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<p>[QUOTE="bhp3rd, post: 715789, member: 16510"]<b>Proof Lincolns are very fragile no album I know of is really a good choice</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Proof Lincolns are very fragile no album I know of is really a good choice.</p><p>The Intercept are probably the best but still not a great choice. You have to remove them from the proof set, handle them in some way, punch them in and slide a piece of hard plastic across them.</p><p>The best are Capital type hard boards with slots and screws. Even these are not air tight of course but offere less chance of damage from handling or setting in each coin.</p><p>There are hard plastic square type holders for each coin and these are a good choice for protection but are not air tight.</p><p>Actually super clean 2x2's that have the dust blowed off and carefully put up and kept in a controled enviroment are about as good as any if stored properly.</p><p>I've opened 10,000 proof and mint sets, never gave it a second thought - the hard part is finding clean spot free proof Lincoln's to begin with. Some are nice but many (1973, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80 are hard to find nice to begin with.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bhp3rd, post: 715789, member: 16510"][b]Proof Lincolns are very fragile no album I know of is really a good choice[/b] Proof Lincolns are very fragile no album I know of is really a good choice. The Intercept are probably the best but still not a great choice. You have to remove them from the proof set, handle them in some way, punch them in and slide a piece of hard plastic across them. The best are Capital type hard boards with slots and screws. Even these are not air tight of course but offere less chance of damage from handling or setting in each coin. There are hard plastic square type holders for each coin and these are a good choice for protection but are not air tight. Actually super clean 2x2's that have the dust blowed off and carefully put up and kept in a controled enviroment are about as good as any if stored properly. I've opened 10,000 proof and mint sets, never gave it a second thought - the hard part is finding clean spot free proof Lincoln's to begin with. Some are nice but many (1973, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80 are hard to find nice to begin with.[/QUOTE]
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