Hi

I am interested in purchasing this coin box:


http://www.collectons.com/shop/item/3848/Heavy-Duty-14-Double-Row-Box...


But I cannot find it anywhere in the UK. It much to expensive to
import from the US, so I wonder if any know of a place in the UK to
buy these?


Best regards

Erik Pindborg

On Sep 25, 10:46 pm, pindborg  wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am interested in purchasing this coin box:
>
> http://www.collectons.com/shop/item/3848/Heavy-Duty-14-Double-Row-Box...
>
> But I cannot find it anywhere in the UK. It much to expensive to
> import from the US, so I wonder if any know of a place in the UK to
> buy these?
>
> Best regards
>
> Erik Pindborg

I think the short answer to this question is that these boxes are not
available in the UK.  However, with a bit of searching and ingenuity
you may find a suitable alternative.

Back in the 1960s and 70s there were many boxes on sale specifically
for coin storage with the 2"x2" envelopes, either the paper or plastic
type.  I still have and use a number of these boxes, and they were
generally known as "knife boxes".  They were usually dark blue in
colour and either had a close fitting deep lid or were the push-
through type.  A year or so ago I tried to get a couple more of these
and found that they were not available anywhere.  They just do not
seem to be made at all now in the UK.

As an alternative solution I investigated what was available and found
that there are still photo slide storage boxes around that take the
2x2 colour slides.  These come in various sizes and one or two
envelopes can fit into each slot for one slide.

However, what I did find by chance was something in my local Tesco.
They had some some general purpose storage boxes for office or
personal use.  One was small enough to take two rows of 2x2 envelopes
and deep enough to almost take another two rows on top.  What I did
was make a couple of dividers in true "Blue Peter" style from thick
card and stuck it together with Pritt Stick adhesive.  I then cut
another board to add as a divider between the top and bottom layers of
coins envelopes when I needed to.

Unfortunately Tesco no longer stock these boxes in my local store.  It
may be worth trawling around places like Homebase or even IKEA to see
what they have in the way of small storage boxes that are similar to
the ones I have and now use.

Best of luck in your searches.

Peter

Knife boxes are still available, I saw some a couple of months ago at what 
was my local coin fair (I since moved house 500 miles).
The top UK distributers for this kind of thing that come to mind are Vera 
Trinder and Barrington Smith, both I think are now trade only, but if you 
have a shop that gets supplies from them, ask to look in the catalogues.

Failing that, I suppose it wouldnt be so hard to blue peter your own...


Alan Marshall

"sealladh58"  wrote in message 
news:8b5243a9-0f49-4f1a-9473-21c9c6c51ff3@k17g2000yqb.googlegroups.com...
On Sep 25, 10:46 pm, pindborg  wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am interested in purchasing this coin box:
>
> http://www.collectons.com/shop/item/3848/Heavy-Duty-14-Double-Row-Box...
>
> But I cannot find it anywhere in the UK. It much to expensive to
> import from the US, so I wonder if any know of a place in the UK to
> buy these?
>
> Best regards
>
> Erik Pindborg

I think the short answer to this question is that these boxes are not
available in the UK.  However, with a bit of searching and ingenuity
you may find a suitable alternative.

Back in the 1960s and 70s there were many boxes on sale specifically
for coin storage with the 2"x2" envelopes, either the paper or plastic
type.  I still have and use a number of these boxes, and they were
generally known as "knife boxes".  They were usually dark blue in
colour and either had a close fitting deep lid or were the push-
through type.  A year or so ago I tried to get a couple more of these
and found that they were not available anywhere.  They just do not
seem to be made at all now in the UK.

As an alternative solution I investigated what was available and found
that there are still photo slide storage boxes around that take the
2x2 colour slides.  These come in various sizes and one or two
envelopes can fit into each slot for one slide.

However, what I did find by chance was something in my local Tesco.
They had some some general purpose storage boxes for office or
personal use.  One was small enough to take two rows of 2x2 envelopes
and deep enough to almost take another two rows on top.  What I did
was make a couple of dividers in true "Blue Peter" style from thick
card and stuck it together with Pritt Stick adhesive.  I then cut
another board to add as a divider between the top and bottom layers of
coins envelopes when I needed to.

Unfortunately Tesco no longer stock these boxes in my local store.  It
may be worth trawling around places like Homebase or even IKEA to see
what they have in the way of small storage boxes that are similar to
the ones I have and now use.

Best of luck in your searches.

Peter

And of course, theres always ebay...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=360167322518&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en

There you go.


"Alan Marshall"  wrote in message 
news:C11xm.211500$H%7.71510@newsfe02.ams2...
> Knife boxes are still available, I saw some a couple of months ago at what 
> was my local coin fair (I since moved house 500 miles).
> The top UK distributers for this kind of thing that come to mind are Vera 
> Trinder and Barrington Smith, both I think are now trade only, but if you 
> have a shop that gets supplies from them, ask to look in the catalogues.
>
> Failing that, I suppose it wouldnt be so hard to blue peter your own...
>
>
> Alan Marshall
>
> "sealladh58"  wrote in message 
> news:8b5243a9-0f49-4f1a-9473-21c9c6c51ff3@k17g2000yqb.googlegroups.com...
> On Sep 25, 10:46 pm, pindborg  wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> I am interested in purchasing this coin box:
>>
>> http://www.collectons.com/shop/item/3848/Heavy-Duty-14-Double-Row-Box...
>>
>> But I cannot find it anywhere in the UK. It much to expensive to
>> import from the US, so I wonder if any know of a place in the UK to
>> buy these?
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> Erik Pindborg
>
> I think the short answer to this question is that these boxes are not
> available in the UK.  However, with a bit of searching and ingenuity
> you may find a suitable alternative.
>
> Back in the 1960s and 70s there were many boxes on sale specifically
> for coin storage with the 2"x2" envelopes, either the paper or plastic
> type.  I still have and use a number of these boxes, and they were
> generally known as "knife boxes".  They were usually dark blue in
> colour and either had a close fitting deep lid or were the push-
> through type.  A year or so ago I tried to get a couple more of these
> and found that they were not available anywhere.  They just do not
> seem to be made at all now in the UK.
>
> As an alternative solution I investigated what was available and found
> that there are still photo slide storage boxes around that take the
> 2x2 colour slides.  These come in various sizes and one or two
> envelopes can fit into each slot for one slide.
>
> However, what I did find by chance was something in my local Tesco.
> They had some some general purpose storage boxes for office or
> personal use.  One was small enough to take two rows of 2x2 envelopes
> and deep enough to almost take another two rows on top.  What I did
> was make a couple of dividers in true "Blue Peter" style from thick
> card and stuck it together with Pritt Stick adhesive.  I then cut
> another board to add as a divider between the top and bottom layers of
> coins envelopes when I needed to.
>
> Unfortunately Tesco no longer stock these boxes in my local store.  It
> may be worth trawling around places like Homebase or even IKEA to see
> what they have in the way of small storage boxes that are similar to
> the ones I have and now use.
>
> Best of luck in your searches.
>
> Peter
>

On Oct 1, 1:15 pm, "Alan Marshall" 
wrote:
> And of course, theres always ebay...
>
> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=360167322518&fro..> There you go.
>
> "Alan Marshall"  wrote in message
>
Thanks very much for the tip about eBay.  I found a couple of very
useful items by just searching on "storage boxes" in the Coins
category.  One seller even includes 100 paper envelopes in the deal.
They are much, much better than the plastic type which over time can
tarnish any coins stored in them.

Peter

With a few more minute's searching I found an even better source of
supply of coins storage boxes and envelopes on

http://www.tokenpublishing.com/shop.asp?cid=67

The paper envelopes sold here are acid and sulphur free - ideal for
coin storage.

Peter