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Valued Member
United States
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Which size 2x2 do you find best? The ones for 25 cents, or the 50 cent size? thanks
(I have a bunch in the 50 cent size and they seem a little sloppy)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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i think that I'm using 25 cent, but I think either one would be fine.
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Valued Member
Canada
426 Posts |
I only buy 3 types of 2x2s:
5c size for 1c, 5c, 10c
what I know as "halves" for 25c, large cents, loonies, toonies, 50c
And the large size for old dollar coins
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Valued Member
Canada
153 Posts |
The "perfect" 2 x 2's (I use 1 1/2 X 1 1/2's as my preference because you get 30 to a page) are for US Sacagawea/SBA dollars. Both coins are 25.4 MM (the same as the large cents) and the 26 mm opening is just right. The Large Cents go in perfectly and no sloppies or overlap on the edge. Look at Brooklyn Gallery of Coins and Stamps .. they carry both 2 X 2's and the smaller 1 1/2's at the best price around and a good website. Their prices on ALL numismatic supplies and books are tough to beat.
Edited by R2bR2c
07/12/2010 05:20 am
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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I like to be careful when storing something like large cents. The problem is the old and well known one, with PVC plastic pages, and they particularly affect copper coins. PVC plastic pages will, over time, will blacken, or at least very much darken copper or bronze coins. Best to use Mylar coin holders, which are common for 2x2 holders, but these must be placed in PVC FREE album pages. These pages are annoyingly not as transparent as PVC album pages. They may be more espensive, but if you do not wish for your copper or bronze coins to darken (large cents indicated here), then that is what you must do, or for prime condition coins the obvious solution is to slab them.
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Valued Member
Canada
351 Posts |
I use twoonie, or loonie flips. They both leave a nice sliver of empty window around the coin (I don't like my coins being close enough to touch the cardboard sides), and they leave enough room on the outside of the flip to still write quite a bit.
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Valued Member
Canada
168 Posts |
I use 27mm 2x2s for loonies and large cents. You do not have to stick with the standard sizes. Many ebay stores sell a large assortment of sizes and some allow you to mix by the 100s. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I like Shawn's idea. The only thing is that the loonie, or twoonie flips are noe available here in the SW US, so I use the 4-bit size 2X2. sloppy, but effective.
FWIW, I recently otdered five folders for the large cents, so they will take care of a few, NUT, I have over 500 that need to be stored, and I don't know if there is a squere, or round tube, of the proper sixe available. that would be much better, for large lots.
Dick
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Valued Member
Canada
426 Posts |
thanks dick, I'm now laying mu folder down
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Valued Member
Canada
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As I said before. In the US, the SBA and Sac dollars are exactly the same size as Canada large cents.... and there's holders/blank albums galore. |
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