Today's eBay "narrow audience" award...

...goes to this listing, which will be of interest only to those who want to collect proof Trade dollars from 1873 to 1883... and put them into an old-fashioned cardboard-and-plastic-slider album page with rusted staples.

1873-1883 TRADE DOLLAR Designed for proofs only 12 opening 2 Meghrig boards

I do think my engraved and holed 1878 proof would be a perfect fit for a holder like this, but now that I've had it authenticated and slabbed, I'm not eager to crack it out. And I'm not sure I'm ready to continue a damaged-trade-dollar-proof set.

But my very favorite part of this listing: there are not just one, but two available!

Anybody ever come across one of these that's actually populated with rare proof-only issues? Now, that would be quite the estate find...

 

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Or collect/like/enjoy old boards/pages/albums etc...

http://www.meghrigsupplies.com/WAYTERAYMONDSTYLEBOARDS.html

 

Yeah, this seller seems to have quite a selection of old albums.

But when I think of all those years of absurdly rare coins being pressed into albums, or having plastic slides move back and forth across them... well, it's easy to see why @GDJMSP says that 80% of raw coins out there are problem coins.

 

David Lange has several books about
albums and boards.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000W...165_QL70&qid=1413650962&sr=1-9#ref=mp_s_a_1_9

 

Id buy it, but there is no hole for the 1885 and the 1884 isn't labeled.

Just to get you slab or nothing guys all hopped up, I have several proof trade dollars in albums and they have been there for many years.

 

What gives with the new avatar Doug?

 

a change of pace for Halloween?

 

I don't think the plastic will do much damage. Besides, the coin is recessed in the album if you do it right. But plastic rubbing against metal won't do a lot unless it's to some absurd and constant amount.

Coins roll around in the mylar and PVC flips, too. Not even the mylar ones cause damage but they are more expensive and the plastic itself get scratched easily, which is why dealers use the PVC.

You need something else to actually displace the metal (like a Dremmel tool).

 

How else is he "gonna get you".

 

I... what?

First, the problem isn't necessarily the slides themselves, but grit that they drag along between themselves and the coins.

Second, are you really suggesting that it takes something like a Dremel tool to displace metal? I hope that belief doesn't lead you to start wiping all your proofs with a nice, soft tissue...

 

I do not have a problem with anyone who wants to buy one of these albums and put their coins in them. Of course I understand eventually you will cause wear on the coins - but hey, they are your coins and you can do with them what you want. Personally I like albums - I have several and at least 1 or 2 completed albums. One even has AU/MS(low MS) coins in it. Probably the average coin in my albums is in the VF range - thinking more of the large cents and wheat cents.

 

Really? Wow, I learn something new every day.

Luckily, my albums are all circulated. The proofs and UNC's I have are slabbed.

I had read somewhere that the Mylar flips won't hurt the coins and dealers don't use them because the HOLDERS themselves get scratched.

But thanks for this info. I'll keep this in mind ;3

EDIT: PVC does damage though. This is why I was told to use mylars; the PVC can react with silver and produce ugly effects. Are you saying dealers chose these despite this fact, or are they usually keeping them for only a short period of time?

 

But can't the softening agents breakdown while sitting in the warehouse, on the shelf at a store, or in your desk drawer in the time before an actual coin is put in the holder? How long have they been on the shelf before actually being used - an unknown variable for the most part .

 

I get it. You don't know how long it takes.

Might take just a few days given the right conditions on a warehouse shelf.