Question, please reply

ChangeInHistory

Not really, sorry! I'm ready to break open my mint/proof sets and ready to fill up my Intercept Album Wash. quarters 1999-2004. Should I put the reverse/state design face up or stay with the traditional way of putting the obverse up?

kranky

Reverse up.

Rampage

Do what you like, but reverse up is what I would do.


PS---Change your post title.

DickyBetz

Technically speaking. The state side of the new Washington quarters is the obverse. The obverse is supposed to be the side with the date, so therefore, the state side is the obverse.

ddbird

Use gloves

BillJones

Reverse up is the only way to go. The reverse is what gives these coins some interest. The new obverse is a little better than the old one, but it's still pretty boring.

TwoSides2aCoin

<< <i>Use gloves

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Amen, that's the important one.... but not those steel mesh ones that butchers use or them kind welders have.... but soft cotton or even a golf glove that is NEW works pretty good.

I'd put the reverse up, It shows not only the date of the coin but what year each state was admitted into the union.

JadeRareCoin

I would put the state side up, except for the ones that are really ugly (Missouri, Wisconsin, Kansas, and about 20 others).

Some good advice: don't use super glue. It is messy and doesn't seem to hold the coins very well. I recommend a 2 cycle epoxy. That will really hold them babies in there and prevent any slipage.

ellewood

I started the exact same album (not with proofs though) for my daughter. I chose to put the state side up...so I could identify each quarter without flipping the page over. I break open one mint set each year to update her set. he Intercept Shield albums with slipcovers are the way to go.

bonkrood

I would go with the state side up, easier to tell which is which.

BlindedByEgo

<< <i>I would put the state side up, except for the ones that are really ugly (Missouri, Wisconsin, Kansas, and about 20 others).

Some good advice: don't use super glue. It is messy and doesn't seem to hold the coins very well. I recommend a 2 cycle epoxy. That will really hold them babies in there and prevent any slipage.



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State side up. I have had the best results with my power nail gun.

lasvegasteddy

put them in with obverse showing and your set will be rarer and protective of the reverse's...:-)

billboat

I have a Whitman Deluxe State Quarter Album (for my circulation set) with both D and P mints. I put the P mint obverse up and D mint reverse up. I guess your album has D, P and S---I still recommend alternating---breaks up the monotony.

RBB617

My son has been filling in his SQ albums reverse up (no surprise), but I like Billboat's idea. I'll run it past him tonight.

johnsim03

<< <i>I have a Whitman Deluxe State Quarter Album (for my circulation set) with both D and P mints. I put the P mint obverse up and D mint reverse up. I guess your album has D, P and S---I still recommend alternating---breaks up the monotony. >>



This is exactly what I do, as well - for my Choice BU set.

John

coinguy1

If you don't want to become known as the "boy who cried wolf" you might consider changing your thread title and being more up front next time you choose one.

Edited to add: A number of other posters have used similar thread titles, but they typically had issues that were time sensitive.

PerryHall

<< <i>Reverse up. >>

ms70

Edge up.

BobaFett72

""If you don't want to become known as the "boy who cried wolf" you might consider changing your thread title and being more up front next time you choose one. ""




im glad this thread wasnt really important lol

BigE

Now, if you ever accidentally drink jewell luster it will take you a lot longer to get the antidote out of us -----------BigE

relayer

Next time, don't waste your time here - just call 911 right away.


The life you save may be your own

LanLord

<< <i>Reverse up. >>

Reverse up with things that have the "special" side on the reverse.

My question is why do you want to take them out of the govt packaging?

Dasnco albums do some weird things to PROOFs, I imagine that other albums (other than those special green ones) would too!

ChangeInHistory

<< <i>I would put the state side up, except for the ones that are really ugly (Missouri, Wisconsin, Kansas, and about 20 others).

Some good advice: don't use super glue. It is messy and doesn't seem to hold the coins very well. I recommend a 2 cycle epoxy. That will really hold them babies in there and prevent any slipage.



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I think there's some JB Weld somewhere in the garage!

ChangeInHistory

<< <i>If you don't want to become known as the "boy who cried wolf" you might consider changing your thread title and being more up front next time you choose one.

Edited to add: A number of other posters have used similar thread titles, but they typically had issues that were time sensitive. >>



You're right. I was just trying to break up a back-to-work Monday.

Jcarney

<< <i>Dasnco albums do some weird things to PROOFs >>



I've had my set (including clad and silver proofs) in a Dansco since it began in 1999 and haven't noticed any change. No toning or haze whatsoever.