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Reason for Mylar is that it will not stain or contaminate over period of time, as long as it stored in some control environment. If temperature and humidity fluctuate often, nothing would help.
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Use a metal straight edge and an x-acto type knife with a new blade.
Or a high-quality guillotine cutter.
-----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ |
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Bedrock of the Community
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A bit on the dark side but consider changing to Whitman.
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Get you a few high quality large size Mylar currency sleeves and use those to make you new inserts for your Dansco album Quote:
Reason for Mylar is that it will not stain or contaminate over period of time, as long as it stored in some control environment. I have no experience with these, but if they are rigid and thick enough they will work.  They need to be rigid to get into place and thick to stay in place. Something too thin might crimp or buckle when sliding into place. |
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Side story and is not numismatic, so if not interested just skip:
During the 1980's, I and my brother as teen was a avid comic book collectors, we regularly visit our local comic stores, and the one we frequent visit has one customer that would purchase one each of new comics from the well known publishers (Marvel, DC, and some Independents during that time.) He would buy these Mylar sleeves. I think is called TimeLok, they were expensive then and pick out the best condition comic books each month and sealed them individually, once sealed, the only way to take the book out is cutting the seal. Thereby ruining the protection it provided.
Fast forward into present date, these comic books is as pristine as the day they were printed, and I'm sure the collection is well worth into seven figures today.
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Very interesting! |
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I used the slides from an old Whitman Std Lib quarter album. Got some new exacta kinife blades and used the Dansco slides as a guide.Works fine a bit shorter but does the trick coins totally protected
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Outstanding! Thank you for sharing your success with us. |
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Pillar of the Community
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The slides in my WWII medals album won't budge and I'm afraid of damaging them (or the album's pages). While I would like to photograph these high relief medals out of the album holes, I can't risk damaging the album.
Wondering if anyone has dealt with this issue successfully and the methodology. Thanks !
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While I would like to photograph these high relief medals out of the album holes, I can't risk damaging the album. I assume you are referring to this album... http://goccf.com/t/469118I can certainly understand the situation. It is a nice looking album, I hope you are able t keep it that way! |
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can you provide a picture of how the plastic slides and their entry point?
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Pillar of the Community
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Tried again this morning and was able to get the slides out. Needed a bit of downward pressure concurrent with side pressure to budge them past the album page edge. They probably had not moved since the medals were inserted. Thanks.
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glad to hear you got it without any damage. |
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Tried again this morning and was able to get the slides out.  Quote:
Needed a bit of downward pressure concurrent with side pressure to budge them past the album page edge. Quote:
They probably had not moved since the medals were inserted. That would not surprise me at all. |
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