Arranging my collection

[enworb]

Ive just about finished the task I started a couple months ago, putting all my coins into saflips and heat sealing them. Im tossing up two ways of arranging my error collection. I was thinking of either having them arranged by denomination, with all predecimals first OR arranging them by error type eg cuds, misstrikes, clipped planchets.

What do you think would be better? denomination or error type.

[ausjack]

Sounds like you've been havin fun mate I'm thinkin maybe year, denom then error..that's a hard one MG, good luck with it

[purplepennyhunter]

What happens when you get a broadstruck clip?

I order mine in denomination but it's only your decision to make how you do it!!

[markn]

I have mine split into decimal and pre-decimal and then by denomination.

[enworb]

Ah very good point PPH!

[robbiegal]

my hubby has his all together in the years
normal, then the errors

I have mine by error type (not years) - pre-dec or dec (of which I add I have few)
then I have my besties in an error album in eagle mounts

[ausjack]

What are these eagle mounts you speak of robbie?? maybe a pic pretty pretty please..with sugar on top :beg:

[Fulvio]

Interesting. Well, leaving aside the Dec/Pre-Dec divide, I'd do it this way:

Varieties, Errors and Flaws.
Then within each of those groups, Denomination and Year.
Then for each coin, group the type of error.

Yes, a Double-Bar variety with a Die Crack error and a clipped planchet flaw would be problematic, but so would any other system.

Oh, and for progressive errors like cuds, you could arrange them to document the deteriorating die, from a slight bulge through to the full-blown massive cud just before the thing shattered.

What are these eagle mounts you speak of robbie?? maybe a pic pretty pretty please..with sugar on top :beg:

https://www.eaglecoinholders.com/new/catalog/

[Mister T]

I sort by denomination but my collection of errors consists of two upset $1 coins so I guess what I have is sorted by type too.

[ausjack]

cool thanks Fulvio :good:

[robbiegal]

What are these eagle mounts you speak of robbie?? maybe a pic pretty pretty please..with sugar on top :beg:

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the eagle mounts come in various coin sizes but the 2x2 remains the same size overall
the mounts go into stiff plastic pages
black with dymo label (hubby gave me the holder - I just chucked my coin in it)




white with Robbie texta label (not as stylish!!) and I even use silver texta on the black holders!  ha ha

[ausjack]

very nice coins and holders robbie, I'll have to see if I can get some :good:

[purplepennyhunter]

very nice coins and holders robbie, I'll have to see if I can get some :good:

Then there's thick and thin mylar. Thick for thin coins and thin for thick coins. I have some spare AJ if you want a few "test"  Eagle mounts to play about with I can send you some. I found you have to use pliers on some to keep them together. All my "best" coins that deserve an Eagle mount have been upgraded to PCGS slabs so I don't really use them anymore.

[Fulvio]

...my collection of errors consists of two upset $1 coins

I could fix that problem for you, as could several other people here.

[robbiegal]

Jack
the eagle mounts get  a bit complicated
you have as PP said thick and thin myler, then the hard pages
you have to get the right sized inner ring and so on
it has been quite a bit of trial and error for us

then the dealers don't stock or order
so we went straight to the eagle mount retailer in the USA after nearly a year of trying ozzie dealers
between our order and post we were still ahead of trying to buy locally from dealers here in Oz


PP if you have excess eagle mounts I'd be interested too
I am particularly after halfpenny ones

I have picked up the odd box of them from the local coin & stamp auction
I have a small box full of what I thought was halfpenny holders
but they have labels as well and are all pretty well sovereign, shilling, sixpence  eagles
I did wonder if they were ex Walter's as a matter of fact!