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Egypt
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Although I live in Egypt and I have never been to USA, yet I love American coinage and I have been seriously collecting US coins now since 2007 (or you can say since I joined coin community forums  ) I have my US coins in 2x2 pages, others are in Harris folders, some are in Whitman folders, my doubles are in tubes. I have some slabbed coins and others are in airtites. I have placed sets in Dansco when I was about to complete it. Never thought to buy a Dansco when I just started the set. A coin folder or even 2x2 and a box to keep them in is enough for me until I am about to complete the set. Some times I complete the set and see that it is satisfactory for me to keep the coins in a folder. What I am trying to say, is that you are going to collect different grades... staring from old circulated to BU and proofs so keep the high grades sets in Danscos but keep the circulated sets in 2x2 or a folder (any type) until you compete or at least about to complete it and then you will decide whether you want to see them in a Dansco album or not. But it is just my opinion |
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United States
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I use basic Whitmans for Pres $ and like just Carl, I like Whitman classics for Lincoln cents and Buffalos. I dabble in Morgans and hope to get either Dansco or Whitman classic. Others are in 2x2s and coin tubes.
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United States
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@EgCollector; where do you find your U.S. and Great Britain coins for your collections? Are they found circulating in Egypt as legal currency, or do you purchase what you have, like ebay, etc? |
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United States
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I use 2x2's and clear coin pages as they allow protection, ease of orginization and you can always open a 2x2 to examine a coin up close. The pages are easily organized in any binder and can be added to as needed. Whitmans always drove me crazy as coins would inevitably fall out over time and you can only see one side. Dansco's are nice but if you open and close them enough you get high point wear on the coin. Hence my current preference of 2x2's where you can always pop one out of your folder and take it with you.
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 United States
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EgCollector - those are some great ideas. I have been really close to buying a Dansco, but I did back off as thought to myself, I just starting, no reason to do this yet. Been looking this week at the Whitman folders. will probably be picking those up pretty soon. EgCollector, I am fascinated by the fact that you have never been to the US but are collecting US coinage. What got you interested in it? For some reason I have always loved quarters. Of course starting to really collect these days is giving me an appreciation for others now, especially the days gone by US coinage, the Buffalo nickles, Standing Liberty quarters, Three Cent pieces really interest me from a conceptual perspective. If you care to I'd love to hear how you got hooked on US coins. |
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United States
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I meant to ask this earlier to everyone but forgot. I have a bunch of coins in 2x2s and would probably be open to using them more, but I have had so much trouble getting them stapled...I'm always bending stables, jambing the stapler, messing up the 2x2 flip. I literal have to slam my fist on my stapler to get a good staple and while it does the trick, its loud, startling to my unsuspecting wife and kids LOL, and I think it creases the 2x2 a little. I like this approach for the circulated coins because you can see both sides, whereas with the folders you can only see the obverse of the coin, but I digress...any suggestions on staplers, or methods of fastening the 2x2s shut. Is there a certain gauge of staples, is there a certain brand of stapler that would be better to use? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
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United States
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Yeah those mylar 2x2s are known to have that problem. You just got to get a firm heavy stapler that doesn't skew much, and don't smash, as that will make it skew.
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United States
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Egypt
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@JackB: I do purchase world coin lots every now and then and sometimes I find some nice US coins in them, but mainly I get my coins through trading. Most of my coin collecting friends mainly from USA and Australia help me with my want list every now and then.. |
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Egypt
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@phankins11: Glad that I could help. Regarding how I got interested in US coins, I think I can say I owe it to coin community members It all started in 2007 when I was searching the internet for a coin collecting resource and I found CC forums..... I didnt knew then that there is a place where you can chat about coins ..... all what I dreamed of is to find some info about my coins. I registered my name and starting lurking around, I was very happy to find all these info about coins but there was a little info about Egyptian coins. As most of the members are Americans and most of the members are collecting US coins, you will find that 80% or even more of the threads and posts are about US coins I learned a lot and started trading Egyptian coins for US coins. Starting making friends from around the world and after 4 years I now have US coins more than Egyptian coins in my collection. Well, as they say, if you cant beat them ... join them You may be surprised to know that lately I have been interested in collecting First day covers and I dont have a single one from any country even Egypt but I have 600 FDC's from USA ..... thanks to my American friends Regarding what I have achieved in my US collection, well this will be another story to tell |
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United States
355 Posts |
EgCollector - certainly interesting, and thanks for sharing. Funny thing is my collection started with a little hoard of coins I brought back from Europe my senior year of high school. 8 years later, my wife and I were adopting our daughter from Kazakhstan, which allowed me to bring back Kazakh and Russian coinage. This year I got them all out, put them in 2x2s and enjoyed the looks of'em there in my album. I then found the start of my State Quarter collection from about 5 or 6 yeas ago and now I'm full force on US quarters (and others). It must be the idea of how different other country's money looks compared to the every day coins we use, but I do love the looks of other country's coins. I'm really enjoying US coinage right now, as it's aiding in my attempts at re-learning US history, which I love, but I'm sure at some point I'll be getting the itch To get a little deeper into foreign coinage (of course I use the word foreign from my perspective  ) I do have to agree with you too on the forum here. A lot of information and everyone here has been way helpful! Its a great community of folks. And I too love having friends around the world.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Egypt
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@phankins11: It always starts with a small number of coins that you have either from your childhood, brought to you/or by you from travelling or being inherited from a relative........ if you got hooked then prepare yourself because in a year from now you will find yourself collecting from different countries and different sets that you didnt imagine or even know about. Regarding CC forum ..... I think that I dont need to say anything about, just read the topics and you will find very helpful and knowledgeable members whom are ready to help at any time. BTW, when you decide to expand your collection to include world coins, i'll be happy to help with your Egyptian collection  |
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Valued Member
United States
102 Posts |
I use Dansco for modern cent/nickle/dime/quarter and 2x2 to keep the interesting stuff I find while roll searching that don't belong in them.
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Valued Member
United States
355 Posts |
Mtm...what's the strangest thing you've found while roll searching
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New Member
United States
32 Posts |
I keep all my coins in 2x2 cardboard Flips, I use return address labels to stick on them. its nice and neat. Also I can differentiate the different types and varieties. Then I keep these in coin storage boxes. I must be nuts cause I spend twice as much time organizing and displaying my collection than I do aquiring new coins. The thing I like most is that I don't have to mess with taking them in and out of an album. I like holding them in my hand under a light and studying them.
Eric
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