Just curious what thickness binder others try to use, if using 20 2x2 pocket pages. Obviously everyone also organizes different, and that choice may dictate different sizes as well if it is small, or not quick enough to split into two. What raises this question is my wife, kids, and now my parents have complained that a 2 1/2 inch binder full of coins is just too hard to enjoy looking through. LOL, I was thinking of going to 3" before they raised the subject. Just looking for general impressions and opinions of where others decide to cut it off and split into two binders regardless of your methodology on how to split it (type, date, etc). Or, I can tell them to deal with it or stop looking
i have a zip up bindr nt sure the size dansco makes a album with 2x2 pages called dansco 7000 i believe it contains pvc tho im picking one up soon
I start another binder as soon as the current one reaches past the point the two ends are in parallel planes. I don't like extremely thin binders and more than fat ones so I use two different thicknesses and usually split a binder as close to even as possible. Since the binders are stacked they are more stable if they aren't over or underfilled.
Depends on the size of the series. Short runs like buffalo nickels and mercury dimes get an 1.5 inch binder. That holds enough 4X5 pocket pages to hold about 100 coins with a room for a few pages for varieties. Others include: Lincoln cents (1909-1959) 1.5 in Lincoln Cents (1959 - 2009) 1.5 in Lincoln cents (2010 and up) 1 in Jefferson Nickels (1938 to present) 2 in Roosevelt Dime (1946 to present) 2 in Obsolete quarters (Barber and Standing Liberty) 1.5 in Washington quarters (1932 to 1964) 1.5 in Washington quarters (1965 to 1998) 1.5 in Washington quarters (1999 to 2008) 2 in Washington quarters (2009 to present) 1 in Obsolete Half Dollars (Barber through Franklin) 2 in Kennedy Half Dollars (1964 to present) 2 in Dollar coins (Peace through present) 2 in In between the 4X5 pocket pages, I place a sheet protector containing a page like below. That way I have the mintage info and any special features of a coin on the left side page and the coin itself on the right page. That also places a white background behind the pocket pages.
Like your "in between" page. How did you make the layout, and how did you get the pics into the boxes. I just use a heavy weight blank page between, but like your idea better. Jim
Wow, that is awesome for a separator page!!! Thanks for the info on what you use for each binder too! Great info beyond what I was looking for and will come in handy!
The lay-out was trial and error, but the end result is an excel page with alternating thick and thin rows and columns. Rows 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11 have row heights of 6.75. Rows 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 have row heights of 193. Columns A, D, F, H, and J have column widths of 1.14. Column B has a width of 0.25. Columns C, E, G, and F have widths of 31.57. Page set-up is Letter, 600 dpi, Portrait, adjust to 79% of normal size. Margins are 0.12 top and bottom, 0.13 top and bottom, header and footer are 0.13. Printing requires a printer that will print pretty much to the edge of the page. It ends up matching pretty well with the pockets hold the coins. I don't know what types of files can be up-loaded but I could post a blank lay-out (*.xls file) if the moderators do not mind. Putting the text into the box is relatively simple. Not sure how things work on a MAC, but on a PC , Shift-Enter will move the cursor to the next line within a cell. As for pictures, most are ones I've found on the web, and are only for my use. I could not give copies since they from a variety of web sites. You will have to find your own to fit your needs. When I find what I want, I put into PhotoShop, set to gray-scale crop it how I like it, adjust brightness and contrast to taste, and then set the height to a standard of .75 in. Width is based on retaining proportions when setting height. The resulting picture is just copied and pasted into Excel where they can moved about as needed. I have found that trying size the pictures in Excel is difficult, so use your photo editing software.
I get them as big as I can because I have my coins organized by country, and several of them occupy an entire book by themselves. I want to get as many coins in an album as I can.
