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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Has anyone here tried the newest Lighthouse/Leuchtturm line of binders? http://www.cdncoin.com/product-p/vista_canada.htmMy collection was getting a little too large/heavy for the 2x2 holders (held in an old dealership parts binder; only because I couldn't find regular binders strong enough for them): I have recently started switching over to this series of books - I really like them, but am going to start buying hte books with no dates, because they miss common variants, and then include variants that few will ever own (eg: 1936 'dot' penny has a slot). Granted that the higher grade coins might be cause for paranoia, but with page dividers, and knowing the tight fit these books are manufactured to, I can't think of a nicer presentation format on the market at this time.
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
849 Posts |
They do look pretty nice. I have been using Gardmaster. I have made a template so I can change the printed pages to customize the dates and varieties. The Vista looks pretty professional.
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New Member
Canada
44 Posts |
i use the year by year, in the red boxes. I put the uncirculated coins from sets in the Mylar flips with a printed card in the back that has the information for each for the coins to start each year. the nice circulated coins I put in the cardboard holders for that year. all my 1958-1967 are in Mylar flips. the boxes are marked with the year or years they hold. then I put the boxes into a letter tote file holder. they stand on there end. it seems to work and looks not to bad for me. boxes and flips are 1.5 x 1.5
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
849 Posts |
I just have mine in 2x2's and in a folder, Granted the dollars are a little large for the 2x2's but it does the job. I think I would prefer them slabbed but that's a little expensive for MS-64 dollars to send to PCGS.
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Moderator
 Canada
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Quote: I think I would prefer them slabbed but that's a little expensive for MS-64 dollars to send to PCGS. Perhaps.... but a few might come back MS-65 
"Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
849 Posts |
That's true SPP ;) how often do you send things to PCGS?
--James
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Moderator
 Canada
10460 Posts |
I go through a PCGS representative, Sean Isaacs, of Alliance Coin & Banknotes, in Almonte, ON. I probably send two to three batches of 20 coins, per year. You have to be careful with this, and understand how PCGS grades different from ICCS/CCCS. On mint state large coins like dollars, PCGS is stricter on marks on the devices, and more forgiving in the fields (almost opposite of how ICCS grades). Even with clean fields, not every ICCS MS-65 will cross. Nickel dollars are plagued with weak strikes, which can detract a point from the grade, unless the eye appeal is very strong (which can add a point to the grade).
If you want MS-64 nickel dollars in ICCS or PCGS holders, I have some (those that were sent in, thinking they had a shot at 65, but not quite) that you can borrow for study. Send me a PM.
"Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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New Member
Canada
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that's one thing that I don't understand (ICCS MS-65 will cross. Nickel dollars are plagued with weak strikes) that's the shape of the die, all MS these are all done in the business struck? so the first ones are going to be better then the last one or before the die is replaced in the run. right? the uncurcialed set are pick out of the pile at the end of the run from the bin as to the others better are struck more then once or hand removed, or even hand picked blanks. but all MS coins should have bag marks. so should you be albe to find better ones in rolls and in your change? or am I not understanding something in the grading
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
849 Posts |
I finally figured out what to do with my silver dollars so I will share with you. I bought a 50-slab box from Lighthouse and bought 50 Everslab capsules. This first picture is one page of my Gardmaster album that I am presently using. I really like them and have 10 of them. I just wanted something nicer for my silver dollars (not the nickel ones - they will stay in that album).  This next picture shows my Gardmaster album cover in the background with labels I designed in Word to go with my Everslab capsules.  This is the Lighthouse box that holds 50 slabs.  Here you can see an Eveslab capsule with one of the labels I made.  And lastly, here is the box showing how it takes Everslabs by Lighthouse, NGC slabs and PCGS. I also put an ICCS flip in there as well. I don't know if I will store flips there but it could work. Most of my silver dollars are in my album so I need to finish putting them into the Everslabs. By time I am done there will be over 40 silver dollars in that box - mostly Everslabs with a couple of NGC/PCGS. Quite a few of my coins that were in ICCS flips were taken out and put in the Gardmaster album so they will go into Everslabs. There are a couple of higher priced ICCS coins that might just stay in their flips - not sure yet. Some might think it is dumb to go to the time and expense to remove coins from the album that was working fine but I like the idea of being able to easily look at the coins one at a time in hand or compare and arrange as I wish. 
Edited by punman 11/22/2015 11:00 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
2187 Posts |
very nice! I'm thinking of something similar for some of my coins
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1505 Posts |
Thanks for sharing, I was debating today between 2x2 Quadrum's or the Everslabs, looking at yours, the choice is now clear that I want to go with the Everslab's, no to decide if I to free my ICCS dollars or not.
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
849 Posts |
I like the Everslabs because there is a logical place for data display. Also it matches many of the third party grading slabs in terms of size. I probably had around 12 ICCS and I had opened and put most of those coins in my Gardmaster album so those will go into Everslabs. I have maybe three still not open and I need to decide if I want to put those in Everslabs or not. One is a '47 ML which might sell easier in the flip should I upgrade or my family sell when I kick the bucket.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
2187 Posts |
Does anyone know if CCCS slabs are the same size as PCGS/NGC slabs? I am planning on buying this box in the next week or two for some CCCS slabbed coins that I have.
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Valued Member
Canada
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The CCCS slabs are the same size as PCGS. They don't exactly fit into the PCGS slabs but seem to stack nicely enough in a box.
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
849 Posts |
Since buying my Lighthouse box a couple of months ago I have acquired my first CCCS hard slab. It fits in that box just as nicely as the PCGS or NGC do.
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