I've been having a lot of fun with a new coin storage system. Let me share some of my fun with everyone at CT. Preface: Historically, Collect89's ancient coins have been stored in 2x2 flips in 3-ring binders. Each coin label has historically been kept in a separate 2x2 flip adjacent to each coin. Therefore, every 20 pocket page in the 3-ring binder used to display 10 coins and 10 labels. Improvement using maps: My new coin storage method uses all the same materials in a three ring binder but I have added maps. Of course, the maps depict the ancient world. The 20 pocket three ring pages are transparent so you can see the map(s) behind the coin(s). This method allows both sides of the coin to be examined without needing to remove the 2x2 from the page. The coin labels are stored behind the maps This maps method makes storage a little more fun. Please post an example of your coin storage (or maps or anything fun).
Great for context and imagining ancient hands holding ancient coins and doing ancient things with them. Plus, the Greek geography is still a bit of a mish-mash for me so this works education-wise, too.
You're right. While viewing the coins, the maps help me to imagine and visualize things in my mind's-eye. Of course we all know own coins intimately & really don't need to constantly read the coin labels. The labels including all the original tags are out of sight but immediately available for reference if needed.
Yep... now that I think about it I spend way more time taking coins out of flips to handle them than I do reading tags. Hell, I spend more time WRITING tags than I do reading them.
I really like your mapping approach. Really cool @Collect89 . I am thinking through a scenario for the three Punic Wars and perhaps some of the wars in between... Fun musings...
