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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I have several older (IHC, Liberty nickel, Mercury dime, etc.) Whitman folders that belonged to now-deceased relatives. Most of them are half-filled or so. It would be relatively easy to add to them by buying missing common dates. But I've put off doing this. It feels like I want to preserve the folders the way they were when my relatives were using them. If I started adding to them, it seems like I'd be destroying a memory of a loved one. What do you think? Have you ever had these notions? |
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Valued Member
United States
395 Posts |
I can relate. I received part of my collection from family who is no longer here. I suppose two ways to look at it... The view you mentioned, and the opposite view of carrying on with the mission and filling the rest. Definitely personal preference in my opinion. I dont think there is a right or wrong answer. I can tell you in my case I left the original stuff untouched, but it got me interested in some of the same stuff that I wasnt previously. So in the end I essentially started some duplicate sets on my own and left the others as is. Again, I dont think either way is right or wrong.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
2781 Posts |
i keep filing the collection, but use little dot stickers to mark similar special coins. those coins will never be sold or upgraded... ever.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21786 Posts |
I only use 20 pocket album pages, with one or two pockets vacant in each page. You never know what new addition may come along!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
19948 Posts |
I had quite a few folders from relatives too. The coins in them were showing signs of being damaged so I emptied every folder and just kept the empty folders for the "memories". I figured it was better to save the coins rather than let them corrode.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
19948 Posts |
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I only use 20 pocket album pages, with one or two pockets vacant in each page. You never know what new addition may come along! Never fails, something always does!  |
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Valued Member
United States
477 Posts |
Tough call but those holes are there for a reason, to be filled with coins.
Rick
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1109 Posts |
When my father died back in 2010, and I went to his memorial service, my step-mother gave me the remnants of his coin collection (my father and I did not have a real relationship after he and my mother divorced so I had no idea he collected too). Among the things I got was an old Whitman 9030 Lincoln Cent #2 folder starting 1941. It was about 80% complete. My step-mother said my father always wanted to finish it, but he would only add to it with cents he pulled from circulation. Well, I've been saving wheat cents my whole life and have tons of them, so I decided I would complete that folder. Even though we did not have a good relationship when he was alive, he was still my father and I felt like finishing his set was the right thing to do for him. That completed folder is now on display right next to my albums, and I am more than happy to tell anyone who asks (or listens) what the story is with it. |
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Valued Member
United States
452 Posts |
I have continued to work a couple of my father's sets since he passed in 2001. It seems to help reminisce more than destroy the memory.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
IF those are Folders, not Albums, I suggest taking all the coins out of them. Folders are really not a good place for long term storage.
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Posted 08/11/2013 5:11 pm
