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Valued Member
United States
284 Posts |
I have ordered a bunch of 2x2 flips for my coins (which are currently stored in individual Zip-loc bags). What sort of information is generally put on the flip? Condition is an obvious one. Some of the coin collection software I've look at recently supports bar codes and things like that. I like the idea of printing labels to stick to the flip because my writing isn't exactly calligraphy.
What is a good best practice?
-- Boris
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Moderator
 United States
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It really depends on how much info you want to have on it. This is the basic template I use unless a coin is silver then I add the ASW and such to it on the back 
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Valued Member
 United States
284 Posts |
Wow! That looks cool. Is there a pre-cut sticker sheet of 2x2 stickers that I can feed into my printer?
Is the "KM# 56" your own serial number for the coin?
-- Boris
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Moderator
 United States
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I suppose you could do that with a printer if you had the template in your computer done right and have the pages pre-perforated with the exact size you need (6 different sizes though)
99.99% of coins have a KM# (Krause-Mishler) associated with it. I pulled that one outta thin air since I just did a quick mock up in Paint
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Valued Member
Canada
159 Posts |
Do they make those 2x2's for 1oz Silver Coins?
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Moderator
 United States
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Pillar of the Community
Spain
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very nice and informative presentation GraceOutcast
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Pillar of the Community
United States
869 Posts |
Is there a pre-cut sticker sheet of 2x2 stickers that I can feed into my printerHere I found a free software download for label and card making called TechnoRiverStudio 4.5 . You can find it at download.com 
Edited by coindexter 01/03/2009 03:32 am
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Valued Member
United States
447 Posts |
Where can I get a list of all the KM #'s ? Are they in the red and/or blue book?
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 Australia
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KM numbers are primarily as an identification reference for world coins; numbers are allocated in chronological order, to every coin type struck since 1601; each country has it's own series of KM numbers. KM is short for "Krause-Mischler" - KM numbers are recorded in the Krause catalogues of world coins, of which Krause and Mischler were the original editors. The catalogues are phone-book-sized, one volume per century, and probably not worth acquiring if foreign coins aren't really your thing. You can also find them on the Krause website, http://www.numismaster.com - to look up numbers, you only have to register, but to look up mintages and catalogue values, you have to pay a subscription. As for what I put on my 2x2s: Front:- Country; - Denomination; - Date; - Any special notes on the variety or subtype (eg. Type II, VAM 6b, etc.); - Price paid (in code - no point in telling thieves which coins are the valuable ones); Back:- Catalogue Reference number (eg. KM# for world coins, Sear number for ancient Greek and Roman coins, etc.); - the Sap Number - my personal database number; each item in the collection gets a unique number; - Date the coin was acquired; - Provenance - where/how I acquired it eg. "Billybob's Coin Shop", " ebay seller weluvcoins", "found in circulation". If a coin has older provenancce (eg. ex Eliasberg collection), that should be noted, too; - the date the coin was put into the 2x2 (if that date was different to the acquisition date). This last one is handy for spotting "bad" 2x2s; if a coin starts to turn green and slimy after only a short time in a 2x2, you've got a bad batch of plastic.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Quote: Do they make those 2x2's for 1oz Silver Coins? Yes, but the 2.5 x 2.5 would be easier to use.
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Valued Member
United States
116 Posts |
I only collect Monopoly Money - Oops - I mean US coins. I store 90% of my coins in coin boxes for the 2x2 flips. On the top right corner of the 2x2 I write date and mint, on the top left corner I put the grade. Anything special about the coin I try to note that under the date.. ie 2005-P and right under that Oregon. This way I can see this info easy as I flip thru the coin boxes.
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Valued Member
 United States
284 Posts |
Looks like TechnoRiverStudio is free to try but $289 to buy and it's up to version 5.0 now. Holy Cow! Are there any other label making alternatives out there?
-- Boris
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Pillar of the Community
Spain
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I have a question probably for SAP. When you say price paid for a coin, do you include shipping cost? I do.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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I was just contemplating on this. I went through and put many of my coins in flips, to protect them. Now I have to go back and label them. Are there K-M #'s for tokens and jetons? Or something similar? Also, dime size doesn't work well for a penny. 
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Neatly written On Front GRADExxxxxxxxxxxxxxxYEAR MINT xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxplus (example) DDO RPM D/D Med Strike Full Steps D/S PROOF Below on Bottom Front VARIETY or Special Note (example)Lg Date, Carbon spot at 2 o'clock REV etc. On Back at bottom CODEdate acquired xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxwhere bought and how much in my code xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx(example) HCS4/8310.5 This would be Hazleton Coin Shop April 1983 for $10.50
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