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Which album or holder would you choose to put your favorite showcase coin date set in?
I am to the point in my SLQ sets that I will not be filling the 5 empty holes in my main set anytime soon due to other recent financial obligations. They are currently in Dansco albums which I like since I bought extra pages and was able to house 5 sets and all of my 1927-D's and 1927-S's in 3 albums. I originally had a Whitman album which I prefered due to the blue color and the no blank holes althought the 1918/7-S spot they use adds another unobtainable empty hole.
I get my #1 set out everyday and look it over and was leaning towards the Capitol Plastics holder ($45) which seems more durable for daily handling but they also have the 1918/7-S hole that I don;t like. If I go with the Capitol holder I am not worried about having to keep unmessing with the plates to upgrade the coins as I am at the done point.
What is everyone else using or would recommend?
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Pillar of the Community
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I like Capital Plastics holders but they don't usually fit in safe deposit boxes. I have custom made mahagony trays that I store my coins in.
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My 19th and 20 Century type sets are in Capital Plastics holders,#460A and B. The rest of my collection is in Dansco albums. Ed ANA LM-3175 |
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Naturally and before someone jumps in and accuses me of being a Whitman diehard, I would like to say for Silver coins they just look nice in a Blue background. Why blue is the color of a Whitman Album of course. Now picture this. A Beautiful, Blue Whitman Album sitting on your table opened so you can see all those coins. And for Standing Liberty quarters the Albums are big enough to add more pages so you could put 2 sets in one binder. That is what I do with many of my Albums now. Don't think Dansco is the only one with a spot for the 18/17 Many others do too. So how about a photo of those? Edited by just carl
09/29/2011 11:42 pm
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WOW .... I think your set looks great in the Dansco.
Of course Dansco are my favorite albums. But I have had the others and
ended up switching everything over to Dansco. Except for a couple of
Lighthouse coin cases.
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So your the reason there are hardly any Standing Liberty quarters anywhere. YOU have them all or close to it. Ever think to leave some for the rest of the world?   Those are some really nice looking coins.  I still think they would look better in a Blue Whitman Album. If you looked into it you could have purchased a blank cover and blank pages from Whitman. Also, those press on letters and numbers to make your own Album. Littleton too sells those press on letters and numbers. |
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I strongly prefer the DANSCO myself. You have a very nice collection my friend! Congrats! Interesting how you dealt with the missing dates, lol. So if I'm reading correctly, you have several dozen 27-d and 27-s slqs? If so, have you considered selling them to put towards a genuine 23-s or a 19-s? I know the 16 is going to be a tough hole regardless.
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I also prefer Capital Plastics holders. Their BVD (Bank Vault Drawer) series are 8" wide by 14" tall, specifically to fit the larger Safe Deposit Boxes. The holders themselves are archival quality. I have had copper coins in Capital holders since the 1960's without any degredation of color.  Edited by Penny Guy
10/10/2011 7:58 pm
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"WOW .... I think your set looks great in the Dansco." Thanks. All of my other others coins are also now in Dansco's. I cheated on a few like adding the Sheild Nickel and V nickel pages to the Buffalo nickel album and the Barber dime pages to Mercury dime album. I went a little overboard in the spending department the last few months.   |
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"So your the reason there are hardly any Standing Liberty quarters anywhere. YOU have them all or close to it. Ever think to leave some for the rest of the world? Those are some really nice looking coins." Thanks. Did I mention Standing Liberty quarters were my favorite coin. Not including the 6 1927S and 6 1927D in the sets I have 39 spare 1927S's and 20 spare 1927D's. I guess they are not as rare as people make them out to be. Here's a few more:  Set number 2 (11 holes to fill)   Set 3 (11 holes to fill)   Set 4 (11 holes to fill)   Set 5 (13 holes to fill)   Set 6 (17 holes to fill)   The starts of set 7  A pile of dateless I got stuck with buying a roll lto on ebay to get a 1924S (and also ended up with a higher grade but damaged 1919)  And a few slabbed but unfortunately a quarter of them are VF details graded.  |
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I thin they look better in the Whitman album. Blue really brings out the sparkle in Miss Liberty's eye.
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Wow! that's incredible! Seeing sets like these reminds me how much I wish my wife had let me keep all the rolls of coin I once had. I had enough of some to have easy a couple of sets of Liberty Halves and Franklins, and Mercs and Roosies. Anyway, I digress, nice collection!
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Thanks for posting more pics. For me when I see both Dansco and whitman albums together
it is easy to see which is the nicer looking album.
I also like seeing your stack of Dansco's, I have all the same ones except the SLQ's.
I am not sure why I don't have a SLQ album yet, seeing yours makes me want to start one.
I have been putting some SLQ quarters away the past couple years, but mostly when I see
them in the junk silver boxes. From the looks of it there might not be any 27 D and S
coins left to be found ... you seem to have most of them ...
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