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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;doug444, post: 2695453, member: 38849&quot;]Make some big unbreakable &quot;rubber bands&quot; with 1-inch wide sewing elastic, by tying the ends together.&nbsp; Don&#039;t create a 180° twist as you&#039;re tying. Don&#039;t pull the knot tight until you test it for size (knots are HARD to untie), don&#039;t order sight unseen, go inspect it, Michael&#039;s, Walmart, or Target, all sell it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I use ½-inch elastic on cigar boxes of stamps, which are of course much lighter.&nbsp; End of advice. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Elastic on eBay seems quite expensive.</p><p><br /></p><p>============</p><p>About 100 to 300 years ago, collectors used coin cabinets with many shallow felt-lined trays as drawers.&nbsp; Frequent removing and returning the coins eventually caused slight wear, and this is the source of what you sometimes read in auction descriptions for vintage coins:&nbsp; &quot;cabinet friction&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]605522[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>When Whitman and Wayte Raymond starting producing folders and albums after World War II, most of the cabinets were unceremoniously junked.&nbsp; They are rare and expensive, and nearly always mahogany.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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