I don't know if this is the best place to ask this question...but it seemed to make the most sense (I think this might be my first post in the Bullion Investing Forum...just took me over 12K posts to get here). Anyway, I'm not really interested in "investing" per se, but I love silver...especially "silver dollar" sized coins. I think the large coins are beautiful and fun. I thought it would be fun to collect a variety of nationally produced silver bullion coins and put them into an album. My first question is this, assuming 1oz coins silver bullion coins...is 40mm the standard size? Obviously the metal has a specific mass so bullion coins must be approximately the same size...but do different countries produce coins of different thicknesses and the coins end up being different size? Or is the 40mm ASE size pretty much the standard? The reason I ask is Dansco makes an album (7084) that holds 40mm silver rounds. It contains 45 slots which I think would make a very nice government silver bullion "type set." I think I would try and get as many as possible from my birth year (1985)...although I know some countries haven't made silver bullion coins that long (I'm looking at you USA). But, I think it would be a fun little side project...and I figure I can get most of the coins for near spot value I would think. Any thoughts?
In the shop where I work, Richie, most of the Gov't produced bullion is in the same size as the ASE. Even the rounds are mostly the same size. That is not to say that there won't be a few governments that will do their own thing, size wise, but for the most part the 40mm size appears to be the standard.
Anyone playing around with capsules and such regarding one ounce silver will quickly find there is a range of diameters at work. I stock everything from 39mm to 41mm, including 40mm when I can find them, which isn't always. The ASE's need 41mm, while VERY many private pieces are 39mm. The private mints tend to strike a thicker piece. All the pieces that the Red Rose Coin Club of Lancaster, PA produces (51 consecutive years) are 39mm. It is Keystone Mint's 1 oz. standard diameter.
As I understand it, the ASE is 40.6mm...which makes sense for 41mm capsules. I guess what I am asking is...will a Dansco 7084 accommodate most government issue bullion pieces? The slots are 40mm in diameter which is the same as the ASE book. Of course, the pages of a book are far softer than a capsule which allows a little "give."
I think you'll find very many private mint pieces, as well as Canadian Maples, will be a sloppy fit. I use 39mm sized Dansco pages, in a plain binder, for my ounces that are not ASE's.
If you like interesting silver (in addition to coin/medal), I picked up one of these 4oz bars for my kids ==> http://www.coin-rare.com/silver-bullion-20-trillion-silver-bar.aspx
A lot of coins use the 40mm diamter but some like Britannias can be different. Here is a website that lists the air-tite sizes for different coins and also has the diameter of each coin: http://www.air-tites.com/coin_size_chart.htm#.WGLKzVMrLIU
Howdy folks, I'm with Kurt. I love collecting silver crowns - both modern and older. However, they come in such a variety of sizes that I've basically had to order individual pages from Dansco and empty folders just to have a good fit for the various sizes that exist. Until the brits came out with their 2 oz. fantastic beasts series I was pretty set. These rascals are thicker than a standard Dansco page. So far, I see not option to just leaving them in the capsule. Dansco has various albums for silver crowns and silver rounds but they also have separate albums for both Leafs and Libertads. Here's the page at amos showing some of the blank page offerings from Dansco. https://www.amosadvantage.com/scott...part_desc=&list_PagingMove=9&list_StartPage=8 The page prior has blank albums of various sizes. It's all good. peace, rono
After looking around some more, I see that the older Brits, with a 2 pounds face value, were a bit larger in diameter and thinner. Recent years (5 pounds face) are thicker and smaller in diameter. By the way, I also LOVE to collect all the cupronickel crowns I can find, in top notch condition, as well. No, I don't need any more 1965 Churchills.
There are 3 major sizes used for normal 1oz silver bullions, 38mm, 39mm and 41mm. High-relief and/or piedforts are not normal issues, they are smaller and thicker so they will need a different size of holders/airtites/albums. I use slabs for ease of organizing and storage
