Labeling 2x2 Cardboard holder's..... Suggestion's???

ozzysdad · November 11, 2005 11:41PM

I know everyone that collect's coins at sometime or another get's tired of trying to neatly write on the 2x2 holders. Sometime's trying to put enough info is a severe pain. I found some mailing label's yesterday that are 1/2"x 1 3/4" with 80 labels per sheet. They are made by Avery and are designed to work with preset layouts in Microsoft Word. I plan on giving it a try today. Hopefully i can get some result's that will speed up the process. I would like to be able to list the following on the label;
Date:_____ Grade:___
Denom:__________
Country:__________
KM#________

I'm open for suggestion's, Any input would be helpful and appreciated.

Thank's,
ozzysdad

sumnom · November 11, 2005 11:53PM

You might also want to consider including mint marks, privy marks, and some way of denoting varieties/errors. I find that the info I include on a 2x2 depends on the series. Sometimes very little information is needed but in other cases I have a fair amount of writing to do. I find that my cast Korean and Chinese coins require the most while most of my North American and European coins require the least.

coinpictures · November 12, 2005 12:00AM

This is one (but not the only) reason that I'm switching from 2x2s to flips for storage of all my raw coins.

My coin database (actually a bunch of web page CGI scripts I wrote) allows me to click on a link and it gives me a semiformatted mini-report on that coin:

Country
Denomination
Date
Catalog #
Grade
Mintage
Inventory #
Cost
Value

I can highlight and copy that from MSIE (using Firefox does not retain the formatting) into an Adobe PageMaker template I designed 20-up (4 columns of 5 rows for 20 per page) 1.75x1.75 inserts. Once I have 20 I print it on card stock and cut out the inserts.

All the information easily fits on the insert and is quite readable.

Refrema · November 12, 2005 12:07AM

I use the same size labels, but I print on half of the label, and repeat the information on the other half, then I fold it around the 2X2. This way the label is on both sides of the 2X2. Doing it like this, you don’t cover the coin for larger coins.

I will scan a page from my type set this afternoon and post it. Then you will see what I have done. I also use color on the labels to help show some information.

It looks great, but is a lot of work. Good Luck,

Bob

Labeling 2x2 Cardboard holder's..... Suggestion's???

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