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Hi everyone, I'm working on putting a Lincoln collection together, and I'm doing this mostly by looking through boxes. So far so good. My question is, when you are putting your set together of years and mints, are you including the unusual verity's? Such as the small date / large date, or Wide AM's? Or are you generally leaving this out of your set to concentrate on year and mint's? Thanks |
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Pillar of the Community
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I went with a Dansco so I went with the holes that they had, then added a page for early proofs, satins, varieties and what ever else that caught my eye. Pics can be seen HereEdited by jokingjoker
04/11/2010 5:47 pm
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It is up to each individuals preferences and only you will be able to answer that. I agree with jokingjoker on just year/mm, if it's in the Dansco, it is part of the set. I also collect errors and varieties, but I consider them a side set and although I want them in the best condition I can find them in, as long as I have one, I'm good. Unlike with the regular set, I won't just keep anything just to fill the hole.
And, you can drive yourself crazy trying to keep up with all the varieties and you'll start to wonder things like, if there are slots for the 60 small date, 70 small date, and '82 small date in zinc and copper, why aren't there slots for the 74's?
I don't think there is any standard answer to your question. You'll develop your own flavor with time.
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Thanks for your input guys!
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Pillar of the Community
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 The only way to satisfy your curiosity, is to do what you think is the "set" for you. There arwe "type" sets, which only include the coin by type, etc. I, like Scooby Due, collect varieties, and there is no folder or album, that will handle both the year/MM, and include more that one or two varieties, unless they are of exceptional value. It is much like making a set of the FE/IHC cents. One can get all the dates, (and it won't be easy, or cheap), or one can go for all the varieties, for each date. No folder, or album has holes for this. If you want the "best of both", then your only, (IMHO), option is to put them in flips, and store them in the 20, or 30 pocket , plastic pages in a binder. Dick |
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Personally, I think I like BadThad's way. He puts them in Airtites and then puts the Airtite into a clear plastic 2 x 2 3 ring binder page. It fits perfectly. This allows for expansion as you choose. If you want to include certain errors, or all of them for that matter, you can. I know he also likes to have more than one example of some Lincolns and this allows him to keep them together.
Besides control of order, it gets them out of paper holders. In discussion with my local dealer, they have seen examples of coins toning even in Dansco albums. I cannot think of a better way to protect and control your collection.
Jim
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Badthad's method:  Edited by jokingjoker
04/12/2010 5:13 pm
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Thanks Jim! The proofs are not the best example since I don't have many extras, but the picture conveys the idea. In my main Licoln collection I leave at least 4 gaps on each page to I can add coins. Sometimes those get filled so I have to start another binder page. The bonus with my methods is you have total flexibility. For example, I have a "grade set" I'm working on with 1909 VDB's. I'm trying to obtain examples in as many grades as I can from G to MS. In the other picture, you can see I'm able to keep some lower grade coins that I like. There's various reasons for me to keep these such as strike, toning, etc.   |
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Again I have to agree. In the case of the flips, one must be sure that the kind you use is the ones that are non PCB type. The air-tytes are best, but, I have trouble opening them, soooo.
Dick
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