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<p>[QUOTE="kirispupis, post: 8356583, member: 118780"]Hello everyone,</p><p><br /></p><p>When I first started coin collecting, I wanted a storage mechanism that would satisfy the following criteria.</p><ul> <li>Keep the coins safe</li> <li>Allow easy transport to show off the coins</li> <li>Make it difficult for my relatives to reach the coins, since they'll reach into a coin flip and rub their hands all over a coin if they can</li> <li>Provide some context and history for each coin</li> <li>Allow easy admiration for both sides of the coin</li> <li>Store the tag with the coin</li> <li>Look professional</li> </ul><p>I came up with the following</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1483173[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The coin flip is taped onto a printed page, which is then placed inside a page protector. Initially, the text came from Wikipedia, but now I write my own for each coin. I can fit about 50 coins in an album. However, over time I've come to realize the following shortcomings. </p><ul> <li>Only about 5-10% of people bother to read any of the stories. They're just looking for cool coins.</li> <li>As seen here, the coin sometimes winds up in front of another coin in the same place, which looks ugly. I've tried placing the coin in different spots, but I still wind up with quite a few like this.</li> <li>Due to the tape, I can't access the coin if I want to.</li> <li>I'm quickly taking up space. I have four albums now and I originally told my wife that my coins won't take up much room.</li> </ul><p>After a bit of thought, I'm thinking to do this.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1483174[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This has the following improvements.</p><ul> <li>Four coins per page, so I take a quarter of the room.</li> <li>Pages will be alternated, so the next page will have the coins on the other side.</li> <li>I still have the stories if someone really wants with the QR code.</li> <li>Electrical tape is easier to remove, so I can take out the coin if I really want</li> </ul><p>So far, the major disadvantage I see is I can't move the coins around as much. That being said, I'm fine with that. I'll just take care to group them around similar coins as I did here.</p><p><br /></p><p>What do you think? I'm debating whether to change the rest of my collection to this.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kirispupis, post: 8356583, member: 118780"]Hello everyone, When I first started coin collecting, I wanted a storage mechanism that would satisfy the following criteria. [LIST] [*]Keep the coins safe [*]Allow easy transport to show off the coins [*]Make it difficult for my relatives to reach the coins, since they'll reach into a coin flip and rub their hands all over a coin if they can [*]Provide some context and history for each coin [*]Allow easy admiration for both sides of the coin [*]Store the tag with the coin [*]Look professional [/LIST] I came up with the following [ATTACH=full]1483173[/ATTACH] The coin flip is taped onto a printed page, which is then placed inside a page protector. Initially, the text came from Wikipedia, but now I write my own for each coin. I can fit about 50 coins in an album. However, over time I've come to realize the following shortcomings. [LIST] [*]Only about 5-10% of people bother to read any of the stories. They're just looking for cool coins. [*]As seen here, the coin sometimes winds up in front of another coin in the same place, which looks ugly. I've tried placing the coin in different spots, but I still wind up with quite a few like this. [*]Due to the tape, I can't access the coin if I want to. [*]I'm quickly taking up space. I have four albums now and I originally told my wife that my coins won't take up much room. [/LIST] After a bit of thought, I'm thinking to do this. [ATTACH=full]1483174[/ATTACH] This has the following improvements. [LIST] [*]Four coins per page, so I take a quarter of the room. [*]Pages will be alternated, so the next page will have the coins on the other side. [*]I still have the stories if someone really wants with the QR code. [*]Electrical tape is easier to remove, so I can take out the coin if I really want [/LIST] So far, the major disadvantage I see is I can't move the coins around as much. That being said, I'm fine with that. I'll just take care to group them around similar coins as I did here. What do you think? I'm debating whether to change the rest of my collection to this.[/QUOTE]
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