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hey everybody this is coin week editor
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Charles Morgan and I'm at the office at
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the end of a long day about bloats I'm
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getting ready to actually head out to do
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a comic week video shoot at Alpha comics
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where we talk about the new comics that
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come out each week that's for our sister
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site comic week.com and our sister
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YouTube channel I'm going to do a few
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videos this week four-point week three
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videos actually where I'm going to
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discuss different things that I use in
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my collection collecting kabhi and
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things that you can you can do yourself
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to improve your experience I'm going to
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talk about coin storage media today
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tomorrow I'm going to talk about loops
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and microscopes and we show off
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different types of loops and microscopes
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from the intermediate level to the very
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high end professional level things that
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I use everyday and then on the third day
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I'm going to talk about the six or seven
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books that you need to have in your
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library based on whether your interests
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are in US or world numismatics I'm gonna
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unfortunately get the short shrift two
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ancient coin collecting I believe that
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that requires somebody who has way more
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experience in that field and at some
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point I hope maybe I'll get my buddy
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Mike Markowitz to come on and talk about
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his experience going from a beginning
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level
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ancient coin collector to an advanced
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one and what you might need now as far
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as storage is concern and as far as
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loops and things like that I think
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whether you collect modern coins
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classical US coins for coins ancient
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coins metals or paper money even that
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many of these products are versatile and
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can be used I'm going to talk I'm not
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going to give you the complete rundown
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of every product that's available but
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I'm going to talk about products that I
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personally use things that I've used
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over the years of my collection I will
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have links to many of these products you
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can purchase them and support coin week
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by purchasing them through claiming
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supplies and we offer
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you know basically great prices on most
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of these products but also I just want
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to you to see them actually in use I
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want you to see storage media with coins
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in them I want you to understand how I
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do it why I think some of these things
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are better now every collector
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approaches the Hobby differently and and
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I think all of us bring an element of
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our personality and to the coins the
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coin collecting pursuit so these are
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just my my opinions these are based on
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my experience you may have a not only a
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perfectly valid way of approaching your
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collection and your your storage you may
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actually have a better one than I have
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and I would love to hear your ideas and
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suggestions especially you advanced
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collectors I would love to know what
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you're doing and how you're keeping your
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coin safe because not only does that
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help inform me of things that I could
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consider for my own coins and keeping
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them and a great condition is important
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to me but it also may help the other
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collectors who listen to the who are
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watching the stream or who may watch the
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video or as its archived by YouTube now
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the first thing I want to show you a lot
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of us collect slab coins these are coins
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that are graded by you you know PCGS and
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you see your I you know I see G your
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Amex or whatever these are very
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affordable and sometimes you'll see
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dealers when they sell coins put their
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coins in these boxes and send them to
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collectors these are basically
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individual intercepts shield certified
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coin boxes they're currently made by
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would term or lighthouse as a german
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company and as you see they have a spot
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here with inserts you can see the coin
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identification the grade the the
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denomination the date this is a this is
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a washington quarter you know I have a
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silvery eagle and you know this is a
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seven
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century Hungarian silver coin I have
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nothing but a very diverse collection
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and and what this does is this this
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intercept shield technology helps you to
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protect the coins integrity from against
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corrosion by slowing down the exposure
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the coin might have two elements in the
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atmosphere which would cause the coin
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so it's Harnish so so these things come
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like I said in packs of five and I and I
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believe they're I don't know how much a
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pack of five but I think they were about
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eight or nine dollars and you can get
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them on our site and and so I saw many
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of my more valuable coins or points that
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I definitely don't know especially proof
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coins that I don't want its own if they
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have that beautiful black and white I
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might put them in there another product
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that I use is also an interception box
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and you can see it here it's it's really
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very very simple and sturdy box but I
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will show you how this technology works
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now again with the intercept boxes with
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this logo or though are the current
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generation ones that are made by
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lighthouse I will show you the prior
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generation box and tell you why I think
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in some respects that they are superior
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and why you might want to definitely
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look out for those if you can find them
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we do have some in stock so as you can
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see here this box has a grooves and
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these grooves keep your slab coins in
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them
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the NGC holders are a little snug you
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see it's kind of difficult for me to
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pull this out I actually have to put a
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little bit of effort to pull that coin
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out but the the grooves are made for
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both and this will come with these two
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plastic foam inserts that you can put in
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there to sort of keep your coins from
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rattling if you don't have a full full
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box and they will usually come with a
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packet of desiccant the black liner you
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see in here has the intercept shield
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technology and that is what again is
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your points from being tarnished you
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can't fit you know the oversized slab
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holders in these boxes and again you are
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oh I think I don't know let's see 1 2 3
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4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
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19 20 so I guess they are they are set
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up for 20 points
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I never really counted but but so this
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is a 20 coin box like a NGC or PCGS box
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except made out of cardboard but it does
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have that intercept technology and if
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you leave your coins in the blue or gray
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boxes that come from the grading
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services without treating it without
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with with some sort of coating or
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putting it in this space that has more
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or less inert you still run the risk of
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these coins Tony now if you've got the
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coin show I'm gonna lift this up here if
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you've gone to a coin show you know you
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no doubt have seen a box like this okay
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this is your standard dealer box that
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they will put slab points in when
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they're taking them to shows and one of
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the benefits if you're not you know you
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don't need that intercept technology
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you'd want to go that route and you're
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concerned about space because you know
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certified coins take up a lot of space
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this box here you'll see here it's full
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50 graded coins and in that box if you
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took 50 coins and put them in a PCGS
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storage unit the ones that come when you
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get your coins graded you got these two
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boxes here that's 40 and then you would
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need a third one filled with tin and
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again obviously I'm gonna do your math
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so this is the amount of space you would
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need and you make up for that space by
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taking the grooves out and putting them
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in a box like this and this is what
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dealers are doing they're going to shows
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and typically they'll have them labeled
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or numbered you can put a sticker on
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them you pull your coins out now once
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you pull your coins out here's the
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important thing to consider without
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those
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I'm just going to take a few out here
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without those screws your coins start to
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fall okay which is I think very
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unsightly so you would need some system
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in place in order to Proctor coins up
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when the boxes aren't full but if it's
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just space you're talking about you just
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you know you've got that that safe box
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at your bank and you just don't want to
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have like 50 blue or gray boxes you may
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want to you may want to break them down
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put them in this this sort of unit and
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you're good to go
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again I have a link to this on our site
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not a very expensive solution now I was
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talking about those older intercept
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shield boxes and the older intercept
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labels look like this you see they sort
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of have that sonic kind of graphic
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intercept shield it has that license by
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Lucent Technologies and what you'll see
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this is a two by two box and what I have
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in here these are where I keep some of
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my FAO medals and medallions now I
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traditionally use the crown size two and
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a half by two and a half safe lips which
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would come in a package like this safe
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lips are inert they are hard plastic
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they do not contain polyvinyl chloride
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it will not leave residue on your coins
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they have a great clear look to them and
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the only the only issue you will run
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into with these is that when you when
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you fold over the top hinge here and you
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could you could put it you could put two
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I two objects one on each side but when
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you fold this things over it does create
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a permanent crease and the more you open
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and close it if you're constantly
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pulling your item out of this container
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that will that will crack and break and
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so it is not ideal for massive you know
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like you know trading around looking
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around unless you're willing to replace
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them but I find that this solution to me
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allows me the easiest acts
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so my coins and medals it's a clear
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representation that's easy to store but
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I usually like I said I usually use the
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two and a half by two and a half now I
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have some world points here and to buy
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to say flips and and usually you can
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find them sellers will probably include
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this paper insert and you can you can
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write whatever the information you want
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so this this this box is really made for
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those two by two so if you're storing
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your coins that way and and so again
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you're gonna want to put something at
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the end it cuts to stop them from
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sloshing around in the box you know
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something to prop them up and if you're
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in a happy by two and a half so my
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opinion the these are these are not
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ideal for them and I just wanted to show
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you that because I think it's important
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because uh many people use that larger
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safe lip size the crown size now the
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other way we may store our coins and
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what I think is a very sophisticated way
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maybe just as sophisticated as anything
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I've shown you and certainly not
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expensive but also you know this isn't
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like a penny pincher idea the
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traditional way copper collectors store
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their copper is they have these
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beautiful manila envelopes are very
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simple and inside that envelope there's
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a cotton insert and the continents are
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holds your coin your copper coin I'm
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going to take this one out this is not a
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coin actually it's an 1841 token and I
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don't see the details but you know so
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this is a token and this is a beautiful
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copper token about the size of a half
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cent and so you'll see copper collectors
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put their copper coins in these as
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opposed to having them in slabs and that
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serves a really great function because
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not only is your coin not going to get
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rub against the paper envelope that you
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can put all of your detailed information
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on so like here you know if the pin you
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call your information on but it provides
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a padding and it's just a traditional
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way that coins
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that type of coin has been stored for
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years I think the copper envelopes cost
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about 70 cents each you can buy them a
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case of 100 for about 70 dollars they're
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not cheap but this is this is a
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traditional storage method and one that
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licenses sophisticated copper collectors
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love because they like holding their
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coins colonial collectors the same way
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ancient coin collectors the same way so
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this is this is also an option and and
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we have that for you now
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the final thing I want to show you our
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albums now coin penny boards and coin
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albums have been a product a major part
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of the Hobby since the earliest days of
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it being democratized and the general
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public really becoming interested in
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filling penny boards I don't really do
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boards but I do have a like in my
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library albums of coins and I have two
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types of collections I built one type of
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collection is completely great
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conscience it's it's basically I find
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superior coins I get them graded or I
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find coins I really enjoy that are
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graded and I buy them the other type of
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collecting I do and maybe it's just the
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OCD part of me is I like taking nice
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coins that I wouldn't necessarily get
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graded even though they could be
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gradable and then I put them in albums
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and then I use the albums as a more of a
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tea that sort of enjoyment tool I get
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see all the points together it takes up
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less space it's also something I can
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share with people if I spent you know
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seven or eight hundred dollars on a coin
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because of its condition I may not want
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to have that around my house but if I
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just have a basic set of the same things
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I can show those to people and say this
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this is like what's cool about it I can
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tell them all that history without the
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the the idea of having each coin being
15:08
mega expensive this is your probably
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most popular album type this is made by
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dance go and dance go has been making
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these albums since the 1960s I think if
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I'm not sure but I think at least since
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the 1960s I have some dance Co albums
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1968 in my collection actually when they
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were making me the albums for the FAO
15:32
collection something I collect so this
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is your Kennedy album and when I open it
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up you see this has the proof issues the
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special mid-set issues and it has some
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great detailed biography of the coin
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then each page opens up and you see
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there they are they're clearly marked
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there's nice space between it the
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binding is high-quality and the coins
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are kept in place with these plastic
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sliders now there's one issue with this
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this thing that you need to be aware of
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the sliders do not come out on the edge
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no when you look at the edge there's no
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place really here for you to grip onto
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them there's no divots or anything so in
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order to pull out the the coin you have
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to put your thumb gently on the plastic
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exposed plastic and and slide out the
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slide it out and if you're not careful
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what you'll end up doing is you'll end
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up leaving these these horizontal thin
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scratches on the highest parts of the
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relief of your coins and you can ruin
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your coins by improperly opening up the
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the holder but if you're careful and if
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you are fastidious about the look of
16:58
your coins and you want an attractive
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classical look to your bookshelf with
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your coin collection the dance go has
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more varieties of books with for us than
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any other of the vendors the only other
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thing is that you not use archival paper
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paper quality is much better now than it
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was like 20 or 30 years ago but
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long-term storage the dance columns will
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tone your coins for clad coins that
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typically means a slight yellow or brown
17:31
patina for for silver coins it varies
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depending on a number of factors I've
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had have a dime set that many
17:40
coins have toned beautifully but not all
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of them but dance cocoa albums will turn
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your coins might not be a bad idea they
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get a bunch of us over heels and put
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them in these things and see what
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happens and take a shot of it down the
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road but that's your dance go out
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another popular brand is this Littleton
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it comes with a box that you like a slip
18:08
case the Littleton albums have a
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three-ring binder that's exposed here
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and as you turn the page you'll see not
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too different from the dance Co now
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Littleton does use archival paper it is
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a cheaper option than dance Co one of
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the things that you might like about
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these is the end of the pages do have
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these divots you put your finger on the
18:38
exposed part of the slate the plastic
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lens without touching the coin you still
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want to be careful when you open them up
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the the Littleton albums are typically
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smartly designed where they follow a
18:52
logical sequence this Lincoln Cent
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collection here of mine which doesn't
18:57
have the keys in it I'm sorry to say
18:59
although I do have a 99 s in here is is
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1909 to 1958 sometimes I have found this
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to be the case and that's important I
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show it to you if the album has been
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jostled around
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let's see if I can show you where some
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of the coins may get loose inside of the
19:22
holes and you will have to open it up
19:25
and really realign them that is that is
19:30
a problem when you start getting into
19:31
these cheaper these cheaper albums some
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of the some of the some of the
19:36
technologies and it's good but more
19:39
often than not you will not have a
19:40
problem with this this is a older out my
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pet this for about a decade so I'm sort
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of surprised to see some of those
19:47
pennies a little bit loose another type
19:49
is this Whitman type now Whitman also
19:52
makes a number of
19:53
like cheaper coin boards whitman's
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doesn't have it nearly as robust a
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selection of albums as dance Co but they
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do have that classic blue look that
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they've been using for decades this is a
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susan b anthony set you see I have both
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1979 and 1981 type 1 and type 2 mint
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marks on the proofs and this set and the
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the only thing this does have a room
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this sets up some extra slots at the end
20:23
where you could put some varieties I
20:24
have the $2.99 business strikes the
20:28
proof isn't strike but I I haven't put a
20:30
wide range in there I just got oh I
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don't think I've ever really found one
20:33
like and when I was thinking about
20:34
putting it this is this album but you
20:36
know so this is a susan b anthony again
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it was that classic blue thing you get
20:42
the last one I'll show you again I'm a
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fan of the intercept Shield products
20:47
they'll intercept shield does have a
20:48
wide array of albums not as many as
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dansk oh I think I started to build my
20:53
danske album set before I started really
20:56
being fastidious about the toning and
20:58
certain types of coins but I found that
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when I started collecting modern proofs
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I really didn't like them getting foggy
21:05
so this is an intercept Shield
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Washington statehood quarter album from
21:11
2004 to 2008 and this includes the proof
21:15
coins and again has archival quality
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paper it's a really good quality album
21:22
with that intersectional technology it
21:25
does it again like the dance 2 albums it
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doesn't have like a thumb or finger hold
21:30
on the lens you do have to sort of
21:32
judiciously open it but essentially I
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think when it comes to the quality of
21:38
the things both the dance go and the
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intercept Shield products are of the
21:43
highest quality with I would say the
21:45
edge going to dance go for the number of
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albums they have available and the
21:52
archival eggs going to intercept shield
21:54
by having the intercept technology and
21:57
the archival paper that they use and so
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all of these products are available
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through our site and if you purchase any
22:05
of this for your collection it does
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helps important
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we can we appreciate it I'm not trying
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to turn this into a giant loan
22:10
commercial but these are the these are
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the storage media that I use I try to
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avoid putting my coins than anything
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that if I forget about them in five or
22:21
ten years that they're gonna be damaged
22:22
so I don't use soft plastic or PVC flips
22:26
I don't like using these the old-style
22:28
paper and lens staple two-by-twos
22:31
I've completely switched everything over
22:34
to save flips I find them to be the most
22:37
ideal for me especially if I'm like
22:40
staging grading submissions or putting
22:42
things away for long-term storage
22:44
my role is any coin that I really like
22:47
that I think one day I might great I'll
22:49
hold on to any coin that doesn't pass
22:50
that test I usually pass them on to the
22:52
next collector or somebody who really
22:53
appreciate them and and I never have a
22:56
shortage of having these I would not buy
22:59
any other brand
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other than this because there are many
23:03
companies that sell PVC and they do not
23:06
market it as such and they label their
23:10
things as being safe for museum quality
23:12
you're not having PVC but it is not true
23:14
safe flip is made by Kant acquaintance
23:17
or out of Sidney Ohio and I think it's
23:19
the best product on the market for that
23:21
and then for any of my copper coins I'm
23:23
the I use the the fabric cotton
23:28
envelopes and and the paper envelopes
23:31
for that and I put them in a separate
23:34
situation with a desiccant and I make
23:37
sure that I look at them every every
23:39
once in a while to make sure if there's
23:40
any issues that I can I can stop that
23:43
stop those issues with proper
23:45
preservation techniques we have a great
23:46
coin preservation video for copper coins
23:49
but the step by step how to do it with
23:52
the AC president Bill Ekberg on our
23:55
youtube channel I recommend you check
23:56
that out I also recommend you join me AC
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if you collect conference there's no
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reason not to so again I appreciate you
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guys watching and and and leaving your
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comments I'll try to answer any of them
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if I can before I go but remember I'll
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be back tomorrow we'll have cool coins
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and we'll have
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overview of our loops so for the
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commenters thanks Hawkeye for your shout
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out and Weaver man mr. blam what's my
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favorite coin that depends on what stage
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of a stage of my collecting career used
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to be eisenhower dollars but in recent
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years my favorite coins have have
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switched focus I'm really really jazzed
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about European coins right now so I'm
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looking at a bunch of a bunch of German
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coins in the 19th century I'm collecting
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and also I really really like the modern
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Japanese coins that have been around the
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yen coins 5 continues I think they're
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really neat how's your book selling I
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don't know yet it comes out in March
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Richard but thank you for asking I did
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get a call today from a company asking
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if I'd be interested in signing some
25:08
labels don't know be a good idea or not
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Dark Horse says my PC just proof Eagles
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that now have spots can moisture closet
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nobody knows for sure exactly what's
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causing these spots dark horse but
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everyone seems to point to the
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manufacturing process that the the mint
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employees when they prepare the planets
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and when the coins get graded they get
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graded in a safe environment and I
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believe both grading services probably
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use an air gun or something to make sure
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there's no debris on the coins before
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they are sealed in they're slabs so this
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moisture isn't coming from the grading
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process and it's most likely being
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caused when the coins are made I don't
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know if they can be repaired or restored
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to their original appearance that has to
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be done on a case-by-case basis so be
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very careful with the silver eagles
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buying a super expensive proof
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seven-year ms70 silver eagle only to
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have it develop spots as a tragedy and
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it will greatly diminish the value of
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the coin nobody wants to the spotted
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seventy if they're five or ten thousand
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dollars they won't they won't sell so
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just be very careful folks the silver
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eagles great series to collect there I
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definitely think that you're you're
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you're right if you enjoy them to
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collect them but just be careful about
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pay for coins because if those spots
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develop there's really nothing you can
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do about it and it seems almost a random
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when it happens ECP hi to you brave
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monster hi to you and Appalachian outlaw
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Quinn's also thanks for the shout out
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and let's see cut cut the flips with
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scissors you know I don't really do that
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because I like having the hinge because
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I think it helps keeps keep the coins in
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but it's just me I just you know I don't
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know it just seems complete that way I
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just got all 52 state quarters in mint
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condition okay 52 there's two extra
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there I guess but there is the there is
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the territories and I think they're more
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two of those so maybe you want to see if
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there's more take them to a Coinstar
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well you know you could and let's see
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some can be worth up to $14,000 every 10
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in this and I guess total coins you sell
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for more so anyway I think that wraps up
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all the comments hopefully I was able to
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give you a shot or answer your question
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I appreciate you guys watching and we'll
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be back tomorrow with two more more
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videos in the meantime if you want you
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haven't that if you haven't had your
27:39
fill of coin news or information on coin
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week.com today we have an article by
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Josh tomorrow Hernandez who sums up the
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platinum 3-3 coin set that's going to be
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wrapping up this year we also have some
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auction previews and other coin news
27:53
also some paper money news about the
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upcoming poke sale definitely want to
27:57
check that out we'll be back Thursday
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with a podcast we'll be editing you'll
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be up late at night we're going to talk
28:04
about metals with Jeff Shevlin
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and just more cool stuff coming for you
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this week anyway thanks for watching
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guys thanks for supporting coin week and
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keep on collecting man see