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I got tired of my Buffalo date set barely not fitting in a PCGS box

ChrisH821ChrisH821 Posts: 6,692 ✭✭✭✭✭
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So I made a 23 coin PCGS box. :)
It's not perfect but it will get the job done nicely.

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  • coinbufcoinbuf Posts: 11,795 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice adaptation.

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  • CoinJunkieCoinJunkie Posts: 8,772 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That's kinda cool! Band saw?

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  • ChrisH821ChrisH821 Posts: 6,692 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Radial arm saw, it was slightly out of square which made the job a little harder than it should have been.

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  • koynekwestkoynekwest Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭

    You would need a 24 coin box for a date set, right?

  • koynekwestkoynekwest Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That's a clever solution you have there.

  • Steven59Steven59 Posts: 9,988 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @koynekwest said:
    You would need a 24 coin box for a date set, right?

    No 22, 32,33 - leaves 23 (hope my math is correct)

  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,447 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wow - I would have thought a radial arm saw would really tear up the box or leave a wide kerf.

    Did you cut the box with the lid on??

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  • ChrisH821ChrisH821 Posts: 6,692 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Lakesammman said:
    Wow - I would have thought a radial arm saw would really tear up the box or leave a wide kerf.

    Did you cut the box with the lid on??

    Yep, I taped the lid to the box just to prevent any relative movement. I was surprised how cleanly it cut through, just some minor cleanup with 220 sandpaper on a flat surface, the super glue bonded the surfaces almost instantly.

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  • ChrisH821ChrisH821 Posts: 6,692 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Steven59 said:

    @koynekwest said:
    You would need a 24 coin box for a date set, right?

    No 22, 32,33 - leaves 23 (hope my math is correct)

    You are correct, although maybe I should have made a 24 coin box so that I'd have room for both a type 1 and type 2 for 1913. The registry is just one or the other.

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  • koynekwestkoynekwest Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 23, 2021 9:01PM

    Yes-my date set is 24 coins, 1913 Vars 1 & 2 and the rest. But I also have all of the major varieties and some of the significant ones that are not mainstream stuff, such as both the obverse and reverse doubled dies for the year 1936. The reverse d die is quite scarce. I don't keep mine in a PCGS box but in three nine coin display trays for a total of 27 coins. I also have the 1913-D & S Var 1 and an extra 1916 which fills them up.

  • YorkshiremanYorkshireman Posts: 4,583 ✭✭✭✭✭

    What a neat idea!! Well done.

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  • clarkbar04clarkbar04 Posts: 4,977 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I’d make one of these for joe aka @crazyhounddog but I don’t have enough boxes to melt together!
    In all seriousness nice work!

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  • Namvet69Namvet69 Posts: 9,234 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Excellent job, now that's a great idea. Blue boxes are everywhere and cheap. Thanks for the example. Peace Roy

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Great idea... Now I expect to see some rainbow boxes.... fabricated out of all the different colors. Who will have the most colors in one box? I can see them selling for a significant premium, with a COA from the fabricator - signed. :D;) Cheers, RickO

  • DNADaveDNADave Posts: 7,302 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Hmmmmm. Peace dollars? Might have to give that a try.

  • BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,234 ✭✭✭✭✭

    So much for the box of 20 mantra.

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  • seanqseanq Posts: 8,731 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @clarkbar04 said:
    I’d make one of these for joe aka @crazyhounddog but I don’t have enough boxes to melt together!
    In all seriousness nice work!

    How many do you want? I have about a dozen gathering dust in my basement.

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  • MASSU2MASSU2 Posts: 267 ✭✭✭✭

    @DNADave said:
    Hmmmmm. Peace dollars? Might have to give that a try.

    My thoughts exactly! Do you go with 24 or 25 though?

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