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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 2679056, member: 76194&quot;]A few months ago I posted this rant about how the pursuit of coins had resulted in my collection being in complete shambles&nbsp; as coins piled up, and organization and cataloguing took a back seat.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/confessions-of-a-numismatics-sinner-warning-long-rant.289341/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/confessions-of-a-numismatics-sinner-warning-long-rant.289341/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/confessions-of-a-numismatics-sinner-warning-long-rant.289341/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Now it&#039;s time for an update. I&#039;ve abandoned the idea of using 2x2 cardboard flips and having to make my own tags, in favor of a more traditional approach. I am starting the arduous task of switching my collection to 2x2 paper envelopes. I&#039;ve only gotten around 20 coins out of 100+ transferred, but I hope to have the job completed by week&#039;s end.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]598485[/ATTACH]Work in Progress: Removing coins from 2x2 cardboard flips, weighing and measuring</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]598484[/ATTACH]</p><p>Work in progress: The current progress</p><p><br /></p><p>I borrowed [USER=74282]@red_spork[/USER] &#039;s idea of having cut up 2x2 saflips to hold the original tags separately. You can see how that works exactly here below. The catalog number is used to be able to find the original tag should there be need to refer to it in the future.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]598486[/ATTACH]</p><p>Original tags</p><p><br /></p><p>And here is what a typical paper envelope looks both front and back. As you can see, the envelopes can contain a lot of information by using front and back. In case anyone is interested, the ink is permament fountain pen ink of archival quality, matching the color of a popular blue black ink from the 1940s...and written using a Lamy 2000 fountain pen.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]598487[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]598488[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I will continue to update this thread as the work continues. Hopefully it can serve of some usefulness for those considering switching to paper envelopes, or at least curious about how that works.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please feel free to comment.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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