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<p>[QUOTE="Vess1, post: 20470175, member: 13650"]I use four lighthouse albums but only for my US Type. That gives me a potential 144 spots. </p><p><br /></p><p> For the type set I went in with a plan and it works well. I use the first one for half cents, cents, 3 cents, nickels. The next one for half dimes dimes, 20 cents. Then quarters and halves.. Then halves dollars and some commems mixed in. I fill the spaces in the order they show up in the online registry. That is my main guide, but its not exact. I have a couple examples of some things while missing many others. For the most part I do try to avoid doubles. I put the 2016 anniversary gold versions with their contemporary versions. Was my personal preference, the next guy maybe wouldn't.</p><p><br /></p><p> Some clad versions of modern stuff, I have not purchased to save space. If there's three types of something like the three SLQ versions, I'll try to adjust to keep them in a row together if I can make it work. Same with 3 cents. I haven't had to re-organize much. I leave empty spaces where types are supposed to go so if I end up getting one, it has a spot. Splittng up the types mostly confines any re-orginization to that specific album if needed.</p><p> The slab album option is attractive if you're just focusing on a specific graded set you want to page through and look at easily. I wouldn't recommend attempting it for an entire collection. The expense and demands on space in secure locations will be exsessive.</p><p><br /></p><p> To the OP, it looks like you should do something similar and just commit dollars to a folder, halves to a folder quarters to a folder. Aside from that, you can always determine if it's time to consolidate things and upgrade to free up space.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Vess1, post: 20470175, member: 13650"]I use four lighthouse albums but only for my US Type. That gives me a potential 144 spots. For the type set I went in with a plan and it works well. I use the first one for half cents, cents, 3 cents, nickels. The next one for half dimes dimes, 20 cents. Then quarters and halves.. Then halves dollars and some commems mixed in. I fill the spaces in the order they show up in the online registry. That is my main guide, but its not exact. I have a couple examples of some things while missing many others. For the most part I do try to avoid doubles. I put the 2016 anniversary gold versions with their contemporary versions. Was my personal preference, the next guy maybe wouldn't. Some clad versions of modern stuff, I have not purchased to save space. If there's three types of something like the three SLQ versions, I'll try to adjust to keep them in a row together if I can make it work. Same with 3 cents. I haven't had to re-organize much. I leave empty spaces where types are supposed to go so if I end up getting one, it has a spot. Splittng up the types mostly confines any re-orginization to that specific album if needed. The slab album option is attractive if you're just focusing on a specific graded set you want to page through and look at easily. I wouldn't recommend attempting it for an entire collection. The expense and demands on space in secure locations will be exsessive. To the OP, it looks like you should do something similar and just commit dollars to a folder, halves to a folder quarters to a folder. Aside from that, you can always determine if it's time to consolidate things and upgrade to free up space.[/QUOTE]
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