Hi, I would like to get an album for display and storage of paper currency. I am amassing a nice collection of Vietnamese notes (and coins) and would like a nice way to display them and preserve them. They range greatly in size and style over the years and different forms of Gov. I was thinking something with 3/page and clear so that you can flip the page and see both sides of the notes. A way to label them would also be good as many throughout the years are not even labeled with a year, making it time consuming to repeatedly look up notes in the World Currency guide. Just wondering what you guys use or recommend... Thanks
Personally I use the Lighthouse Vario pages and binders. 1, 2, and 3 notes per page, depending on size. I also use their black interleaving, so you don't have to see all the notes behind the one you're looking at. As far as labels, I feel your pain. I have no great answer. Dave
I personally use some higher quality Avery 3" binders I buy locally, and just buy the currency pages online. I have bought Lighthouse graded currency pages and they are very nice, but a bit pricey if I had to store every one of my notes, and since my notes are sleeved I just use generic 3 subject pages for large & small. If you have five or six hundred notes, those custom albums could get crazy expensive! If you have under a hundred, than what's not to like with the Lighthouse or Dansco setups.
I find the best albums are the Linder albums. A little pricey but solid. The pager are non-mylar. Here is a link to Denlys he sells them. About $100 for the slipcase and pages. I have a spare if you need it PM me I'll treat you right on it. http://www.denlys.com/inventory/albums.asp
I don't use albums — I use currency boxes. For labels, though, I purchased a Brother P-touch 2730 Label Printer to print labels and I really like it. It can be used standalone or connected to you computer via USB. The software included with the printer provides the ability to customize labels.
Thanks for the input guys. Clay: I think your labels are a good idea and something I might try out. I have many pages of shipping return labels that I can print to, might try them out. Dave: I have looked at the Lighthouse binders and really like them. I like the 'Grande Classic Album set for Sleeves' that come with the album covers. They are $46/each and come with: 10 GRANDE 3C pages made of 100% acid- and softener-free archival polyester and 11 black interleaves GRANDE ZWL, 30 pockets (8 5/8 x 3 7/8") for small, standard and large currency sleeves for US and international bank notes. My question is, can each album take more pages and interleaves or is 30 notes per album the limit? My collection will probably end up being more than 150 notes. It would be nice if I could add more to each album instead of needing 5+ albums at that price. Thanks!
I've got a couple of their Grande albums (something like 1.5" spine), they easily will hold 40 pages+40 interleaves. So depending on whether those pages held 1, 2, or 3 banknotes, you might get up to 120 of them in there. I could probably stuff another 10 pages in, but that would be pushing it. Dave
