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Has Anyone Used Dansco Shims?

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 Posted 08/05/2012  01:16 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add OldSkoolMadSkilz to your friends list
Sounds like just the thing to keep my large cents upright in the album. I saw on another forum where someone mentioned that if you contact Dansco, they will send you some. Not sure how this works as there doesn't seem to be any way to contact them.
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 Posted 08/05/2012  01:39 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add basebal21 to your friends list

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I saw on another forum where someone mentioned that if you contact Dansco, they will send you some. Not sure how this works as there doesn't seem to be any way to contact them.


Maybe thats the sick joke of it lol
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 Posted 08/05/2012  07:11 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jgfindring to your friends list
Haven't found a picture of them anywhere, that's why I started this thread, hoping some one on here has used them and can tell us about them.
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 Posted 08/05/2012  09:36 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add trdhrdr007 to your friends list
I've never heard of them. I cut my own from archival quality paper.
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 Posted 08/05/2012  2:45 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add GR58 to your friends list
I have been watching this thread .. hoping to find out more about them.

What was your source that they may have such a thing
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 Posted 08/05/2012  3:14 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jgfindring to your friends list
Tradewinds website had them listed for $.85, but their site does not seem to be functioning. Several other members in the past said they were available, but no one seems to have ever ordered them.
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 Posted 08/05/2012  3:21 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add basebal21 to your friends list
So after looking around for a bit I've pretty much come up with nothing for what these are. I found one website that did appear to sell them at one time but the page is complete removed it just brought up a google hit and then I found this on another site


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"..Yes, use shims!....You can take some of the very plastic slides that hold the coins in place & cut them into very thin strips. then cut the strips shorter so that you can bend them into a circle so they will fit into the coin hole. the strip should set just inside the border of the inside of the hole. then slide the coin into the hole. If the hole is still too big, then insert another shim until you get a good fit. You can insert shorter shims if you want to take up only a little extra space."


Other than that cant find much
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 Posted 08/05/2012  6:40 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add GR58 to your friends list
I have not seen them offered .. but I will post if I see any.

I have used shims I cut from plastic 2x2 flips .. in my dansco 7070
for the large cents ..
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 Posted 08/06/2012  09:46 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ngs428 to your friends list
Here is a previous thread on the use of shims:

https://goccf.com/t/78564

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 Posted 08/06/2012  10:34 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jgfindring to your friends list
Saw that, and the question I'm asking isn't "are shims useful", or "how do I make my own shims" or "will shims help" but "has anyone bought and used the official, made by Dansco for Dansco albums shims, and if so, can they describe how they are packaged (each, bundle of ten, etc.), what are they made of and how well do they work?"
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 Posted 08/06/2012  10:40 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jokingjoker to your friends list
Never heard of them before this thread was started. Every other time I've heard them mentioned on this site they have been homemade.
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 Posted 08/06/2012  1:02 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ngs428 to your friends list
jgfindring - Your best bet may be to ask Dansco directly to answer if they exist, how they are packaged and what they are made of.

Their email is: danscocorp@aol.com.
Phone: 323-734-66373

Address:
Dansco
4313 W. Jefferson Blvd.
Los Angeles, Calif. 90016

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 Posted 08/06/2012  2:27 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jbuck to your friends list
I do not think Dansco offers an official shim. I do know that they will sell you extra sides and you can easily make shims with them.
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 Posted 08/06/2012  9:47 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add chris12018 to your friends list
I made my own from print sheet paper. Draw some thin lines the length of the sheet & cut, then fit them in the hole. mine work great. I'll sell you some.
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 Posted 08/07/2012  4:46 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Bryan1315 to your friends list
I always made mine from 2x2 flips. I just cut strips out of them and placed them around the coin until the coin fits snug in the hole. You just have to cut them slim enough that the slides still fit around them in the slots. I have never seen any from Dansco but I believe I have heard of them before
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