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<p>[QUOTE="cpm9ball, post: 1223448, member: 24633"]You can order 50 ct. packages of flips in the red 2x2 box. Each box can hold about 2-3 rolls of dimes. I believe they also come with the 1-3/4 x 1-3/4 inserts to record data. Cardboard 2x2's that are stapled take up a lot more space regardless of whether you're putting them in these boxes or storing them in 20 ct. pages in 3-ring binders.</p><p><br /></p><p>The flips are the most space-efficient method. You can store roughly 1000 dimes in the same space as a 2" binder that can hold 300-400 coins. Another thing you can do is make your own dividers to separate them by date/mintmark, decade or whatever depending on the quantity of each. The best thing to use (don't laugh!) is an empty cereal box. Simply cut rectangles 2"x2-1/2", make a 1/2" crease on the long side so you can fold this down above the flips and write the dates on the tabs of the inner side.</p><p><br /></p><p>The other advantage of this method is that if you remove one coin, you don't have to rearrange the other coins (i.e. move the others forward) like you would with the plastic pages.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cpm9ball, post: 1223448, member: 24633"]You can order 50 ct. packages of flips in the red 2x2 box. Each box can hold about 2-3 rolls of dimes. I believe they also come with the 1-3/4 x 1-3/4 inserts to record data. Cardboard 2x2's that are stapled take up a lot more space regardless of whether you're putting them in these boxes or storing them in 20 ct. pages in 3-ring binders. The flips are the most space-efficient method. You can store roughly 1000 dimes in the same space as a 2" binder that can hold 300-400 coins. Another thing you can do is make your own dividers to separate them by date/mintmark, decade or whatever depending on the quantity of each. The best thing to use (don't laugh!) is an empty cereal box. Simply cut rectangles 2"x2-1/2", make a 1/2" crease on the long side so you can fold this down above the flips and write the dates on the tabs of the inner side. The other advantage of this method is that if you remove one coin, you don't have to rearrange the other coins (i.e. move the others forward) like you would with the plastic pages. Chris[/QUOTE]
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