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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Is there a quality silver dollar album available? I can't seem to find any that aren't 50 years old and out of print and/or impossible to find. Looking for just the 1935-1967 regular silver dollar set.
There are some unisafe ones- blue with plastic pockets, but those seem to be a bit questionable in terms of archival safety.
Am I better off just making a blank Dansco or Whitman with 36mm pages?
I am currently just using cardboard flips and 2x2 pages, but I wanted something a bit nicer looking as my collection grows. If it is too much of a hassle, I'll just stick to those.
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Valued Member
Canada
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Edited by lucv13 05/28/2015 12:44 am
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Valued Member
Canada
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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That Lighthouse one looks great and reasonably priced, but $20 shipping to USA! I'll have to look for a local seller.
I'll check out those brown unisafe ones, too. Seems a lot higher grade than the blue ones I saw.
Thanks to you both.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I use Gardmaster from Gatewest in Winnipeg or Collectors Supply House in Paris Ontario. In the $15 - $19 range. I use them for all my Canadian Coins.
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Canada
174 Posts |
The shipping price got Just Carl too. But its the only website I can find that has them. I dont have dollars but here is more up close photos of the albums but just for differnt coins https://goccf.com/t/220545&whichpage=2
Edited by xd99xd 05/28/2015 01:08 am
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Valued Member
Canada
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I like using the Whitman folders. For the silver dollar set they have two, one that goes from 35-52 and the other from 53-67. It includes all the major varieties. The downside is that it also includes a spot for a 52 ARN and a 1967 Small Beads Reverse, both of which I have been unable to find. It also includes a spot for the 66' small beads which is an expensive hole to fill. The upside is they only cost around $4 CAD and if you buy from Amazon you can get free shipping if you have a student account (or know someone who is a student) or if your order total is over $25 (not too hard to do since Amazon sells pretty much everything).  
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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The only thing I see wrong with these folders is, that you can only see one side of the coin, unless you remove it...with 2x2's at least you can see both sides
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Valued Member
Canada
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I've never seen a coin album where you couldn't see the other side of the coin by turning the page
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Quote: I've never seen a coin album where you couldn't see the other side of the coin by turning the page. The previous poster had mentioned 'folders' that what what I was talking about, Whitman folders you can only see the front of the coin.
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Valued Member
Canada
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Ah I see 
Edited by lucv13 05/29/2015 06:37 am
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Valued Member
United States
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chiefcoinandsupply.com has a Whitman bookshelf album for silver dollars. They also sell Canadian type Whitman bookshelf albums.
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Valued Member
Canada
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I bit the bullet and bought the fancy stackable mahogany trays/box with the square 2x2 lighthouse hard plastic slabs for my complete silver $ collection....minus the 1911, of course ;). It was expensive and not my ideal solution since I prefer the book/folder style approach, except I didn't like/trust any of the products that I could find. In the end, I wanted to create a nice display for my collection that I could enjoy and the mahogany solution was the only thing I could see myself using.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Where did you buy your stackable setup? Can you post a link or a photo?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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In addition to displaying/storing your Silver Dollars, what else is important to you?
When I passed the point of no return in regard to coin collecting, my priorities were - - the ability to clearly label my collection, not only the year but the variety. - a need to conveniently cross-reference my coins to an inventory list in order to differentiate between my inheritated collection and the base cost of new additions so that in the future, for both valuation or selling purposes, I can determine either gains or losses. - long term safe storage but that's still convenient to view whenever I want. No point collecting anything that's a bother to view.
In the end, I decided chose Grand Classic 3-Ring Binder from Canada Post at $29.95 each. They come in 3 different colours so I'm able to colour code what's in each binder. Other places sell the same, but at a much higher cost. I store my coins in 2x2s, in plastic pages 20 to a page and double face the pages - I can see 40 "heads or tails" at the same time. The Binder comes with a cover, so if I accidentally hold it upside down, the 2x2 holders can't fall out. Because the binder is a standard 3-Ring size, it's able to also contain my inventory list and I can stick small cross-reference labels onto each 2x2 to identify the origin of each particular coin, plus label the year and variety. This works for me and I'm happy with my choice.
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Canada
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Punman, I bought it from CC&C in Richmond Hill. I bought it in person at their store, but I'm sure they have pictures of their inventory on their website at cdncoin.com. They actually have a wide array of supply products.
Wildflower, my priorities are exactly the same as yours. Problem comes with the weight of silver dollars in those pages (at least for me it was an issue), plus I have some hard slabs & ICCS holders which don't work in the binder scenario, but it was my ideal solution at the time. However, considering I recently bought a bunch of Target's display cases, I found myself with ample display space in my coin room for a more elaborate display, hence why I settled on the mahogany trays.
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