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Pillar of the Community
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i have so many of those old whitman folders as well - and I did the same thing you did transfered most to the binders as well, plus they look really nice in the binders
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Bedrock of the Community
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Your lucky in a way that you did that in time. Any exposure to moisture could possibly reactivate the glue on the rear of those slots in those Folders. As you remove the coins, notice that shinny surface at the bottom of the slots. That is the left over glue from the manufacturing process. That is one of the ressons you see coins in circulation with stripes or dark markings on the reverses.
Nice presentations you've got there.
Here is a suggestion. You may find that those 3 ringed binders come in different colors. Might be a thought but a brass, bronze or just dark yellow one for Cents. A White or Silver one for Silver Coins. Or even different colored ones like green for Dollars or something like that.
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Pillar of the Community
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holy cow, what a awesome collection! I like 2x2s and then putting them into sleeves, nice organized look!
Soon you will go to slabs!
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The only coins I intend to slab are the few that would be worth over $500. Even then the only reason I would have them slabbed is for authentication, to make sure that I wasn't sold a counterfeit. Examples of the type of coin I would have slabbed: 1909S VDB Lincoln, 1916D Mercury, 1877 Indian, 1916 Standing Liberty, 1856 Flying Eagle, 1895O Barber dime, etc. I have so many coins worth between face value and 20 or 30 bucks in the collection that the price of slabbing them would be more than the cost of the coin itself for 99% of my collection. |
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What happens if you accidentally turn the binder upside down ? Will they come out ? I love the look.
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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My collection changes like music and clothing between decades. I went from the Whitmans to the 2x2's in the side by side red boxes to the clear album pages and now I just bought a bunch of Dansco's and filled them. Not sure what is next!
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Bedrock of the Community
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What happens if you accidentally turn the binder upside down ? Will they come out ? I love the look. Not much chance of that happening. They fit fairly tight in those slots. I actually use mostly Whitman Classic Albums but also have some Dansco, Littleton and many others too. I get them free so I'm not attempting to make them look like an Encyclopedia set. I also have some of those plastic pages for teh 20 slots of 2x2's too. If you start using 2x2's enough, you would find that different manfacturers make them a bit different. Some are thicker than others and some are so thick it becomes difficult to put them in those slots. A great thing about this type of presentation is no manufacturer can tell you what coins you need in your Album. You make it the way you like, not theirs. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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I am a big fan of Dansco albums... but I do have to say your collection looks very good
Much better than the folders.
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Very nice. I also wonder if this is not the best way to store coins. I recently, and very carefully, transferred a proof 70S and 70D JFK from a mint set to an album. The 70S developed a small "fog" on it and the 70D has lost some luster. Plus I also have heard it is possible to scratch the coins with the sliding plastic inserts. I think my albums will be for secondary collections from now on (unless the coins are all in circulated condition anyway). I will keep my nicer ones in 2X2s.
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2x2's are my choice of storage as well. I have found that a flat clinch stapler is a must to that the staple do not poke through. also if you have to switch the spots of coins because they are in alphabetical order or year order, needle nose pliers work well to grab the 2x2 out of its slot without tearing the album page :)
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I'm not an album fan at all except for when I have a segment of my collection that will be static for a long time, and I haven't found that yet. My collection is constantly being upgraded and added to and dealing with the album fo rthat is just a pain.
I can see putting together a 7070 collection that would be in an album but I like being able to switch coins in and out as cool stuff comes in.
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A very nice collection ...  |
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Very impressive! I like the 2x2 storing of coins too.
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SMART move!  This is exactly how I do it. The only mistake you made was not leaving some spaces on each page to add. I did the same thing at first and I didn't realize my mistake until I decided to put duplicates (or triplicates, etc) in with the main. The first one forced me to move almost EVERY coin back one place. It was VERY painful. LOL Today I leave at least 4 slots on each page so I never have to move everything down a slot ever again. The longer you collect, the greater the chances you'll run across a really nice date/year you already have....but you don't want to get rid of the original. For example, perhaps a nice toner, a variety, an error or even a different grade. A deeper example with me is the 1909VDB. Over the years I've found quite a few stunning examples that I wanted for my collection.....even though I started with a 65RD. That progressed into a grade set from Fair to MS66....I kept finding "nice for the grade" coins so I started the grade set. Today I have about 20 VDB's in my collection! Edited by BadThad
09/17/2012 11:23 am
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