Storing Lincoln Cents In A New Album

This is sort of what I too have been saying for a long time. For the most of my Albums are Whitman. Many people use Dansco today and there still are those that use some of the others. Usually you will hear how Dansco is so eye appealing and looks like an expensive book. This really is of no importance since so few put them out on display, show them off to people or even tell the general public.
Whitman is very fast loosing custoomers due to poor quality, Blue color and slowly nothing available in stores. Interecept Shield Green looks horrible.
The idea of doing what is shown here is what I too am starting to make. I've started with a few already. And the 3 ring binders come in a vast assortment of sizes and colors if your concerned of appearances. And if you do put them out on a bookcase, who would suspect they are coin albums?
Probably one of the greatest advantages is no manufacturer can dictate to you where to put, how many to put or what to put in your Album this way. An example was the recent post about that 1922 plain Lincoln Cent.

Very nice! How does the thickness increase using the airtites? Never had one in hand.

Good question and a legitimate concern. I bought 3 of these:

http://www.coinsupplyexpress.com/li...e-black.aspx

to start with thinking that I would need just one for all of the Lincolns and the other two for other series. I got to about 1955 and realized that the album is not going to hold buy maybe 1 or 2 more pages. I may split the collection with wheats in one and memorial in another.

I really like the sturdiness of the album though. It used D rings which help keep the pages flat and prevents the rings from popping open inadvertently. Each album also comes with a hard dust cover and I think they look nice together on a bookshelf. The dust cover it another layer of protection from the elements..

I'm glad you think they they look decent. As Thad mentioned, looking through coin albums in boring unless you're a collector yourself. Reminds me of when I was young and I went to a buddies house with a shoebox full of 1976 Topps baseball. Sure, they looked okay in rubber bands but when my friend broke out his album and they were all displayed nicely in an album by team, world series, etc, I was jealous! But here again, no one wants to look at my albums. It's mainly for preservation and passing them on to my children who I hope will eventually take more interest! =)

John

Carl,
You might be a good one to ask then about 2x2 flips. I have read several posts that indicate that long term storage of coins in 2x2 flips can be detrimental. Are there any particular 2x2 flips that you have found to be okay? Will any of them last thousands of years without tarnishing or otherwise damaging the coin?

I ask this in all ernest because originally I was not going to use airtites. They are expensive when I have a lot of coins to do. Cost was not the primary consideration when I began this album. It was about conservation/preservation. But if you don't think they are necessary, I might consider omitting them in the future. LMK.

John

I used to use staples to close a 2x2. Then one day I said to myself, SELF, are those now air tight? So I simply put one to my mouth and blew. My breath went right though that thing. So I now use tape on all opeing sides of a 2x2.
Next I did what I did about Zip Lock Plastic bags. I called the manufaturer of several tape making companies for any possible problems during long term usage such as gassious emissions. J & J with the Zip lock bags assured me nothing in the way of a problem since they must guantee for food usage.
With tape I ended up with Scotch Traansparent Tape since they also said no gassious emissions, no yellowing, no turning brittle, etc. I explained I wanted to use them to seal in coins and would expect them to stay OK for a few hundred years. Lots of laughter with that one.
As to the manufacturer of 2x2's. Great question. Really tuff one there since in almost all instances none have a stamp or lable on them saying made in .... or this product from ....., etc. And they are really different. I usually buy mine at coin shows and almsot all the time they are somewhat different. Thinkness for one. Slightly different tone to the white on the cardboard. Different appearances on the cardboard on the inside.
Regardless, so far I've never had a problem with any of them. Yet some are really tuff to get into those pockets in those 20 pocket plastic pages and some fall right in.

Sorry but I am really bad at pictures. Especially with proof coins but you can get the general idea.
I have several different proof runs in pages like this. The pages can be ordered with the years - mint marks printed on them, I just haven't typed out the sheets yet.
The disadvantage to this system is you can only get 30 per page cents - quarters, 20 per page on the halves and 12 per page on large $'s. So they take up much more room than your system.

Debrajc, How are the coins inserted into those pages? It's been some 6 years since the original post and frankly I haven't done anymore with my original idea. I like your pages though. I think they look much cleaner.