From
2005 through 2010, Mint Sets contained coins with a
special satin finish rather than the traditional uncirculated
luster. Coins with the traditional luster were shipped
in bags and rolls from the Mint. Since I collect Mint
Sets, I needed the non-satin coins from 2005-2010. I
was able to get most of them from circulation, but several
coins (e.g. most halves and Sacagawea dollars) were
not released to circulation, so they were purchased
from rolls.
I created albums for those coins using 3 blank Dansco
binders:
I put pennies, nickels and dimes into a 5/8" blank
album with a 5/8" slip cover. The 3 pages are a
blank penny page, a 21mm blank page, and an 18mm blank
page. This cut down a LOT on the empty ports!
The quarters album is a 3/4" blank album and 3/4"
slip cover with pages 4 and 5 from the State Quarters
album, Dansco 7144 DC & Territorial page (available
separately) and a blank DC and Territorial page (available
separately). This last page was inserted upside-down
after CAREFULLY removing the pre-printed lettering using
Goof-Off (see note below).
The third album houses Kennedy halves, Sacagawea dollars,
and Presidential dollars through Lincoln. I learned
that NO Kennedy halves and very few Sacawagea dollars
were released to circulation 2005-2010, but there were
circulation strikes available from the Mint in rolls
and coins that were different from the satin finish
coins provided in Mint Sets. A 3/4" binder and
slip case with one 30mm blank page, one blank Sacagawea
page and two blank Presidential Dollars pages worked
perfectly!
I used 1/4" Chartpak gold vinyl lettering on the
spines and a Casio LABEL-IT! label maker with clear
tape to create the port labels. Empty ports were blocked
out by sliding strips of "pleather" from an
old Dansco page on top of the clear viewing windows.
In some cases (e.g. where reverse is shown on the nickels
page), the port is blocked out only from the back side.
GOOF-OFF
I want to add one note about using "Goof Off"
to remove the printing from a Dansco page. It can be
done, and you can see the results on the reverse side
of the ATB Quarters page (look at the bottom and upper
right where page designation is found - I didn't fully
remove that because I realized it wouldn't show once
the page was place in the album). However, you must
use GREAT CARE! I suggest trying the page designation
first. If you mess that up, no worries.
Apply 2 or 3 drops of Goof Off to the area with text,
wait a second or two, and GENTLY wipe it off with a
clean lint free cloth. Always wipe inward to the center
of the text so you don't spread any ink beyond the original
boundaries. If you ever detect the slightest stickiness,
STOP! You are beginning to dissolve the brown pleather
texture. It took me 20 to 30 GENTLE passes to remove
the text from that page, and I always used a clean swatch
from the lint-free rag for each iteration. BE PATIENT!
Click on any thumbnail image below
to view the page full screen.
From
2005 through 2010, Mint Sets contained coins with a
special satin finish rather than the traditional uncirculated
luster. Coins with the traditional luster were shipped
in bags and rolls from the Mint. Since I collect Mint
Sets, I needed the non-satin coins from 2005-2010. I
was able to get most of them from circulation, but several
coins (e.g. most halves and Sacagawea dollars) were
not released to circulation, so they were purchased
from rolls.
