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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I use all brands of Albums and even some 3 ringed binders for coins. I kind of like the D shaped ringed ones in a 3" wide binder for many of my coins. Sort of heavy but I don't run around with them so no big thing.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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 I have used all sizes and yes 3" can get heavy. In a 1' binder you can get 5 or 6 page, with 2x2 and a 20 slot page thats over a 100 coins so you can figure out if you need a 1" or 2" binder. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I have a standard way of storing coins in binders, because I bring boxes of binders to coin shows (or at least I did, back when we had those pre-COVID). The uniformity makes it easier to move them around. These tips are overkill for home storage, but help if the binders will be moved regularly. For standard home storage, the only strong recommendation that I would make is the plastic sheet lifters that are described below. Others have already pointed out the need for archival quality sheets. This is a must. I use 2" binders because of the durability, uniform size, weight, and for protection of the coins. I use Boomerang-style sheet lifters on top and bottom of the sheets in each binder help keep the sheets steady and prevent the binder rings from damaging the coins. I also use angled sheet lifters between every fourth page in each binder, alternating between the wide side down and the wide side up. They are stored flat in boxes, alternating between spine left and spine right, six binders to a box. This keeps them from moving around. I place cheap hard plastic kitchen cutting boards beneath the bottom binder, between the third and fourth binder, and on top of the top binder. These provide extra protection for the coins. I get these at Walmart, but they can be found just about everywhere. Duct tape is a must to strengthen the storage boxes, especially if they are moved regularly. As an aside, all of my boxes are labeled "Books" or "Magazines" for security. Yes, it's cheesy, but it avoids people looking too closely when I cart them in and out of shows on a two-wheeler. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10044 Posts |
Excellent tips Fort...thanks!
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Moderator
 United States
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Well done, fortcollins!  |
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
849 Posts |
I get that PVC-Free pages are important but I have noticed that some binders are PVC-Free and some not. Is that important as the coins would not touch the binder anyways. Or is there some kind of outgassing going on? That is something I had not thought of before.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21788 Posts |
I use old trade sample catalog binders with four rings. Up to 17 pages per binder.
I never store the binders in vertical position; the risk of the page holes tearing open is too great.
Pages have 20 pockets per page. When 20 crown sized silver coins are stored in a page, the total weight of the coins is more than 1/2 kilogram.
That's a lot of weight for the rings and ring holes in the pages to support.
That is why I use four ring binders, and why I store the binders flat.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Great recommendations, all! I've been wondering about some of these things myself as I'm switching from 2x2 boxes to pages for most of my sets. Quote:
I use Boomerang-style sheet lifters on top and bottom of the sheets in each binder help keep the sheets steady and prevent the binder rings from damaging the coins. I also use angled sheet lifters between every fourth page in each binder, alternating between the wide side down and the wide side up This did not cross my mind. Thanks for the tip! Out of curiosity, is it necessary to have lifters between each page? That would add a lot of expense. Quote:
I get that PVC-Free pages are important but I have noticed that some binders are PVC-Free and some not. Is that important as the coins would not touch the binder anyways. Or is there some kind of outgassing going on? That is something I had not thought of before. I think there is some danger from outgassing, although I'll let others chime in on this. I've found that most Avery binders are advertised as PVC-free. |
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New Member
Canada
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I recently started looking at my canadian cent and five cent collection again. The binders have 8x9.5 inch pages. I need more pages but can't seem to find a place to buy them. Before getting new binders and pages, I was wondering if you knew of a place to get them.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Moderator
United States
189340 Posts |
 to the Community, Monteh! |
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Bedrock of the Community
United Kingdom
17980 Posts |
I use a mixture of 3- and 4-ring binders. The 3-ring ones are mostly from Stanley Gibbons and were designed as coin albums. Most of the 4-ring binders came from my workplace: they weren't stolen, but were rescued from a skip when old paper records were either destroyed or computerized. I lie the albums flat when storing them.   |
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United States
189340 Posts |
Looking good! |
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
1770 Posts |
punman - I purchase my 3 ring binders at Staples, their heavy duty type. The 2 inch size for my 5 cent, 10 cent and 25 cent collections. (1 for each type). The 3 inch size for my fifty cent piece collections (1 for proof, 1 for specimen and 1 for uncirculated/business strike) The 3 inch size for silver dollars The 3 inch size for proof toonies & loonies. In other words the size of the binder depends in the size of my collection of that type of coin.. I use non-pvc 20 2x2 metal holed plastic pages for circulated coins. I use Lighthouse quadrum square coin capsules for proofs, specimen, commemorative or rare coins, housed in Lighthouse 20 pocket Encap binder pages.  Edited by Sharks
12/08/2023 4:05 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21788 Posts |
I would like to see a coin album manufacturer make them with 6 or more rings, up to about 8.
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