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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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My collection is much more diverse, ancient to modern - about 1600 coins.
So 2x2's in archive quality pages are really the only way to go for me.
In five decades of collecting I only have 5x 4 ring binders, 17 pages in each.
The binders cost me zilch, because they are all trade sample binders that were thrown out as rubbish.
Comes in handy to have friends who have a business in the building products industry.
Nevertheless, with bit of luck, similar binders can be bought new in office supplies stores.
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  United States
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That is a lot of 2x2's. All those coins in only 5 binders - they must be fairly heavy..
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Rest in Peace
 United States
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  Well, glad to see I'm not the only one who gets a little carried away. I currently have 95 Dansco albums and 25 three ring binders. No, they are not all completely filled. |
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United States
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Well, glad to see I'm not the only one who gets a little carried away. I currently have 95 Dansco albums and 25 three ring binders. And I'm glad I'm not alone in this obsession... Thanks for posting your library. |
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United States
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Wow,I am impressed. Are those two fish solid silver?  John1  |
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United States
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Edited by jgfindring
12/25/2022 11:06 am
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Rest in Peace
United States
1380 Posts |
No to the fish being solid silver, they're just painted.
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United States
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Here's a handy help I've done. It's hard to pull the albums out of the slip covers when they are crowded on a shelf.
To help, take all the pages out, put a piece of double stick tape on the inside spine, cut a piece of brown 1/2" ribbon at an angle, put in album with about 1 1/2" sticking out the bottom. Now when you want to pull the album out to look or add coins, it's easier. Now that is a grand idea!  With your permission, I may have to copy that. As it is now, to get an album out, I need get to the top of one then shake it a bit to dislodge it enough to grab it. |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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I used Intertape 591 3/4" tape. It is a woodworking tape, will hold for years without drying out and won't outgas to damage coins. You can find it online for about $10 a roll.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Some of you guys have great looking Album collections .  but I would rather spend my money on a big butt bunch of coins . |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12845 Posts |
Awesome collection of Danscos!
I have about 10 Danscos at this point. Some of them were gifts, some I picked up used, some I got on sale, and only one or two did I pay list for. I also have about 15 Whitman Classics and a couple of CAPS albums. So yeah, storage certainly adds up, but (as has been argued many times before) when you consider the value of your collection, it pays to buy the good albums for protection, organization, and display/enjoyment.
And yeah, I know a lot of you swear by the 2x2s in 3-ring binders; an equally valid and worthy approach
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United States
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So yeah, storage certainly adds up, but (as has been argued many times before) when you consider the value of your collection, it pays to buy the good albums for protection, organization, and display/enjoyment. I also believe that it add value to the collection as a whole as well - not coin by coin but all together in one spot, organized and documented.  Edited by Dearborn
12/25/2022 3:27 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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If you have decided to use ring binders and that you have 20 x Dollar size coins in the album pages then
four ring binders become essential to support the weight of the page. Each fully loaded page weighs about 560 grams.
Due to the weight of the page, it is necessary to store the albums horizontal.
In the 17 page trade sample binders that I use,
the average weight of 20 coins, each in a 2x2, is about 7 grams.
The total weight including binder, is around 2.6 kilograms.
The albums on display are quite impressive, but
I would be a little nervous about openly displaying my whole collection. That is why my most valuable coins are stored in a small safe, that is reasonably well hidden.
The 5 albums mentioned in my earlier post store my working reference collection, but are still stored out of sight in a a large box, on the floor of a cupboard, and thus I have shied away from obvious display of the collection, but still have reasonable access to it.
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12/25/2022 6:05 pm
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United States
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I currently have 95 Dansco albums and 25 three ring binders.   Quote:
To help, take all the pages out, put a piece of double stick tape on the inside spine, cut a piece of brown 1/2" ribbon at an angle, put in album with about 1 1/2" sticking out the bottom. Now when you want to pull the album out to look or add coins, it's easier. Excellent idea!  |
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Valued Member
United States
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Wow, I thought I had a lot of books, those are impressive collections! I only have the State Quarters and Ikes books out for display, everything else in a safe. |
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Posted 12/25/2022 08:11 am
Uncirculated American Silver Eagles 
