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New Member
United States
6 Posts |
I've been collecting coins from around the world for years and have decided to begin to organize them so I can view & appreciate them more regularly. It's my New Year's resolution.
I know most folks put them in flips then possibly into clear PVC-free pages. I really don't have an interest in using flips. First it's quite a chore and second & most important, I'd like to be able to easily touch the coin if I want.
So are there pages that are specifically designed for use without flips? Ideally these pages would fit in 3 ring binder, be easy to load, hold the coin from falling out and enable me to remove coin if/when I'd like. Also would be great if the pages were not of a fixed coin size so I can organizae my collection by country and not by size.
Thank you so much for your help!
Jim
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1088 Posts |
Here is an idea for you: http://www.ebay.com/itm/5-Album-Pag...em2ec501ec96I personally still really like using 2x2s. However, to each his/her own. These pages allow the user to just place them in a slot and keep going. there is not a labelling area though |
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Rest in Peace
United States
7075 Posts |
 You've made a good resolution. I put a lot of my coins in mylar Saflips and store those in the red boxes. I get the Saflips, the little inserts for notes and the boxes as a set. There's no stapling. The coins are easily removed -- although I always make sure that I do it over something soft just in case. Good luck with your project. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
4208 Posts |
Good idea - but I just switched from a binder to 2x2s. The binder was fiddly and I like how you can write on 2x2s - although, I have needed to take a coin out of a 2x2 - thus wasting 18p it cost for that 2x2.
Oh, and 2x2s store nicely in boxes.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Stud722 seems to have found the product you were describing, but notice that it is made of PVC. Most likely it is plasticized PVC and over time will most likely leach the plasticizer onto you coins and eventually damage them.
I would say stick with the mylar Safeflips and put them in the 2X2 pages. Your coin is protected, well displayed and you have flexibility of display order, you have a place for writing into about the coin, if you want to handle the coin you just pull the safeflip out of the page and the coin comes out easily. Whe you are done just put the coin back in the flip and return it to the page.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
19949 Posts |
Why not just use coin tubes? Cheap and good protection.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1088 Posts |
I do not use the product that I showed you just for the record. Like I previously mentioned, I use 2x2 flips, stapled with a flat clinch stapler. into safe album pages
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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use 2x2 flips but DO NOT staple them. as long as the 2x2 page is good quality and a snug fit the coins will stay put. you can still label and if you want pull the coin out for handling.
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Valued Member
United States
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That's actually what I do for my collections, in binders. Not so much for wanting to touch the coins, but so that I can upgrade the coin without wasting 2x2's. Maybe not for the Op, since it is quite a bit of a chore at first, but I print the year and MM on blank return address labels. Along with the coin type (Walking Liberty Half, Lincoln Wheat cent etc.) on the front. I've had no problems with the coins falling or sliding out, except for Roosevelt dime worn of it's rims. Which has been replaced. Especially if you're wanting to put them in pages anyway, I'd use the 2x2's. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Those plastic pages for 2x2's can also be used to just put coins in. They may move a bit but you could use those and put anywhere from one to several coins in each slot. They wouldn't fall out as long as you don't turn the pages upside down. Now in a 3 ringed binder you could use many of them and include a piece of paper with discriptions of waht is on the plastic 20 slotted pages. With such a system you could easily move coins from one place to another, see both sides of all coins, add or remove coins at will, add more or remove pages as you like. Of course a more permenant method to not only be able to see them all and preserve them too is:  Edited by just carl
01/04/2013 6:09 pm
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New Member
 United States
6 Posts |
Thank you. While I like the look of the pages Stud722 offered, I don't want PVC. Saflips look interesting. Are they clear on both sides? I can't tell by photos on websites since many look like they have a opaque paper insert which would block back of coin. I'd like to be able to see both sides. Also, looks like you don't have to staple them? Is that true? If so, good for me. Less work plus can open and touch coin when I want.
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Moderator
 United States
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I use Saflips pretty much exclusively. They're perfectly clear - nothing is forcing you to put a paper insert in the other side - but even if you choose to do so, all you have to do is open it to see both sides of the coin as they're a two-pocket, folding design.
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New Member
United States
6 Posts |
Thank you. Sounds perfect. Do they have a seal or simply fold over? And I imagine they fit into 2x2 binder pages?
Thnaks.
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Valued Member
United States
109 Posts |
They will fold over and fit in the 20 slot pages.
Although large size coins (Dollar size) don't quite fit in the 2x2 Saflips. There are 2.5 x 2.5 Saflips, but obviously they wouldn't go into the same pages.
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