Coin display mechanics

Chaparral

I'm a circulated, type guy. A while back, I finished the Dansco book (after 20+/- years) and have expanded on that basic set, but I remain dissatisfied with how I am displaying the set. Being a child of the Whitman folder, I feel obligated to indicating what "holes" I still have to fill. Presently, I have my coins in 2 X 2's, inserted into mylar pages, all in a notebook. Between each coin page, I've inserted another mylar page with an insert describing what the coin on the opposite page is or should be. This lets me indicate varieties and how long they were minted and which ones I'm missing. This works, but it is not very intuitive, as I always have to explain the set-up. Ideally, there would be a sheet that holds 2 X 2's and allows you to write a description below. A cardboard page that holds 2 X 2's seems ideal, but I can't find one. Any suggestions? Thanks.

MacCoin

I got my type set up the same way. I have never seen A cardboard page that holds 2 X 2's but that is a hell of a good idea

mrfred

Are there crown-sized mylar pages? Larger (e.g. 2.5x2.5) plastic inserts? You could put the 2x2 in there and then a half-inch sized slip below it w/ info about the coin. Might work. Might flop around. Not sure. Just thinking outside the box a bit.

I read an article some time ago about Harry Bass. He never liked coin holders available here in the USA, I believe, and so went with some kind of holder he found in Britain. Anybody know a non-US coin supply website? Maybe they'd have a cool solution to this.

I've been thinking of loose-leaf mylar pages myself for some time. I have no coin displays at all now, aside from a single set of framed Peace Dollars (1922) in VF, on my home office wall. Otherwise, everything is in 2x2s or (for the better stuff) safflips.

supercoin

How about using your 2x2s in the mylar pages as you are now, but put the labels on the same page as the coins.

So instead of two pages containing (L)abels and (C)oins, which if I understand you correctly looks like this:

LLLL CCCC
LLLL CCCC
LLLL CCCC
LLLL CCCC
LLLL CCCC

You'd have this:

LCLC
LCLC
LCLC
LCLC
LCLC

You could print the labels on a computer with heavyweight paper, then cut them to 2x2 dimensions with a papercutter or knife and straight-edge for a neat appearance. You could even include a little arrow on each label to point to the correct coin (or blank spot) to eliminate any confusion.

Then put blank 2x2 paper in the holes so that coins from other pages don't show through. Or, like a stamp book, you could even print out a little grayscale photo of the missing coin and use that for your holes.

mbbiker

This is how my type set is done, the coin is in a 2x2 but i put a sticker on the 2x2 with all the info i want. It works great i got all the 2x2's done and they are in the pages but the 2x2 stays empty until i get the coin.

Chaparral

Supercoin - Good thought! And thanks for spending the time to figure what I was trying to say. I've played with the format that you suggest and one where I put the labels in the row below. It probably reads better, but I believe that my hesitation stems from a prejudice for that ol' cool feeling of looking at a full page of coins (sometimes the degree of my geekdom even surprises me!). Anyway, I may play with it some more.

Mbbiker's solution works, also, except I like to put where and when I bought particular coins and, particularly with dollar coins in 2 X 2's, you just don't have much room to write variety, dates of production, etc.

Thanks everybody!

Coppernicus

Edited to add some text (DUH!)

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