do you save a set as from 1966 to present, with all coins or keep a separate set for comm and special coins by themselves?
Quote from: 'lacey' pid='19062' dateline='1371970211'do you save a set as from 1966 to present, with all coins or keep a separate set for comm and special coins by themselves?
I have sets from 1910 to present and they are all sorted by denomination, e.g. penny's with penny's and 50 cents with 50 cents.
I include the proofs , silver proofs and commeratives with the same denomination in yearly order.
I don't have enough for all that
so I just do year runs of sets I suppose, like a type set
i.e. 1963 halfpenny through to florin, 1966 - 1 cent through to 50c
My coin albums consist of years 1966 - present. Circulated and year mint sets only. 1c to 50c
All other commemorates or special releases are separate.
My dollars are sorted in 2x2's in album pages 1984-2013 mob of roos always first csbm hadp mintmarks in that order when applicable, the rest after that. There's too many :shout: I am bored with it but continue I must.
I don't do any of the other denominations, well not as a set, I buy what I like but I'm not compelled and they stay in their Mint packaging.
QuoteThere's too many Shout I am bored with it but continue I must.
Crikey PP you must have ALL of these $1 coins that's why you are bored :angel:
I only "Got serious" with these little suckers a few months back and am having a whale of a time hunting them down at the moment :yahoo:
I do admit that it is a far larger undertaking to get them all than I envisaged when I first started on them :dash1;
Quote from: 'trout' pid='19069' dateline='1371974018'QuoteThere's too many Shout I am bored with it but continue I must.
Crikey PP you must have ALL of these $1 coins that's why you are bored :angel:
I only "Got serious" with these little suckers a few months back and am having a whale of a time hunting them down at the moment :yahoo:
I do admit that it is a far larger undertaking to get them all than I envisaged when I first started on them :dash1;
Oh Trout and I'm only doing the unc 25mm alum bronze. Your task of ALL dollars is bamboozling.
I only put circulating stuff in albums (the rest stays in its packaging and separate) and sort by denomination rather than by year.
Quote from: 'purplepennyhunter' pid='19073' dateline='1371977177'Quote from: 'trout' pid='19069' dateline='1371974018'QuoteThere's too many Shout I am bored with it but continue I must.
Crikey PP you must have ALL of these $1 coins that's why you are bored :angel:
I only "Got serious" with these little suckers a few months back and am having a whale of a time hunting them down at the moment :yahoo:
I do admit that it is a far larger undertaking to get them all than I envisaged when I first started on them :dash1;
Oh Trout and I'm only doing the unc 25mm alum bronze. Your task of ALL dollars is bamboozling.
yeah and he should own the Mint so that he can afford to buy all those coins.
tell me trout, are you also collecting Perth mint $1 coins?
Quote from: 'Mister T' pid='19075' dateline='1371980212'I only put circulating stuff in albums (the rest stays in its packaging and separate) and sort by denomination rather than by year.
Thats mostly what I have done but admit to removing some to fill the gaps in my collection, be that 20c or $1 etc.
I've got most of my single coins in PP flipflaps and in the lighthouse boxes.
Quotetell me trout, are you also collecting Perth mint $1 coins?
I have a few of these but they don't form a part of the dollar collection, They are the wrong size.
When I get the dollar coins up to date I will tackle something easy like the 50 cent coins :laugh2::laugh2::laugh2::laugh2:
I'm still trying to work that one out so I'm all over the shop :(
yep me too.
If only there were some other things more important but then what could be more important than coin collecting and making up sets. lol
This works well for Me :ok:
(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10019/album~0.jpg)
(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10019/album1~0.jpg)
It appears my style is a bit of a hybrid. Like trout, I package and store (2x2) my coins by denomination. Unless the coins come in sealed mint packaging, in which case they remain packaged. And like PP, I've resorted to a standard set of annual coins to collect, while only being unique commemoratives when they have appeal.
All my coins are stored in DANSCO Supreme Albums and are stored in order of issue. I have all my pre dicecimal circulated set, Decimal UNC and Used all stored this way.
All my $1 coins, Alum-Br 25 mm diametres only, all stored the same way.
All other coins are stored in the boxes that they are issued in.
Several of my more valuable coins, both pre decimal and decimal are stored in a safety deposit box in town.
I'm currently/constantly re-arranging my storage.
After discussions with enworb I made the decision to get rid of my PVC album sheets. So, I bought 10 of these: 20 Pocket Coin Album Pages (http://www.thepurplepenny.com/20,20-pocket-coin-album-pages-for-2x2s-pack-of-10.html)
While I was at it I bought 500 saflips as well. They arrived a few days ago and the first thing I did was move all my 2x2s from the current sheets to the PVC Free sheets. That wasn't too bad and at the same time I re-arranged the layout of my albums. I like the new sheets, both the 2x2s and saflips slide in and out more easily.
I've been buying J.Burrows brand 4 ring binders from OfficeWorks. According to the label they are non-toxic (good to know) and PVC Free but they do have metal ring mechanisms. They come in about 3 sizes and 4 colours. I'm reluctant to store the binders vertically (fearing the weight of the coins will distort the sheets) so I have them stacked horizontally in 2 columns (4 albums in each) about 250mm high.
Next, I've begun transferring the coins, to the saflips. This is taking quite a lot of time. I started with the staple type 2x2s :yahoo: no more staples. So far I've done less than 200 coins in 4 days, not sure how many hours - maybe 20 coins an hour. Note that includes making my own paper inserts but that is relatively quick. What seems to take most of the time is writing out the label (I try to be neat) and carefully extracting the coin from the holder. I often stop to examine the coin as well. :whistle2:
Not shown in the pic are my 1/2d-1d which have an album as well.
(http://users.tpg.com.au/r9453//P6240598.Cropped.Resized.jpg)
I arrange according to the following heirarchy: pre-decimal/decimal, denomination, year and finally grade (so far I have 1 :shock: error coin). Having said that I like to make sets with one coin per year eg. there are 30 x $1 proofs 1984-2013 and 26 x $2 proofs.
looks great Bob & like a lot of work!
the 4 ring binders hold the pages more neatly
I find that in the 3 ring the pages get a bit wonky
not all pages are like the PP pages with the multiple holes that cater for different binders
Thanks rg, as you can see from the pic the 3d-6d (all in saflips) are out of whack but they do tend to stay put once mounted.
Btw, does anyone know about PVC free A4 sheet protectors? I put notations on A4 photocopy paper in sheet protectors before each set.
office works sell the polypropylene stuff ones and/or pvc free
http://www.officeworks.com.au/retail/products/Office-Supplies/File-Organisation/Binders/Sheet-Protectors/BA2900894
acid free paper
http://www.officeworks.com.au/retail/products/Office-Supplies/Paper/A4-Copy-Paper/Copy-Paper-A4-80gsm/WCCOPYA4CT
rg, you are my heroine :give_rose:
always the way..but only a 2 hours trip to the nearest one :(
they are on line and deliver
not sure where they deliver to
over $50 is free delivery
:( just checked - only metro
You can probably get free shipping out of Hong Kong.
I came across this album from an old forum and have been looking for one recent with no luck. Does anyone recognize it?
(http://i40.tinypic.com/2jga1c6.jpg)
Quote from: 'czark' pid='20931' dateline='1373453548'I came across this album from an old forum and have been looking for one recent with no luck. Does anyone recognize it?
(http://i40.tinypic.com/2jga1c6.jpg)
It's a Lighthouse Press Stud album (PVC)
J T Thomas
Down halfway on this page.
http://www.jtsandc.com/category26_1.htm
I had some and they went in the bin.
edit: oh wait I found one it has RAM Mint Issue magazines in it! I think there may have been 2 types this one is less puffy than I remember the others being. Why on earth do you want one of these?
Currently using this one and i'm loosing 4 spots of 2x2's on the far left column (on every sheet) just so I'm able to turn the pages! I just want one album that can hold 1c - 50c (Or at least up to 20c)
(http://www.downies.com/ImageResize.ashx?path=uploadimage/product/GZ466.jpg&height=251&width=150)
Quote from: 'czark' pid='20931' dateline='1373453548'I came across this album from an old forum and have been looking for one recent with no luck. Does anyone recognize it?
Any time you see a folder that has puffy covers and welded seams, its vinyl. Inside there is cardboard and a sheet of foam. The vinyl goes over the top of that, and the edges are welded and cut in one operation.
Quick and easy, cheap as, and absolutely great for so many purposes. Just not for holding anything that's made of metal or paper that you might want to keep for more than five minutes.
There are albums which are made of polypropylene. They're rigid, not soft and padded. But they won't kill your collection. There are probably other alternatives too, but I can't honestly say I've been looking for them. Others probably know though.
Oh, and if in doubt, sniff it. You can't mistake the smell of PVC.
For r9453: A nice lot of albums there. Do you store them lying flat or standing up please?
Quote from: 'czark' pid='20936' dateline='1373457101'Currently using this one and i'm loosing 4 spots of 2x2's on the far left column (on every sheet) just so I'm able to turn the pages! I just want one album that can hold 1c - 50c (Or at least up to 20c)
(http://www.downies.com/ImageResize.ashx?path=uploadimage/product/GZ466.jpg&height=251&width=150)
That thing is a death trapFor the album, one of these :-
http://www.officeworks.com.au/retail/products/Office-Supplies/File-Organisation/Binders/Standard-Binders/AC5913002
For the pages, a 10 pack of these :-
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/ULTRA-PRO-COIN-PAGES-20-POCKET-2-x-2-or-50-8mm-x-50-8mm-size-pockets-X-10-PACK-/230870307610?hash=item35c0f1531a
Then the right size and number of 2X2 coin holders. :angel:
Here's an informative page from a PP album manufacturer. Once you know what to look for, they're everywhere. :)
http://www.kodanoz.com.au/ring_binders
Oh, and the post office undercuts Officeworks by a couple of bucks:
http://stationery.auspost.com.au/office-supplies/document-filing-presentation/cumberland-polypropylene-insert-binders-2-d-ring-40mm.html
And don't forget the 15% discounted price matching at Officeworks. That would make them pretty reasonably priced. :)
I'll be looking at something better than my original request. I didn't realise that the folder its self made a difference. I thought as long as the sleeves are PVC free it will be ok for the coins.
If your budget allows get one of these, PPH on here is the Owner.
http://www.thepurplepenny.com/2,pvc-free-coin-album-and-slip-cover-with-10-pvc-free-album-pages-to-suit-2x2-coin-holders.html
Quote from: 'czark' pid='20950' dateline='1373461625'I'll be looking at something better than my original request. I didn't realise that the folder its self made a difference. I thought as long as the sleeves are PVC free it will be ok for the coins.
If the coins are sealed, that's true. However, 2x2's are prone to opening with age, and if air gets to them, so do the PVC fumes. Not to mention anything you have stored nearby is also vulnerable.
You may well get away with it for years. And even then, you may catch any problems early enough to fix them. But then again, lots and lots of people have had coins ruined by this stuff, so its best to avoid risk where possible, no? The better informed we are, the better judgements we can make, I think.
Quote from: 'czark' pid='20950' dateline='1373461625'I'll be looking at something better than my original request. I didn't realise that the folder its self made a difference. I thought as long as the sleeves are PVC free it will be ok for the coins.
PVC is insidious stuff , I have all my coins in lockup filing cabinets and I wont have ANY PVC material stored in the same place as my coins.
If the album covers are made of PVC then in my opinion you are wasting your money with these and have created a hazard by using them.
In reality you can get a totally PVC free coin storage solution for 200/300 coins for less than $50 so why bother with the crappy PVC junk:angel:
Do the math, If you have 200 coins with a value of even only $5 each then you will be risking damaging $1,000 worth of coins for the sake of saving probably only $10 on storage costs.
I personally wasted quite a lot of money on crappy dansco and PVC storage before I woke up to the fact that these systems were damaging my coins, I had to replace quite a few coins in my collections simply because I was too ignorant/stingy to get the "Good Stuff".
at the end of the day you will always only get what you pay for and if you want to keep your coins in the best possible condition then keep them as far away as possible from ANY PVC product :ok:
Yep just what Trout said stay well clear of anything pvc. People have been complaining about the damage it's done to coins for decades yet pvc products are still freely sold by coin collecting manufacturers with no thought but their bottom line.