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Storing Lincoln Cents In A New Album

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 Posted 03/29/2011  12:12 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add just carl to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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You might be a good one to ask then about 2x2 flips. I have read several posts that indicate that long term storage of coins in 2x2 flips can be detrimental. Are there any particular 2x2 flips that you have found to be okay? Will any of them last thousands of years without tarnishing or otherwise damaging the coin?

I used to use staples to close a 2x2. Then one day I said to myself, SELF, are those now air tight? So I simply put one to my mouth and blew. My breath went right though that thing. So I now use tape on all opeing sides of a 2x2.
Next I did what I did about Zip Lock Plastic bags. I called the manufaturer of several tape making companies for any possible problems during long term usage such as gassious emissions. J & J with the Zip lock bags assured me nothing in the way of a problem since they must guantee for food usage.
With tape I ended up with Scotch Traansparent Tape since they also said no gassious emissions, no yellowing, no turning brittle, etc. I explained I wanted to use them to seal in coins and would expect them to stay OK for a few hundred years. Lots of laughter with that one.
As to the manufacturer of 2x2's. Great question. Really tuff one there since in almost all instances none have a stamp or lable on them saying made in .... or this product from ....., etc. And they are really different. I usually buy mine at coin shows and almsot all the time they are somewhat different. Thinkness for one. Slightly different tone to the white on the cardboard. Different appearances on the cardboard on the inside.
Regardless, so far I've never had a problem with any of them. Yet some are really tuff to get into those pockets in those 20 pocket plastic pages and some fall right in.
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 Posted 03/29/2011  12:21 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add biggfredd to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
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I like Virg Marshall's cardboard 2x2s. They stay white and are easy to write on.

With any brand, use stainless staples if moisture is a problem, and Virg has a good flat-clinch stapler which operates with just fingertip pressure and will go through even the heaviest cardboard.

Neither 2x2s or flips are airtight, but if you staple them shut and either use a flat clinch stapler or pliers and put them in a closed box (I like Virg's red ones that hold about 100 2x2s), you've got a pretty good long-term storage.
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 Posted 03/18/2017  2:37 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Debrajc to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Sorry but I am really bad at pictures. Especially with proof coins but you can get the general idea.
I have several different proof runs in pages like this. The pages can be ordered with the years - mint marks printed on them, I just haven't typed out the sheets yet.
The disadvantage to this system is you can only get 30 per page cents - quarters, 20 per page on the halves and 12 per page on large $'s. So they take up much more room than your system.

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Debrajc, How are the coins inserted into those pages? It's been some 6 years since the original post and frankly I haven't done anymore with my original idea. I like your pages though. I think they look much cleaner.
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