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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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How about get a photo, reduce it to the right size, and then glue it to a piece of cardboard cut to fit the slot?
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Valued Member
Canada
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yep, that's East Van vernacular.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Fill the empty holes with varieties that fit in your budget. Quote:
would you ever consider just buying a $3 knock off to fill the gap ? That's what the counterfeiters are hoping for. "Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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01/06/2014 01:59 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I think the copper bullion makes a nice contrast  really catches the eye and starts a conversation. No doubt better then an empty space. |
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 United States
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ASLAN TVorlon
really catches the eye and starts a conversation. No doubt better then an empty space. glad someone besides me likes it   |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Just get a coin so worn you can't see the date, or at least part of it. If all you can see is the 19 (19XX), the next two letters could be a 21.
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01/06/2014 07:49 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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First, I try not to start a coin series that I KNOW I can't finish.
(Of course I arrived at this philosophy AFTER I was well along on my type set. Oops!)
But if I can't afford to fill a hole, I don't.
It will sit there empty annoying me until my dying day.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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One of the reasons I use 3 ring binder pages instead of these types of albums  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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How about get a photo, reduce it to the right size, and then glue it to a piece of cardboard cut to fit the slot? Quote:
yep, that's East Van vernacular I'm from Surrey, we'd just steal one to fill the gap  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Personally I would never fill any collection hole with a reproduction/fake/etc. I don't support anyone who makes those items, even if they have copy or replica stamped on them. If the physical hole bugs you that much, just put a generic coin in that hole, with the obverse (or non-date side for American coins) facing up. Or some varieties as another poster suggested.
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Valued Member
United States
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I'd just leave the empty hole as a reminder of my station in life LOL. Actually I just don't like copies or replicas and I personally hate to sully my collection with fakes.
Some of the dates that the OP mentioned (aside from the 1921) are not totally impossible - one might have to save his or her money for a while but they are doable. I myself am a collector with pockets that are not very deep and some of those tough dates reside in my collection in G and VG grades.
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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coin addict... that's certainly impressive... I kind of like the copper idea.. and also like just using 2x2 sheets.. that way you may not even notice a missing date... not sure what I'm gonig to do yet... just hate seeing holes in the collection ya know?
I certainly don't like the thought of something that looks too close to the real thing... that's could almost be passed off as the real deal.. my issue with that is when I die.. I would suspect my wife or children will then send the stuff out to auction and I would never want someone to buy a FAKE... Ahh well I guess we'll see in the end... so far I do like hearing what others do in any case...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I will also place a vote for keeping the hole bare. Putting anything in there besides the proper coin would really irk the 'OCD' side of me.
I have several holes in my folders/albums which I'm pretty sure will never be filled. Yes, I could save for a few months and pick an item or two up, but each of us has some price-point where we feel paying $100, $200, $500 or more for a coin is just stupidity, especially when one is having a tough enough time paying for the bare necessities of life (food, shelter, transportation, etc.). If by some miracle I become affluent enough I might just buy some of those 'big ticket' coins, but until then I will live with an unfinished collection.
Aside; The bare-hole syndrome also applies to having most of a collection in folders/albums and having two or three in slabs. Although I don't like to buy slabbed coins I have none the less obtained a half dozen or so. For now, I've just put a check mark next to the hole to let me know I've got that coin somewhere else (I've bought two of the same coin before by not doing this). I'd hate to bust the slabs open, as they do provide a more sound basis for my heirs in the future, but who knows?
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Pillar of the Community
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Lots of good suggestions here - fill with a variety or use three ring binders for easy "rebalancing"  BTW, I see some coin shops sell FILLER coins for rare or expensive years. Not exactly sure what these FILLERs are since there are no pics. Any ideas? |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Hi atticguy
For slabbed coins I do something similar to what you do - I put an empty 2x2 into the hole in my binder, but fill it in with date, remarks, ms grade, certificate #, etc -- all the information that I would if the coin was actually in the holder. This lets me know I have a slabbed coin of that date and allows me to fill a hole at the same time.
I don't have any of the really rare dates though; those I don't even leave room for. I figure if I ever do get one then it'll be a pleasure to have to shift all my coins over one slot to make room for it!
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