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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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I do not have any slabbed coins. My collection numbers about 4,500 pieces Slabs do not fit in 2x2 album pages. Fortunately, the great bulk of my collection is in the form of coins that are better off not slabbed: ancients, hammered milled and modern World coins, where their individual value would not justify slabbing anyway, and where identification information can be written on the 2x2 cardboard mylar flip that contains them. @ 999fine: Your flip writing is MUCH neater than mine!  Edited by sel_69l
04/17/2017 7:08 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I like 2X2 white envelopes with soft cotton insert pockets for better items.
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Moderator
 United States
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Nice work @999fine. I agree with your thought process and execution.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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I gotta love on the penmanship too. Very nice! Reminds me of my intro to engineering class.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
8517 Posts |
Very nice, love it !
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Thanks everyone. I appreciate it.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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My only comment is I don't like the idea of using an exacto knife to remove coins from flips. I don't want a knife blade anywhere close to the coin. You can achieve the same thing with a toothpick which will do no damage if it slipps and makes contact with the coin like the knife will.
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Canada
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I am going to send you all my coins in flips, just so you can label them...  Your penmanship is top notch!! "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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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I agree ... there was no reason to keep this coin in the slab. Your 2X2's are great looking .. and nice looking coins too.. Stapled 2X2's are used everywhere. I have taken thousands of coins out of 2X2's without scratching the coins. The trick is doing it the right way. I am thinking you have a very nice looking Mexico type set ..  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Sorry I said flips earlier, I meant 2X2's.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Love the penmanship, and yes I did train as a draftsman. I also got a little obsessed with the staple location. So I built a jig only to discover there are variations in the cardboard holders. Perhaps erroneously, I use 4 staples, thinking less wrinkles might allow me to photograph the coin without removing it. Quote:
zip-lock poly bags As in poly vinyl chloride bags? They are useful for mailing and sorting, but I'm not sure they are good for long term storage. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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As in poly vinyl chloride bags? No, polyethylene bags. Polyethylene is soft, flexible, and inert. And it is naturally soft, no plasticizers. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I have got good with cracking out the NGC slabs. It is best not to have the plastic crack in the center near the coin as damage to the coin can happen as I did scratch a Morgan 1878 8TF MS61 on one of my first crack outs when the plastic splintered near the coin. When I sold the coin I resubmitted it to NGS and it graded MS62 but I knew the new shinny little scratch (it looked like a bag mark) that I caused. I now use a hammer and tap on all four sides until the plastic will split in two complete halves.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Great tip, Slider. I do the corners, farther away from the coin.
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