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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Publius2, post: 4659454, member: 105571&quot;]I&#039;ve been following this thread and all it&#039;s meanderings, which has been interesting.&nbsp; But I thought I would address the question posed early on:&nbsp; &quot;How do you house a type set that accommodates both slabbed and raw coins such that they are easily visible on both sides and easily accessible.&quot;&nbsp; Those seem to be the criteria posed here and they were certainly my criteria when my type set got large enough to be unwieldly.&nbsp; So, here&#039;s how I house my collection which is based upon Red Book varieties but is expanded to include pre-colonial, colonials and anything else that catches my fancy including colonial and continental currency:</p><p><br /></p><p>Firstly, I use 3-ring binders.&nbsp; The best ones are the archival-quality from SAFE brand or the like but they are pricey.&nbsp; As my collection grew, I&#039;ve been using cheapos from&nbsp; the big-box stores but I&#039;m having second thoughts wondering if they are outgassing bad &quot;schmutz&quot; and will be replacing those with the ones from SAFE.</p><p><br /></p><p>Secondly, I use the slab pages for 3-ring binders holding 12 slabs per page.&nbsp; They easily snap open and shut and accommodate the three TPG slabs plus the &quot;make your own(MYO)&quot; slabs.&nbsp; On this page I have a mixture of PCGS, NGC, and MYO slabs.&nbsp; For the MYO slabs, I print out a label on sulfur-free artists paper available at Michaels, Hobby Lobby, artists stores.&nbsp; The TPG slabs get a loop of the same paper with the information on what Type Coin it represents.&nbsp; I use Elmers childrens stick glue to secure the ends of the loop.&nbsp; Photo below.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1149761[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>What are the MYO slabs?&nbsp; I have found two brands with photos below.&nbsp; The Leuchtturm come in two styles, the Quickslab which is easy to reopen and another that is more difficult but not impossible to pry apart.&nbsp; The insert is a black foam plastic that holds the coin OK but not super firmly. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1149763[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1149766[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The other style of MYO is also hard to pry apart and comes with a quite firm but flexible insert that is colored green-a terrible color for this purpose to my mind.&nbsp; While both brands are sold with inserts specifically sized to your coin&#039;s diameter, the one with the green insert is much less accommodating to slight diameter variations.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1149767[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I ran across a situation recently where I purchased a valuable early copper half cent raw and I am unwilling to store it in one of these MYO slabs for a number of reasons.&nbsp; I wanted to keep it in the cotton envelope and paper outer envelope that is favored by most of the EAC members for their raw coins.&nbsp; How to do this?&nbsp; I lopped off enough of the black insert so that the envelope fit inside the plastic slab without rattling around.&nbsp; Still pretty ugly as you see from the below photo and doesn&#039;t really fit with look of the rest of the collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1149771[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1149772[/ATTACH] </p><p>&nbsp; So, since I had to make a paper label anyway, I decided to include a photo of the obverse with the lettered edge.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1149773[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>So that&#039;s how I house and display my modified and expanded Red Book Type Set.&nbsp; I hope this helps.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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