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<p>[QUOTE="Just Carl, post: 118436, member: 4552"]Sounds like your using one of those cheap Whitman folders for your coins. If you are you may have better luck getting the coins in there if you put the coin in a freezer first. The coin will schrink due to cold and them fall right in. Then there is the tire method. You place your coins as close to the hole as possible, put the folder in the street and when a big enough car runs over it the coins should all be in the slots. You could try putting some WD40 on the coin so it will be a little slippery and slide right in. Now if you know someone with a bench grinder you could have them grind off some of that excess metal and then the coin will also fit better. Another method would be to glue a smaller coin to the back of the one you are trying to get into the folder. Example, glue a dime to the back of a penny and then glue the dime into the slot. :hammer: :hammer: :smile :smile </p><p>OK now enough of that. The coin police will come get me. If you want to be a coin collector and not an accumulator, stop using those cheap folders. Invest in a Whitman Classic or Dansco type ALBUM. You can see both sides of the coin, better made, pages can be added or removed, coin fit better, more protection for valuable coins, more resale value for the album itself. Those cheap folders are made in such a way that even if you get the coin in the slot there is glue there that will eventually screw up your coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Just Carl, post: 118436, member: 4552"]Sounds like your using one of those cheap Whitman folders for your coins. If you are you may have better luck getting the coins in there if you put the coin in a freezer first. The coin will schrink due to cold and them fall right in. Then there is the tire method. You place your coins as close to the hole as possible, put the folder in the street and when a big enough car runs over it the coins should all be in the slots. You could try putting some WD40 on the coin so it will be a little slippery and slide right in. Now if you know someone with a bench grinder you could have them grind off some of that excess metal and then the coin will also fit better. Another method would be to glue a smaller coin to the back of the one you are trying to get into the folder. Example, glue a dime to the back of a penny and then glue the dime into the slot. :hammer: :hammer: :smile :smile OK now enough of that. The coin police will come get me. If you want to be a coin collector and not an accumulator, stop using those cheap folders. Invest in a Whitman Classic or Dansco type ALBUM. You can see both sides of the coin, better made, pages can be added or removed, coin fit better, more protection for valuable coins, more resale value for the album itself. Those cheap folders are made in such a way that even if you get the coin in the slot there is glue there that will eventually screw up your coins.[/QUOTE]
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