01-29-2007, 04:49 AM
Thank you for your suggestions and comments.
Eric: I understand what you mean for the photo corner. I have large pictures (around 9 X 11 inches) which also belly out of the corners. But being sticked on the inserts inside the polypropylene sheets, they hold ok.
Order of Glory: I thought about cutting my existing white cardboard inserts to the exact size of each banknotes, however, I thought it would be too much work. But maybe it would be the best option because as you mentionned, if using a plastic insert as I wanted, then I would see the bills behind the ones I am viewing... I don't want this.
Esteban: Good suggestion, but in my case, I am doing this to save wall space. I have around 120+ banknotes from imperial russia, soviet union, russia, ukraine, belarus, etc. and I want to have all of them holding in a single book (album). Hence my request for ideas. My problem is that I decided to collect almost anything related to soviet union, not only awards and now I ended up with too many items... most of them worth almost nothing and don't justify occupying some of the very limited wall space I have.
I also have a bunch of soviet loans that I put in an album. But for them, since they mostly have the same kind of information on the back (the rules of the obligations and the drawings associated with it, etc.), I didn't cut the cardboard inserts and I see only their obverse, which is fine.
Considering that banknotes have interesting details on their back, I still want to be able to see both sides and I think I will have no other choice than to resign to do the longest option, but also probably giving the most beautiful result, which is to cut the insert as suggested by Order of Glory.
I am a very slow person when it's time to do handcrafts.. so I won't be done very soon, but I will share some photo when completed.
Eric: I understand what you mean for the photo corner. I have large pictures (around 9 X 11 inches) which also belly out of the corners. But being sticked on the inserts inside the polypropylene sheets, they hold ok.
Order of Glory: I thought about cutting my existing white cardboard inserts to the exact size of each banknotes, however, I thought it would be too much work. But maybe it would be the best option because as you mentionned, if using a plastic insert as I wanted, then I would see the bills behind the ones I am viewing... I don't want this.
Esteban: Good suggestion, but in my case, I am doing this to save wall space. I have around 120+ banknotes from imperial russia, soviet union, russia, ukraine, belarus, etc. and I want to have all of them holding in a single book (album). Hence my request for ideas. My problem is that I decided to collect almost anything related to soviet union, not only awards and now I ended up with too many items... most of them worth almost nothing and don't justify occupying some of the very limited wall space I have.
I also have a bunch of soviet loans that I put in an album. But for them, since they mostly have the same kind of information on the back (the rules of the obligations and the drawings associated with it, etc.), I didn't cut the cardboard inserts and I see only their obverse, which is fine.
Considering that banknotes have interesting details on their back, I still want to be able to see both sides and I think I will have no other choice than to resign to do the longest option, but also probably giving the most beautiful result, which is to cut the insert as suggested by Order of Glory.
I am a very slow person when it's time to do handcrafts.. so I won't be done very soon, but I will share some photo when completed.
