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<p>[QUOTE="Seattlite86, post: 3526130, member: 59737"]Not an effort to compete/brag, but I’ve got thousands of coins in 2x2s. Long ago, I gave myself the silly goal of putting all coins in 2x2s. I like to think I have it down to a decent system.</p><p><br /></p><p>All of my coins get four staples with a small flat clinch stapler that uses the smaller 10-5M staples. On the 2x2: Top left corner gets country. Top right is denomination. Bottom left is date and MM. Bottom right is metal. Top center is error or notes. Bottom center is KM catalog number. Reverse top center is my own catalog number for my excel document and tracking purposes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the best priced holder and boxes combination I could find: <a href="https://www.amosadvantage.com/Store/Category/Coins/Holders/2x2-Flips/2x2-storage-sets" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.amosadvantage.com/Store/Category/Coins/Holders/2x2-Flips/2x2-storage-sets" rel="nofollow">https://www.amosadvantage.com/Store/Category/Coins/Holders/2x2-Flips/2x2-storage-sets</a></p><p>It works if you’re in the continental US. Since I’m not, I purchase from here and they let me tell them the breakdown of my 2x2 boxes. Make sure you wait for 10% eBay bucks.</p><p><a href="https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F370949041720" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F370949041720" rel="nofollow">https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.com/ulk/itm/370949041720</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here’s an example. I added the KM, since I didn’t write it in. This coin got a 2x2 for the error, so I wasn’t worried about the catalog number. Note that all I did was point and shoot with my phone camera. Lighting was okay, so the photo came out okay. With a little effort, I could’ve taken a solid high definition shot without removing it from the 2x2.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]936962[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Hope that was helpful.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: only my large dollar holders get staples on the four corners, as close to the coin as possible.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Seattlite86, post: 3526130, member: 59737"]Not an effort to compete/brag, but I’ve got thousands of coins in 2x2s. Long ago, I gave myself the silly goal of putting all coins in 2x2s. I like to think I have it down to a decent system. All of my coins get four staples with a small flat clinch stapler that uses the smaller 10-5M staples. On the 2x2: Top left corner gets country. Top right is denomination. Bottom left is date and MM. Bottom right is metal. Top center is error or notes. Bottom center is KM catalog number. Reverse top center is my own catalog number for my excel document and tracking purposes. Here is the best priced holder and boxes combination I could find: [url]https://www.amosadvantage.com/Store/Category/Coins/Holders/2x2-Flips/2x2-storage-sets[/url] It works if you’re in the continental US. Since I’m not, I purchase from here and they let me tell them the breakdown of my 2x2 boxes. Make sure you wait for 10% eBay bucks. [URL='https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F370949041720']https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.com/ulk/itm/370949041720[/URL] Here’s an example. I added the KM, since I didn’t write it in. This coin got a 2x2 for the error, so I wasn’t worried about the catalog number. Note that all I did was point and shoot with my phone camera. Lighting was okay, so the photo came out okay. With a little effort, I could’ve taken a solid high definition shot without removing it from the 2x2. [ATTACH=full]936962[/ATTACH] Hope that was helpful. Edit: only my large dollar holders get staples on the four corners, as close to the coin as possible.[/QUOTE]
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