Rubber Stamps For 2x2 Cardboard Holders

Great idea, Cacc. Now, to see if I can find one (or have one made) that can apply a date / mintmark combo.

Bump111, in my hunt for the right solution I have seen things that MIGHT help with that.

On this site they have 6-digit stamps that you can choose what each band has; 0-9, A-M, or N-Z. This would help if all your mint marks fell in the same half of the alphabet, which is not the case for most, and they are also pretty expensive for what they are. I did not find ones that were already pre-configured, so cheaper, with numbers and letters in a small stamp.
https://www.acornsales.com/alphanum...p-s/1925.htm

From Ali-Express I found ones that have both alphabet and numbers for very cheap, but they are quite large. Each character appears to be 1/4" so for 8 characters you have gone across an entire 2x2. For $9 it might be worth it to some though.
https://www.(NotAllowed).com/item/K...8966148.html

To get past the size issue of the previous one, I found this one which allows for bands down to 1/16"...but it is quite expensive depending on the number of characters. All the letters and numbers in each row for 6 rows is over $150 for example. For 4 rows of numbers and 2 of letters it still ends up being $100.
https://www.thestampmaker.com/rubbe...-wizard.aspx

There are options out there, it just depends on how much you are willing to spend. But I hopefully missed something too and someone has a more elegant solution they are willing to share! We all need it!

That is a really good idea.

Thanks for those links, Cacc. Will take a look.

Did that years ago before they had the self inking stampers. Had stamps made up for everything we needed. Then set up a jig board so I could put the 2X2 in it and the jig would control the rubberstamp to make sure all the printing was in the same place on each 2X2.

That is a great idea! Using books or something as a wall so that the stamp ends up in the exact same place every time will definitely help with consistency and improve the look in a binder or when flipping through a box. Thank you! I have been reading this forum for months now (not posting much, but reading a lot) and this is why I check new posts before I even check the news every morning. Smart people sharing a passion and ideas about a hobby we all love.



Thank you but those are just good looking examples that I pulled. They get MUCH worse to the point that I could bring them into a pharmacy and probably get some good stuff. They always start off pretty when I am writing them, but 10-15 coins in and they are illegible even to me.



It has crossed my mind to make a template to be used with photo-thickness sticker paper. In my dream, the paper would be die cut to the different sized 2x2s to be printed and and come with a sheet of cardboard 2x2s with the same sized hole. Then you just peel the sheet of sticker off the backing and apply it to the sheet of perforated cardboard and then just pop the finished product apart. To be honest, I am actually very surprised that this doesn't exist yet. There seems to be a lot of money in coin supplies, but they haven't really changed in many years to take advantage of anything more modern than a stapler. That would revolutionize the coin collecting industry!...or at least make us look a little more organized.

to the Community, BigArt!