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A Poll Question about coins in a double row box.
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If you have a double row box of ASE's by date with a tag indicating the date do you put the tag and then the coins or the coins and then the tag?? I know it sounds silly, but..................
Al H.
Al H.
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Hoard the keys.
Letter in front indicates the group. Letter A ample, apple. Letter B bag, bunch.
Same as what you're asking for the ASE dates.
I finally told him I'll put them however he wants.
My day could be ruined waiting for the definitive answer.
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Neither way really bothers me however.
Takes a second to figure it out.
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<< <i>this is a back and forth with me and my boss. >>
Your boss is wired wrong.....
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<< <i>Just mark the opposite side of tags with the same letter and when someone complains, do a 180 with the box and say, there you go!
Before is correct, though. Think old-fashioned library card catalog, or anything else filed by part of its name. Maybe you should additionally group them by decade (80s, 90s, 00s, 10s) with a different colored card and ask if you should put 90s before the 1990 coins or after the 1999 coins.
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<< <i>Coin then the tag. >>
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(down arrow) 1997 1998 ^
That way, each date group is bracketed, with a down and up arrow.
<< <i>Just mark the opposite side of tags with the same letter and when someone complains, do a 180 with the box and say, there you go!
Agree and good idea!
<< <i>Dual date the tabs;
(down arrow) 1997 1998 ^
That way, each date group is bracketed, with a down and up arrow. >>
Yes, I thought of this as well. Annoyingly unnecessary, but may reduce the number of pointless complaints...
And to my mind putting the tag after the coins doesn't make any sense.
Jim
the way you want to file the coins is the vastly more accepted way and has been since the file cabinet was invented.
+1
<< <i>Tag first is the only logical way to go, but some people are illogical. You don't need a tag at the end to tell you what coins you've already seen, unless you're suffering from short-term memory loss. >>
It's not coins you've already seen, as much as coins you are searching through at a given moment.
And it could well be useful to have that info visible in some circumstances. There are often a lot of
distractions at coin shows, so I don't buy your "short-term memory loss" argument, either.
As a final note, when someone puts a box in front of me, the first thing I want to see is
coins, not a big tag obscuring my view of them.
YMMV.
<< <i>it's actually surprising how many think the tag should be after what it is helping you find. >>
Kinda like reading a book and then finding out what the title is....
I can't think of any filing system that is backwards...
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coins, not a big tag obscuring my view of them.
this is a gross play at making a point, the tag with the date is about a quarter of an inch taller than the flips with the coins. it isn't like it's obscuring your view of anything. to use your example with the box being placed in front of you imagine you're looking for a 2005 ASE. when you see the tag, where do you expect to find the coins with that date, in before or after the tag?? most filing systems which have proven useful and successful place it after the tag indicating what you are looking for.