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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 4607544, member: 56859"][USER=105415]@Coin Pedant[/USER], what you've shown might be a good solution depending on the thickness of the slots and the types of coins you collect. It wouldn't work well for my collection because I have a lot of thick coins so the envelopes wouldn't fit in the intended slots.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do use something similar though:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/img_3201-jpg.714656/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>These Whitman coin boxes have shallow ridges in the bottom which help keep the coins from sliding, plus there are two removable dividers. That's a nice feature-- keeps your flips/envelopes from falling down if the box isn't full.</p><p><br /></p><p>I've been considering changing to paper envelopes. However, where would I put the inserts and auction ephemera? I'd need to have two envelopes for each coin: one for the coin and one for the ephemera. Last year I played around with printing directly on the coin envelopes and I liked the results. Do I want to spend the time to reorganize my whole collection though? Decisions, decisions <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here's a shot of the test run for direct printing:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/coinenvelopesprinted-jpg.1037349/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Good luck with your decision. Oh-- don't forget to put a desiccant in there somewhere. I use a rechargeable Eva-Dry in the safe deposit box.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 4607544, member: 56859"][USER=105415]@Coin Pedant[/USER], what you've shown might be a good solution depending on the thickness of the slots and the types of coins you collect. It wouldn't work well for my collection because I have a lot of thick coins so the envelopes wouldn't fit in the intended slots. I do use something similar though: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/img_3201-jpg.714656/[/IMG] These Whitman coin boxes have shallow ridges in the bottom which help keep the coins from sliding, plus there are two removable dividers. That's a nice feature-- keeps your flips/envelopes from falling down if the box isn't full. I've been considering changing to paper envelopes. However, where would I put the inserts and auction ephemera? I'd need to have two envelopes for each coin: one for the coin and one for the ephemera. Last year I played around with printing directly on the coin envelopes and I liked the results. Do I want to spend the time to reorganize my whole collection though? Decisions, decisions :). Here's a shot of the test run for direct printing: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/coinenvelopesprinted-jpg.1037349/[/IMG] Good luck with your decision. Oh-- don't forget to put a desiccant in there somewhere. I use a rechargeable Eva-Dry in the safe deposit box.[/QUOTE]
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