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New Member
United States
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Hello,
New collector here and first time posting. I was wondering if anyone had heard of or made any labels for their coin collections. I have the 1" x 1 3/4" printer labels, but was hoping to avoid typing ALL the coin info for every year and coin. I figure Ill have to atleast go in and type the grade and the weight of each coin for labelling. Anyway, was hoping to save myself a few days work on typing labels up for several hundred -thousand coins.
I appreciate any help! Thanks!
P.S. Anyone have suggestions for lava toons to hit up for circulated rolls of US change? Seems like if I go to any bank, I get uncirculated rolls. If I go to a grocery store like Safeway, I get a mix. So far I'm 0/40+ rolls for a silver quarter/dime/nickel. To be expected? Suggestions?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 to CCF! Are you talking about the dual envelope type of flip? When I buy them in packs, they always come with the lables, I suppose one could use a desktop publishing program to create a layout or MS Word label templates custom sized. I always hand write the Date/ mint mark on left top corner, grade in top right or lower left corner, price if put on is usually top right corner or back, sometimes with a color avery sticker. It deosn't really matter as long as you are happy, after all it's your collection! When I was dealing coins full time, I often used color pen to price a large group, sometimes I used Avery color dot stickers or a highliter pen. All my coin flips and 2x2's are written on with, always the same pen, a Sharpie Ultra Fine tipped permanent marker. When I first started dealing coins I used to use a typewriter (seriously), before switching to the pen method, to me it looked more professional than my kid handwritting back then. Many clients were often amazed when they met me at a show, thinking they had been dealing with someone much older then I was. (I started coin dealing at 17 and continued for about 7 more years full time), before a burglary wipped me out and I switched carreers. I had a database that I wrote in Filemaker Pro (Mac) that would print out lables, but I was going through coins so fast there seemed not much of a point to go to that trouble. I have no idea what a Lava Toon is. I did just have a conversation with a local laundry mat owner about silver quarters, she and her husband go through several thousand dollars daily in change (much of it the same I would assume) This year she has only found 2 silver quarters, last few years she said she did really well, once even finding over 5 rolls that had been spent in her washers and dryers that were all 90% silver, in one day! This year seems that silver is just not out there like it used to be. I don't roll serach, as I have found out from local tellers and cashiers that there are about 30 others doing the same thing at my local bank branches, no point really, unless I'm there in line, behind someone turning in a bunch of rolls that look old or hand wrapped.
"Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440
Edited by westcoin 04/05/2013 12:42 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1109 Posts |
I use a Dymo Letratag label maker. Always worked for me.
Edited by skyshark124 04/05/2013 10:39 pm
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Valued Member
United States
417 Posts |
Welcome. I use a Dynmo Label maker as well.
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Valued Member
United States
337 Posts |
Ram96 & ShyShark124 - Are the labels self-adhesive or do you have to glue/tape them?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1109 Posts |
They're self-adhesive. You just peel the paper off the back and stick them on.
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New Member
United States
3 Posts |
Brother label maker has 9/64" label tape. It is black printed on white tape. P/N The-N201. Works great on card flips.
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New Member
United States
3 Posts |
Sorry, I posted a wrong Brother tape part number. Correct label number is Brother The-N201 - 9/64" label tape
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New Member
United States
3 Posts |
Sorry for some reason the Brother part number keeps showing as THe-N201 Should be TZ3-N201
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Pillar of the Community
United States
650 Posts |
I use Avery clear address labels (1"x2-5/8"). Not sure if Avery makes the exact size you are looking for. You can use a free template that you download from their website and then use Word to make the labels. I just cut mine to fit. The labels are peel and stick.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Do you have the information in a spreadsheet or word doc? You should be able to do what used to be called a mail merge where it takes the data and formats it into label format and prints.
If you don't have the data somewhere, I don't understand what you mean by saying you don't want to type it all in.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
650 Posts |
Sounds like he wants to copy and paste a lot of the info. The first post mentions entering in weight for example. I never do that but some do. For 2x2s I have just list basic date, mint mark, type, etc.
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