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I sometimes take requests to build collections for other people who are too lazy/lack knowledge or time to do their own but want one anyhow. So I need some advice and thoughts on presentation.
The goal - a small cent collection of circulation strike coins in MS63 red or higher from 1920 to present (excluding rare but including scarce). I have most of these cents in storage already, I think I lack a couple of 40's, a 27 and 31 red but I can find those easy enough.
Presentation... well here's where I get stuck. My own collection is pull out drawers with airtights. I like being able to pick up the capsule and look at the coin. It's not quite like handling a coin, but it's the next best thing. For someone who didn't build a big desk or cabinet for this though... what to do.
If I put them in airtights, do you think it would look OK to push them into 2x2 binder pages with labels on the pockets? The end collector could slide them out of the pockets if he so wished. It's a lot of cents once you add the varieties so it would be a thick set of binders once you allow for capsules. Many years have multiple recognized varieties.
It's just a thought but I'm open to ideas. I don't like 2x2's for this so much, it's supposed to be a premium set.
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I just wonder if the coins would look a little sloppy if they are just in airtites? I do like the look of sets I've seen in airtites then put in 2x2 s then into the pages. Keeps the idea of it being a premium set while the 2x2s keep everything oriented in the pages. IMO.
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I agree with the air-tites over 2x2s in this case. They make air-tite binders, but they are bulky and hold 54 coins. I think you should price out and consider the air-tite storage boxes (the air tite goes into a card that fits in a hard plastic box... looks AMAZING) The storage box holds 20 cards. Each box is about $5 and the cards are like 30 cents apiece. The cards are available in blue, black, and burgundy, and they have a velour on one side and a laminated cardboard on the other so you can write on the laminated side with a gold or silver Sharpie marker. The air tite can still be popped out of the card so you can get that feel of handling the coin. Probably pricier than the binder, but worth in, in my opinion. Here's some pics of the card. The box is a hard plastic black box with slots for each card. The slip into a safe, they have grooves for easy stacking.   Edited by specksynder
04/23/2011 11:36 am
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Oh I like that Speck... a nice blue to complement the red cents just might be the cats butt. Would those cards fit in the pages for Canadian soft slabs I wonder? They are 2 1/2 x 2x 1/2 spaces with twelve to a page.
The box idea is OK too, but flipping open a leather(ish) bound binder is rapid access to see the whole thing.
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Have to say that is nice Speck...I've never seen those!
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the cards are 2 3/4" square, so looks like they're too big for for the soft slab holder :( I understand what you're saying about being able to survey all those coins at the same time. Especially someone who is buying an assembled collection and hasn't had the opportunity to enjoy each coin one-at-a-time as it was added to the collection. It's probably more important for them to be able to see them arrayed in a binder or something similar.
Another, slightly unusual option... they make display boxes that will hold up to 36 air-tites. It's those leatheresque display boxes with the hinged lid. The 36-coin display is about $25, a 24-coin display is about $20. It may be harder to pop coins out of these, and I've never seen them in person.
If you do a web search for "Air-Tite Leatherette Coin Display Cases" you'll see what I mean.
Amida -- I'm glad I could show you something new! I really like those cards, and they're pretty cheap. I've been slowly accumulating a type set in them for a while now. As you can see from the photo, it's also where I put my interesting counterfeits that I don't want going back into circulation!
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04/23/2011 12:14 pm
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I see some companies make six pocket insert sheets for their albums that would accommodate those airtight insert cards. I'm pretty hung up at the moment on making that work. I think it would make the best possible presentation in terms of handling and storage for a high quality set. My sister does calligraphy, maybe in gold on black cards or in silver on blue cards ...
It's really not that easy to assemble a set of small cents without a single carbon spot or flaw so I can understand wanting to gaze at them.
If you had such a set of small cents do you think it reasonable to present by Monarch? Or break it out in some other format? Maybe the two men together and Lizzie on her own? 30 year periods regardless of monarch?
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Another option: This will mean that you can't handle the coins, but you could always get a blank Dansco album. You can order pages with whatever size holes you like. You could even label the pages custom like I have done and described on a thread around here somewhere.... https://goccf.com/t/69466I don't think this is the best solution for you (among other things, I don't think Dansco beige complements copper coins), but just in the interest of describing all the option. |
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