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11 Best Things to Keep in a Safe Deposit Box

With digital records and cloud storage becoming the norm, the bricks-and-mortar safe deposit box might seem outmoded.

But don’t rush to declare the safe deposit box a relic of the past just yet, though many banks). There can still be times when you’ll need to be able to produce certain original documents (including ones that have a raised seal) rather than digital scans or photocopies, and some valuables simply can’t be digitized.

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