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<p>[QUOTE="jloring, post: 1001304, member: 15518"]<font face="Tahoma">Well, back in the early '50's when I first started collecting, the "el cheapo" blue Whiman folders were the way to go. Most of my collecting buddies were smart enough not to moisten the adhesive... the holes always seemed to be a little undersized anyway, more like a "force fit" that sometimes required a little extra help (i.e., a hammer) to insert. Sometimes there would be a slightly oversized hole, and the coin would fall out every time you would open the folder. In that case, the adhesive was the only option. But of course, we weren't "grade conscious" at the time. Instead, we just had fun collecting...</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="jloring, post: 1001304, member: 15518"][FONT=Tahoma]Well, back in the early '50's when I first started collecting, the "el cheapo" blue Whiman folders were the way to go. Most of my collecting buddies were smart enough not to moisten the adhesive... the holes always seemed to be a little undersized anyway, more like a "force fit" that sometimes required a little extra help (i.e., a hammer) to insert. Sometimes there would be a slightly oversized hole, and the coin would fall out every time you would open the folder. In that case, the adhesive was the only option. But of course, we weren't "grade conscious" at the time. Instead, we just had fun collecting...[/FONT][/QUOTE]
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