In actuality millions were made so that their numismatic value is nil
> and they sell for a few FRNs over silver spot. (Currently spot is 12.4/
> oz, so they seem to go for 14-15/oz, e.g. a 30.3 oz set runs between
> 400-440 FRNs).
>
> I take them out from their plastic holders, which after 3 decades have
> become very brittle.
Are you sure that the contact lens bottle doesn't have harmful compounds in
its plastic? I don't imagine that they bottle their stuff in pure compounds
of archival plastic and there may be PVC or other nasties in it. If so,
you're just entombing and dooming your silver in an environment guaranteed
to harm it. It sounds like you don't care about preserving whatever little
numismatic value they may have but it would be a shame to find that they've
taken on some butt-ugly toning when you go to sell them.
If you're determined to go the cheapest route, go to a craft store and get
some sheets of archival-quality paper. Cut them to size to make your own
paper rolls. If you want to get fancy you could run them through a printer
first and add identifying text on the outside of the rolls.
Jon Purkey
>"SQ" <onesta...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>> I took a 8 oz contact lense bottle, cut off the top and used that, for
>> an almost perfect fit. Managed to fit about 30 in there.
>>
>> These olympic rounds are supposedly collectible, so the idea was to
>> store them in special plastic holders.
>> In actuality millions were made so that their numismatic value is nil
>> and they sell for a few FRNs over silver spot. (Currently spot is 12.4/
>> oz, so they seem to go for 14-15/oz, e.g. a 30.3 oz set runs between
>> 400-440 FRNs).
>>
>> I take them out from their plastic holders, which after 3 decades have
>> become very brittle.
>
>Are you sure that the contact lens bottle doesn't have harmful compounds in
>its plastic? I don't imagine that they bottle their stuff in pure compounds
>of archival plastic and there may be PVC or other nasties in it. If so,
>you're just entombing and dooming your silver in an environment guaranteed
>to harm it. It sounds like you don't care about preserving whatever little
>numismatic value they may have but it would be a shame to find that they've
>taken on some butt-ugly toning when you go to sell them.
That is a risk is using bottles and other tubes that were not made for
coins. I probably would not put coins directly in such holders, but I
have used a couple old tall prescription bottles to store coins in
larger air-tites. Dollar coin tubes are good for storing air-tites up
to the T30 size (half dollar no ring or quarter with ring), but not
the H38/39 air-tites which have an outer diameter of 44.5mm.
SQ
On Apr 23, 11:02 am, "mazorj" <maz...@verizon.net> wrote:
> Are you sure that the contact lens bottle doesn't have harmful compounds in
> its plastic? I don't imagine that they bottle their stuff in pure compounds
> of archival plastic and there may be PVC or other nasties in it. If so,
> you're just entombing and dooming your silver in an environment guaranteed
> to harm it. It sounds like you don't care about preserving whatever little
> numismatic value they may have but it would be a shame to find that they've
> taken on some butt-ugly toning when you go to sell them.
No, I am not sure. Interesting point you make. I like sterling silver
(925 fine) because it's a lot more durable than 999 fine stuff but
slightly less durable than 900 fineness of US silver coinage. I think
sterling was designed for circulation so storing them in a plastic
tube should be just fine.
I also have a proof set of these Olympic $5 and $10 coins and that is
not coming out from its plastic cases.
Odd size for sure, why couldn't they just make 1 oz 925 fine? That
would have been beautiful. I cannot figure out where they got that
0.72oz and 1.44 oz sizes. The $5 coin is really close to the US dollar
which has 0.77oz of fine silver.
mazorj
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Remember, these are the same nice people who, for whatever reason, produced
a $1 million gold "coin". Maybe it's compensating for the reputed
"inferiority" that some Canadians supposedly feel toward America. I never
bought that theory, so maybe in Canada, it's just that size really does
matter. :-D
Bob F.
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> Remember, these are the same nice people who, for whatever reason,
> produced a $1 million gold "coin". Maybe it's compensating for the
> reputed "inferiority" that some Canadians supposedly feel toward
> America. I never bought that theory, so maybe in Canada, it's just
> that size really does matter. :-D
Many collectors of Canadian coinage (myself included) feel the RCM has
gone overboard with the production of NCLT.
The cost to acquire a sample of every type (even disregarding the $1
million dollar coin) is staggering and far beyond the means of the
majority of collectors.
mazorj
"Bob F." <ad...@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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I've noticed the same thing and except for a few odd pieces, I don't even
collect Canadian coins. Just looking at their e-mails and catalogs makes my
head spin. They seem to ignore the serious collector who tries to keep up
with a sensible number of mint issues so they can maximize sales by offering
something for everybody.
The British Mint does the same thing to a lesser extent, although their
offerings tend to be high-end and not cheap tchotchkes.
numis...@aol.com
> Many collectors of Canadian coinage (myself included) feel the RCM has
> gone overboard with the production of NCLT.
> The cost to acquire a sample of every type (even disregarding the $1
> million dollar coin) is staggering and far beyond the means of the
> majority of collectors.
RCM and the RAM BOTH have gone overboard with NCLT. US Mint isn't far
behind.