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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;E Pluribus Unum, post: 2947049, member: 74265&quot;]Dansco Albums are great <b><span style="color: #b30000">IF</span></b> the diameter of the ports match the diameter of the coins.&nbsp; I put together a series of Italy 100 Lire coins using a Dansco Binder with millimeter pages.&nbsp; The diameter of the 100 Lire coin is 27.8 mm so I had to use Dansco pages with 28 mm ports.&nbsp; I thought 0.2 mm difference in size to be inconsequential.&nbsp; I was wrong.&nbsp; The coins do not stay in place.&nbsp; I had to <b><span style="color: #b30000">tediously</span></b> cut very thin strips of cardboard and line the inside of each port in order for the coins to fit snugly.&nbsp; Fortunately, these coins are made of stainless steel so I did not worry too much about possible toning from the cardboard strips.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the end, the set looks beautiful and was worth the extra effort to make the coins fit snugly.&nbsp; However, I think it wouldn&#039;t be practical for world coins of varying diameter.&nbsp; You would have to buy a page for each millimeter diameter (starting at 16 mm, 17 mm, 18, mm, etc.).</p><p><br /></p><p>I agree with <b><span style="color: #0000ff">sakata</span></b> and <b><span style="color: #0000ff">Stork</span></b> in using 2x2s in binders with 20-coin plastic sheets.&nbsp; This way you can organize your coins alphabetically by country.&nbsp; I use Lighthouse albums only for the more valuable or the more appealing world coins in my collection.&nbsp; Additionally, slabbed coins can go into the Lighthouse albumss as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ultimately, Lighthouse albums are a beautiful way to display your coins.&nbsp; I believe each binder can hold 36 slabbed coins or 120 coins in 2x2 Quadrum holders.&nbsp; I prefer the Lighthouse albums and maybe someday I will transfer my world coin collection to the Lighthouse albums.&nbsp; The only thing is that these albums are rather expensive.&nbsp; So, the 2x2s in 20-coin plastic sheets is more for organizing coins than displaying them.&nbsp; But they still look good this way.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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