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Getting a 63RD 1961 LMC made me think. Its not as hard as I thought it would be to gather a decent collection of decent coins from coin roll hunting and maybe the occasional buy on ebay for key dates etc. My question though is whats the most common ways to collect and store such a massive collection of say Lincoln Cents and how do you know you have them all with multiple mints and the like but different each year sometimes? Ive been reading some of this stuff on having "Dansco"s and as I can see it they are coin collecting albums specifically designed for certain types of collections. What can you tell me about them? or what should I know about them before picking one? I could see myself having fun getting into the Lincoln Cents of all ages just to have fun watching the folders fill up. I know I am having fun watching my State Quarters folder fill up as simple/easy as that is hey you gotta start somewhere. Also how do you know which grades to keep for a particular year/mint considering your not going to find all 63RDs going back to 1909 or whatever hehe. And finally. With these "Dansco"s can you pop the coins out and replace them with a better one? Or does that damage the folder too much? Thanks! |
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Danscos are great for storing a collection. There are similar albums like Whittman, Littleton...
They're durable enough for you to pop out the coin and replace it with another.
I have Dansco and that works for me, everybody does their own thing. Another option would be the 2x2 flips and a binder.
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I would recommend a Dansco simply because the slides are easy to use when adding or removing your Lincolns and they also present a nice professional look for your collection. Expect to pay in the $20's for the album (unless you find a used one). As an aside, all my non-slabbed coins are housed in Danscos with one exception (Early Copper Cents) which "enjoy" life in a Whitman Classic album. Good luck with your Lincoln quest! Paleoguy
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 Though I con't care for paper holders, Dansco's are the holder of choice in the Forum. Also, a lot of people are using airtites to store their real gems in, and housing them in a three ring binder with mylar pages. |
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Did the pages you bought include in the description the term "unplasticized" or "archival," or similar? There are a few out there still selling such pages using PVC plastic, which is far more dangerous to your coins than any album.
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BCW archival Pro-20 pocket 2x2 pages. No PVC.
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09/16/2012 3:12 pm
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I love my Dansco albums and I keep my "prized" sets in them, I still have a couple Whitman Classic's from before I switched to Dansco. I'll use those for my circulated sets. But I personally would not invest good money on a Dansco to house modern coins I find in circulation. Especially LMC's.. Maybe to display an already completed set of circulated coins. But it sounds to me like your trying to build an undefined set of coins that will be constantly moved, replaced, re organized. And I think after awhile that would ruin the album and possibly RED coins too. I used to do alot of coin roll hunting for LWC's and one day, after repeatedly finding high grade LMC's, the same idea struck me. So I went down to a local coin shop and bought him out of Whitman folders for Lincoln cents. I ended up assembling about 4 complete high grade 1959 to 2011 LMC sets purely from circulation. No 70 S sm, or 72 DD of course, but including all 7 1982 varieties. The folders served as a cheap, temporary way to house, sort and organize while building the set's. The problem I see with doing all this moving, replacing, upgrading of coins business, with coin roll finds, in an expensive Dansco album is, not just the wear and tear it will have on the album. But the contamination that will occur from the constant opening, closing, and replacing of coins with better coins. I just remember all the times I would handle bank wrapped or rolled coins with some sort of sticky slime or other foreign crud on them. After filling the folders you can then cherry pick the best ones and transfer / permanently display them in a nice Dansco and/or 2x2 flip pages organized into D ring binders. I found the 2x2 binders to be the best way to organize large undefined collections. |
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BCW archival Pro-20 pocket 2x2 pages. No PVC.  An elegant solution, in my opinion. |
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I like 2x2's because I am not limited to just one/two spots per year or coin. I like to have the extra room incase I find a variety or error, etc. Just my opinion
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United States
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I need to put in a reply on this one. I have Danscos and like them. But I also got some of these as an experiment and decided to go with them instead of "going with the Dansco flow." http://www.wizardcoinsupply.com/Coi...ctor-Albums/Advantages of the "Coin Collector" brand albums:1. less expensive (sometimes much less) than corresponding Dansco albums 2. Pages have a cut out area to aid in sliding out the plastic slides 3. The money I saved buying these was equivalent to allowing me to add a ~$100.00 worth of new coins to fill holes in the albums Disadvantages:1. The gold lettering under each hole is harder to read than on the Dansco pages 2. These albums are not designed to have pages added to them. Advantages of Dansco albums:1. I really like the lighter, tan colored pages. 2. B/c the pages are lighter colored, the dates under the holes show up well. 3. They are designed to have pages added to them and you can buy the extra pages. 4. more options to choose from Disadvantages:1. No thumb tabs for removing slides - this has caused a good bit of frustration for me sometimes. 2. cost as compared to other albums If I ever did need/want to add pages to the Coin Collector albums, I could just get another one of the same, flip the pages over (remember the words do not show up well), and use my handy-dandy drill press and get the proper hardware to make a professional looking job (and likely still be under the cost of a corresponding new Dansco). One more tip for Danscos... I have been able to pick up used Dansco albums at coin shows and coin shops for only 5.00 each. I have passed up some of them though b/c they would be duplicates of my Coin Collector albums. Personally, if I REALLY wanted all Dansos but did not want the initial large cash outlay, I would buy the Coin Collector ones I needed and then look around shows for a used Danscos. No doubt I could probably get some initial money back on the Coin Collector albums anyway. So I still end up with more money to fill the holes with. How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halveshttps://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2 |
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I started off using dansco's for my different collections and they were just fine then. After a while I noticed that the coins were starting to tone and suffer small marks due to the open page set up with the push in folders. I have now gone to the 2x2's in Mylar folders and I am more comfortable with this storage system. I use self adhesive 2x2's to eliminate damage from staples and with the folders there is NO limitations on how many coins you can put in a folder . I suggest that If you are collecting high value/quality coins don't store them in push in folders, use the closed folders or 2x2's or even airtites |
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Hey thanks alot everyone! Great advice and really informative! I bought a BCW 90 page binder and 100 page package. (I guess they make those 8 packs of hotdog buns and 10packs of hotdogs too  ). It was originally planned for my world coins because I wanted to start with a page a country and then as I filled it add more pages. Easier to move around as everyone said. I guess it might make sense to start with that for whatever I wanna collect in USD coins as well and then just expand to a USD only binder when the time is right. Expend to a lincoln only or something, etc as the collections grow. Plus who knows I may get bored at some point and stop one or another and switch to something else and then I can re use the binder pages and gift away the 2x2s with the coins or something. I like the idea of being able to move them around in the 2x2 pages a lot, adding removing new pages, etc. I was Coin Roll Hunting just this last time and found about 15 coins that I thought were beautiful by my standards. Granted they are late dates so their not as special as a 61 64RD hehe but still I like em and 20 years from now a high grade 2001 aint a bad hold considering. (Especially if they go the rought of ending pennies as has been discussed a few times.) So I think I might go with the 2x2s in a binder and make sure they are PVC free. I know I bought the flips PVC free I just gotta read the package for the pages from BCW and make sure my brain was on straight when I read that. Thanks! |
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I bought a BCW 90 page binder and 100 page package. (I guess they make those 8 packs of hotdog buns and 10packs of hotdogs too ). I like the 2x2 pocket page binders alot. Very convenient and easy to display and organize collections. I have lots of doubles so I can arrange them however I want not. Before that I used to put all my extras in 2x2 flips and boxes. Binders are much better for displaying your coins. I keep two sets of binders one for World and one for USA, they are different colors so not to confuse them.. I only keep about 2o pages in each binder because of the weight. |
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Harry213....Can you do 20 pages of coins in a 2 inch binder ?
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09/16/2012 7:36 pm
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Harry213....Can you do 20 pages of coins in a 2 inch binder ? Full pages? Nah, I doubt it. 20 is pushing it to the breaking point. I have just under 20 pages mostly small size coins and my pages are not full. Some are empty. I think it depends on what kind of coins. I don't think its gonna happen with Morgans or Ikes.. |
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