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<p>[QUOTE="Inspector43, post: 4626695, member: 89213"]Display is always an issue. I have been collecting the 3 coin ATB sets from the US Mint for my grandchildren. I have several extras and decided to put them in CAPS Album pages. They come from the mint already in the CAPS type holders. But when you take them out the glue on the back is very visible and distorts the obverse. See the photo below of one with glue and one without.</p><p><br /></p><p> It is very difficult to the point of impossible to get all the glue off. Yes, I have tried several solutions.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now I am taking an EXACTO knife and trimming very close to the body of the CAPS holder. Then trimming any flashing. This leaves the original backing intact and does not blur the coin details at all.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1145067[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1145068[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1145069[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1145071[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1145072[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Inspector43, post: 4626695, member: 89213"]Display is always an issue. I have been collecting the 3 coin ATB sets from the US Mint for my grandchildren. I have several extras and decided to put them in CAPS Album pages. They come from the mint already in the CAPS type holders. But when you take them out the glue on the back is very visible and distorts the obverse. See the photo below of one with glue and one without. It is very difficult to the point of impossible to get all the glue off. Yes, I have tried several solutions. Now I am taking an EXACTO knife and trimming very close to the body of the CAPS holder. Then trimming any flashing. This leaves the original backing intact and does not blur the coin details at all. [ATTACH=full]1145067[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1145068[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1145069[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1145071[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1145072[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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