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<p>[QUOTE="pcrdnadave, post: 25677, member: 1672"]Not silly at all. Some coins will "rattle" around in the holes, particularly if you're using the album for highly circualted coins like Barber halves or circulated Morgans. The early cents and half cents in my dansco type book don't even come close to fitting. The holes are about perfect for a coin that has not lost diameter due to circualtion.</p><p><br /></p><p>You must still use caution when putting coins in the album. Do not use your thumb or finger to push it into the hole. Instead, use a piece of plastic laid over the coin to push on. This may not even be desirable if you have very high grade or expensive key dates.. There is a large risk when sliding the plastic cover back into the holder that you may leave "slide marks" on the obverse of the coin. A "completed" set in a dansco or whitman album, or any other is very nice to look at..</p><p><br /></p><p>For my key date coins I put a common date coin in the same grade as the key date into the hole, but reverse side up. This way the set doesn't have those unsightly holes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="pcrdnadave, post: 25677, member: 1672"]Not silly at all. Some coins will "rattle" around in the holes, particularly if you're using the album for highly circualted coins like Barber halves or circulated Morgans. The early cents and half cents in my dansco type book don't even come close to fitting. The holes are about perfect for a coin that has not lost diameter due to circualtion. You must still use caution when putting coins in the album. Do not use your thumb or finger to push it into the hole. Instead, use a piece of plastic laid over the coin to push on. This may not even be desirable if you have very high grade or expensive key dates.. There is a large risk when sliding the plastic cover back into the holder that you may leave "slide marks" on the obverse of the coin. A "completed" set in a dansco or whitman album, or any other is very nice to look at.. For my key date coins I put a common date coin in the same grade as the key date into the hole, but reverse side up. This way the set doesn't have those unsightly holes.[/QUOTE]
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