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Pillar of the Community
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Edited by Russ789
11/22/2014 7:52 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks for the detailed reply, Wizard!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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@Wizard - Very informative and it helped clear up many of my questions. Gave me all the information I need to make the right purchase for what I want, thank you.
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Yes, thanks for sharing the information. I am still hopeful that at some point, a product will be made available to display Air-tite products with the option to identify each coin. It seems like it would have been a simple thing to just leave a little space so that we could use a labelmaker or print our own labels, etc.
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United States
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Just to update this old thread, CAPS makes an 8.5"x11" page and 3-ring binder system that will hold the A, T, and H type Air-tite capsules (covers most common sizes). This is a quite informative thread.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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I have started to move my coins from a Dansco 7070 album to custom AirTite albums 1800's Type Set and 1900"s and 2000"s Type Set. Already found that the coins required to fill the AirTite album are a little different than the Dansco. Also, removing a coin capsule from the AirTite page borders on impossible. I thought I would damage the page by pushing too hard. My thumbs are on the sore side this morning after removing only 2 capsules. Anyone know of the proper way to remove a capsule from the custom pages? I do however like the looks of the AirTite, and believe the coins are better protected. Ham
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United States
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Agree.. I just got a CAPS album for a full Presidential dollars set. I do like putting all the coins in the AirTites - keeps them nice and safe and secure. But you are correct, not easy to get them out of the album. You need to push pretty hard on the back to "pop" them out. I found it best to push on one side to sort of get it at an "angle" and then try to grab the edge and pull it out. I guess the good news is that this means they are not likely to just pop-out accidentally. You want them nice and secure in the album. If there is a "trick" to get them out, haven't figured it out yet. Michael |
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Pillar of the Community
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Still looking for the best way to get the AirTite capsules out of albums without damaging the album or the capsule. Ham.
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Valued Member
United States
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That is the same issue I have with CAPS.
I have resorted to the same concept, just not CAPS.
Lighthouse makes the exact same thing except it opens, you put the airtites in, then close it and they are all secure. If you need to get one out, you just open it.
The only issue is you have to use stickers for labeling instead of a nice looking pre-printed page.
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Pillar of the Community
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I spoke to a person from Valley Coin who was very helpful. He suggested warming the page under a light or using a hair dryer to slightly warm the page. Haven't tried either yet, but will let you know how they work. BTW, after transferring all the coins from my completed Dansco 7070, I need 35 more coins to complete the 1800's, 1900's, and 2000's AirTites albums. Ham.
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Valued Member
United States
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I found that placing the CAPS page upside down on a short plastic container (hard plastic cylinder) larger than the coin/capsule, with the coin/capsule over the container, and applying pressure on the back seems to easily pop the capsule from the page. |
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United States
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The only other "System" for Ait-tight capsules I may investigate is the "Encap" albums from Lighthouse. They have pages where it looks like you can insert your air-tite holders into the album pages. Wizard Coin sells these. here is a link to a page that holds 26/27mm "capsules": http://www.wizardcoinsupply.com/lig...ck-of-2.htmlI just need to confirm that these will also fit air-tight capsules as well as the Lighthouse capsules (although should if same size?). These look like they may be easier to get the capsules in and out of the pages, since it sounds like the pages is sort of a "clamb-shell" design that snaps around the capsules. means you need to open the whole page up to insert or remove a single capsule, but may be more secure and easier then the CAPS album approach, where getting the capsules in and out is pretty tough. Only issue I have with these albums is that they don't have any way to label your coins ?!! The Caps albums all come with a nice insert that lists all the various coins. Don't see anything for these Lighthouse pages. Anyone use these? Is there any way to label the coins? Thanks. Michael |
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United States
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Here is what the Lighthouse Airtite caps systems look like. They work with Air Tites, there is no need to use specific Lighthouse capsules. The example shown is 40/41 size. I have found that nearly anything fits in the 38/39 size, which has 20 holes, including 40mm coins. These would have fit in those, I just have too many of the 40/41 pages, so I put them in here. I like them because they are easy to open and close and I don't have to damage the page in order to get a single one out. So I can rotate all of them if I want to, when I open it. I am still struggling to find a zip lock bag to contain these. The gallon size are just a hare too small to zip closed. The two gallon are too large. I would imagine the airtite capsule inside the plastic closed page inside a tupperware inside a steel cabinet would be enough...but the zip lock is actually just to protect the plastic Lighthouse page from scratches. The toning you see is how I bought some of them, taken from a Littleton folder. Also, as indicated before, labeling is not as convenient. I haven't tackled that yet.  |
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Valued Member
United States
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Here is another example of how they can be used. This is a collection of 2008-2017 Rwanda uncirculated. It is also a collection of 2008-2017 Rwanda Proof...and it is even flexible enough to allow you to keep the certificates of authenticity with them (it starts with 2009 for Rwanda, there was no COA in 2008). Unfortunately, it can't deal with the blister pack collection of Rwanda I am working on (still missing the 2008, but otherwise complete). So that is 9 COAs and the plastic baggie-- and it still snaps completely closed. The point is-- they are great, I like them very much. I can't use the binders with them because many of them I don't keep at home most of the time and it would take up too much room to have binders.   |
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