tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3365327442789117850.post4063458582390487685..comments2023-10-28T16:28:27.401+01:00Comments on Paper Money Collecting: Paper Money Collecting: Storing My Growing CollectionMoney Marketing Solutionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05902637838938649019noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3365327442789117850.post-53740801555560266412008-05-22T19:25:00.000+01:002008-05-22T19:25:00.000+01:00Thanks for your very detailed imput on the matter ...Thanks for your very detailed imput on the matter of storing my banknotes.<BR/>I love the suggestion of finding a suitable binder rather than an expensive currency album.<BR/>Your comment is well appreciated.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3365327442789117850.post-86252831032786320842008-05-22T15:02:00.000+01:002008-05-22T15:02:00.000+01:00I don't think a box is a nice solution, and it's d...I don't think a box is a nice solution, and it's difficult to get access to individual notes like that.<BR/><BR/>The top-quality albums cost over $1/note. So you could be looking at over $500 for your notes.<BR/><BR/>My core collection is focused, and fits into two albums. So $120 for those, plus about $80 for the pages = $200 in total. A lot, but the albums are intended to be looked at by visitors, as they are of Indonesian notes, and we have a lot of Indonesian visitors. So I don't mind the outlay. <BR/><BR/>But then I do have some other notes, which I can't justify filing to the same expense.<BR/><BR/>Looks like the protectors vary a little in cost<BR/>http://www.ihobb.com/cgi-bin/ws400CS.cgi?category=CURRENCY+HOLDERS&pcat=currencysupplies.htm<BR/>from about $0.25 to $0.35 per note.<BR/><BR/>But rather than looking at banknote albums, which are expensive, you can just buy 4, 3 or 2-pocket pages and put them in a standard album bought from any stationers.<BR/><BR/>So on that 3-pocket page has nice 95mm slots. That will fit most banknotes. The price is $6.25 for ten pages, or 20 cents a note.<BR/><BR/>Add in a number of $2 binders (one for each country, or whatever theme you have), and you've surely got a better solution than a box of notes.<BR/><BR/>If you buy into a currency album 'system', you WILL be paying $1.50-$2 page. That's why the economy option is just to find suitable banknote pages and a standard binder (which can be of higher quality if you want). There's no magic about banknote albums. Source a nice ring binder separately that has standard rings, and then buy the currency pages to go in it. Cheap and convenient.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com