In praise of albums
shirohniichan
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Until yesterday I kept my chopmarked trade dollars in Air Tite holders and a display case. Not only was it bulky to lug around, but the coins occasionally fell out and were a pain to flip over.
Yesterday I bought an old Library of Coins blank dollar album, and I'm pleased with the results. I'd have loved to found a custom trade dollar album, but there aren't any that include type 1 and 2 obverses and reverses. Now my San Francisco and Carson City trades that filled a case now only partially fill a much smaller album. The bad thing is that it shows me my collection is only half finished, and the really tough ones won't join in for a long time (unless someone has a spare chopmarked 1873, 1873-CC, 1875 I/I & I/II, 1876 II/II, 1878-CC, etc. to sell me for cheap
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The coins are much easier to transport, store, and view. Now all I have to do is make custom labels.
Yesterday I bought an old Library of Coins blank dollar album, and I'm pleased with the results. I'd have loved to found a custom trade dollar album, but there aren't any that include type 1 and 2 obverses and reverses. Now my San Francisco and Carson City trades that filled a case now only partially fill a much smaller album. The bad thing is that it shows me my collection is only half finished, and the really tough ones won't join in for a long time (unless someone has a spare chopmarked 1873, 1873-CC, 1875 I/I & I/II, 1876 II/II, 1878-CC, etc. to sell me for cheap
).The coins are much easier to transport, store, and view. Now all I have to do is make custom labels.
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I actually have quite a few of those old Library of Coins albums as well as Wayte Raymond ones but have always been very hesitant about putting any MS coins in them or any other album because of those plastic slides. I've have seen so many coins over the years with those awful slide marks on the high points (especially Morgans) that those types of albums just scare me. I keep most of my non holdered coins in Capital 3 X 3 screw together holders, they're very attractive IMO and protect coins well.
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