Thanks to CoinTalk members for helping me to formulate a way to display my TPG type set. I wanted to be able to show both sides of the coins, so I have used some notebooks obtained from Wizard Supply (great to deal with by the way). I defined my own set and came up with 111 different coins to display. I wanted to do this for my grandkids who have no idea what US coins looked like in the past. I originally did not want to use detailed coins, but determined from discussion on the forums that they too had value. My key is now to obtain the best quality item I can afford that clearly shows the major details of the coins. I think the lowest grade in the collection so far is AG 3 for an 1807 Draped Bust Large cent. I also manufacture sports plaques so I have an engraver in my basement and used it to make the labels for each coin. I have 64 of the 111, 4 of which are not in the album but in mint sets. Here are a few pictures...hope you like them. Looking to add a Morgan dollar after 1878. Maybe a low mintage under appreciated one of high quality. Any suggestions?
Nicely done. Very similar to what I do with my type set. For each coin, I print out a little strip of paper with the "type" that is represented by the coin. Cut it to size and then use a little Elmers glue stick to close the ends. The strip is loose enough to slip off and on if required, say to take photos. Photos below.
Very nice. Both of us went with what we had I guess. For me an engraver, but does limit the information, and for you the printed paper method. Looks like both seem to work. Some fun, isn't it.
Great idea, this, and I am still using my lowly Dansco 7070. Should I be considering a different, more inclusive album? Change can be good!!
That’s a very handsome display. I loved type collecting and enjoy looking at type sets more than the sameness of date-and-mint collections that have row upon row of all similar looking coins. They are more visually interesting. Now I’ve gone eclectic, and am more of a “buy whatever floats my boat” kinda guy, but let me show y’all something. I think my album display method might come in handy and be adaptable for some of you who want to label your type set slots in slab albums. See how I use 9-pocket trading card pages. They overlay the 9-slot slab album pages almost perfectly. What you could do is print a label the size of a baseball card and stick it in the slot that overlays your slab. You can fit a lot of information on there. Furthermore, there is space in the back of the pocket for you to also insert the (folded-up) invoice and any old flips or labels and such that came with the coin that particular pocket is overlaying. (Note my middle photo below.) Here. Check it out. You could adapt this method well for a type set. This just happens to be the first page of my first album, with all ancients, but imagine my labels said “Draped Bust half cent (1800-1808)”, then “Classic Head half cent (1809-1836)” for the next slot, etc., etc., and so on down the line for each type. And you can define your own type set layout with the labels and pocket overlays. Get it? *But I should note that @Southpawdon’s green labels look very nice, too.
PS- I should also note that if you use the Lighthouse brand slab album pages, which fully enclose the slab (unlike the Eagle brand pages), you could include raw coins in combination with your slabs, on at least a temporary basis. Just put the coin in a regular Mylar flip and snap it into the page. Sure, it’ll rattle around loosely in the slab pocket, but it won’t fall out. Note that the bottom left coin shown in my page there (the Roman Egypt Hadrian tetradrachm) is not yet slabbed. It’s just sitting in there in a flip until I get around to sending it in to NGC. If you wanted to include raw coins in your set on a more permanent basis (i.e., leave them raw), you can get the Everslab or CoinWorld or similar slab-style holders. I believe I recall seeing @dwhiz use these “do-it-yourself slabs” to good effect in his Peace dollar collection.
