Article: Home inventory may show need for safe

A home safe can be an important purchase for homeowners with expensive jewelry, rare coins, important documents or other hard-to-replace items.

Do you need a home safe?

Before you can answer that question, inventory your valuables and make a list of all the items that need to be protected. Your checklist should include jewelry, watches, cash, heirlooms, silver and flatware, coin and other valuable collections, securities, documents, cameras and guns. List only those items that you want to keep close at hand and also how much it would cost to replace each piece. Now tally up the figure to establish the approximate net worth of your valuables. A really good safe will cost from $900 to ...

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