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Valued Member
United States
121 Posts |
Hello everyone.
I have a question about how to know when to put a coin into a 2×2?
What factors does everyone use to determine or not to individually store them?
Again thanks for your advice and opinions!
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Pillar of the Community
1110 Posts |
When your albums are full. When you have doubles or triples of something. When you think it's a significant coin. When you don't want to put them in plastic tubes. When you have enough storage space for 2x2's.........pick one.
When I first started searching for W quarters, I put them in 2x2's. Now I have so many, I put them in plastic tubes. Much less storage space.
Side-note: If you're using 2x2's, make sure you crimp the staples tight with a pair of pliers.
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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i dont buy slabbed coins just to buy slabbed coins. I'm looking first to fill a hole. if the hole is filled and I find a nicer example I will replace it and then put that coin in a holder. I will also put coins in a holder that I do not have sets for such as Peace dollars |
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Valued Member
 United States
121 Posts |
I am going through around 15000 pennies and all I have is one tube and paper penny wraps.
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Pillar of the Community
1110 Posts |
What exactly are you doing? What are your goals? What are you looking for?
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Valued Member
United States
121 Posts |
Looking to start a decent collection of every year and mint and see what errors I find.
I do not know how to judge what to store and what not to.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6514 Posts |
That's quite the project. Wow...and you're looking for errors to boot. I wish you and your eyes the best.  Do you have an album that you are filling and upgrading as you go along? Check out my counterstamped Lincoln Cent collection: http://goccf.com/t/303507Edited by chafemasterj
12/15/2020 11:40 am
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Valued Member
United States
121 Posts |
No I don't sounds like an album might be a good starting place.
Yes it is alot of pennies. I had started with a box from the bank then my frandma was like here have 12300 pennies.
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Valued Member
United States
121 Posts |
I have been sorting by decade to start.
I started with the 70s filled 6 rolls one 1976 1977 1978 1980 and 2 1979s.
I have sandwich bag with 1940s and one with 1950s.
Then a jewlery pouch with the nicest ones of varies years I had found and a pile of the error coins I have come across thus far.
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Pillar of the Community
1110 Posts |
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and a pile of the error coins How do you know they are error coins? |
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Valued Member
United States
121 Posts |
The ones I have found so far. And asked members here about. Its all rolled in wraps.
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Pillar of the Community
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The ones I have found so far. And asked members here about. Its all rolled in wraps. Okay, sounds good. |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I put my main in collection in flips but bulk stuff tends to go in bags.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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If you want to display your collection in albums, then I would use the 2x2 s for the errors. If you want to display your collection in coin pages, then I would use 2x2 s for the best example of each date you find. You may want to invest in a bunch of coin tubes for "collectible" examples of various dates (whatever your threshold is for collectible), but which are not the best one or two. I use coin tubes to store Lincolns from the 1920s and 30s that I've pulled out of circulation over the years. Presumably 14,000 or so (maybe even 14,500?) will wind up going back into circulation. That will help fund some purchases of dates you don't find. There will be many  |
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