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The recent discussions of Eisenhower dollars had me reminiscing about the day I completed the series almost 15 years ago... The Dansco 8176 has room for 36 coins, but the Eisenhower series has 32 coins (34 if you count all three types of 1972 "P", which I was not aware of until rather recently. EDIT: My 8176 is twenty years old now, it does not have labeled spaces for the extra 1972 types). I had just picked up my last two coins: 1973S "Blue" and 1973S "Brown" still in OGP. I was happy! But then the brain got to working and realized I would still have four holes! I got a little qweezy. What to do? I knew I had a Morgan and a Peace dollar I bought for some reason (even though the 7070 was not a part of my collection yet). I decided to grab two more general circulation Ikes. Four dollars in, album complete! But even that was not good enough and having two interlopers in my 8176 did not last long. I decided to get a 7070 and also four more Ike duplicates (two to replace the Morgan and Peace in the 8176, and two for the 7070, including the 1976 for the Bicentennial slot). Maybe this is a boring topic, but I am curious, what have you filled out your albums with or do you just leave them blank? Edited by jbuck
01/21/2008 6:22 pm
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For myself, the very first rule is absolutely no copies. IMO they cheapen the hobby, no offense intended to anyone that uses them. For my Lincolns there are five holes where I have certified coins that I won't crack open. For those I use common, circulated Indian Head pennies. It's going to be a while before I buy the 1955 DDO, so in the mean time I'm going to buy a "poor man's" 55 DD. Edited by USArmyParatrooper
01/21/2008 8:20 pm
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I am very new to collecting, but I plan to use the holes in my albums for either die varieties, error coins, or nicely toned coins in particular series.
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Many People add these two to any set.... Up to you.
1990-W Eisenhower Commemorative, Uncirc
1990-P Eisenhower Commemorative, Proof
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how about $1 slot machine tokens. Some of them have really neat designs and they are the same size as an IKE.
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How about using the open slots for extra keys, if you have them?
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Ok. I have a goofy habit. For example, I will never own a 1916-D Mercury. I just will never pay that much for one coin.
So in my album, I've got an extra '45 micro-S and I put that in the hole for the '16-D, but I put it so the head is upside-down. So the hole is filled, but I can tell at a glance that it's not the "real" coin.
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When I originally responded to this I thought you were referring to the unlabeled holes at the end of albums.
What I plan to do with the holes I have for key date coins is to find a photo of one online that I find aethetically pleasing and print out a replica on photo paper to put in the slot. I personally wouldn't want to use fake coins, but I wouldn't have any problem filling the hole with a photo of the dream-list coin.
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01/22/2008 08:25 am
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I think my plan for the holes in my lincoln album will be to put a 1914, not a D in the 1914D hole, 1909 VDB in the SVDB hole. Eventually I will buy them, should buy them now as we all know they rise in price, but I cant. I'd much rather have a coin in the hole instead of a replica. I cannot imagine a nice shiny 1909S VDB replica sitting next to my xf/au brown coins lol.
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When I originally responded to this I thought you were referring to the unlabeled holes at the end of albums.
That is what I intended!  Looking back, I could have been a little clearer... I am not talking about labeled holes that have a definite [possibly key date] coin that should go there. I was referring to the blank unlabeled ones at the end of an album. A series is seldom divisible exactly by the number of pages in the album. Another good example is the last page for the LHC Wheaties. There are three extra holes there without labels. I put three extra Wheaties from the 50's there. As for me, nothing will go in the labeled key date holes except that key date. If I never get one, there will never be anything there. Just my way though, YMMV. |
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Many People add these two to any set.... Up to you.
1990-W Eisenhower Commemorative, Uncirc
1990-P Eisenhower Commemorative, Proof
Good call! I actually considered this, since I happen to have the proof in a Prestige Set (not broken out though). But I opted to just get the regular (much cheaper) Ikes. My 8166 Kennedy album has four pages (it goes to 1991) and as two blanks holes at the end. I did put my 1982 Washington Proof and UNC commemoratives in there for a while, but later moved them to the 7070. I now have another 1964 and 1964D taking up those spots. Like bookends! If anyone is wondering where my 1992~2001 Kennedy half dollars live, I added two pages to my Franklin half dollar 7165 (it could hold four, but only had two). The 7165's second (last Franklin) page has five extra holes, filled out nicely with five additional Franklins! |
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How about the four plastic disks that came with the 1971 - 74 S blue Ikes?
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