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Originally Posted by RobertGT
Is is just a three-row shoebox used for normal card storage. I think I dumped some raw cards out of it and converted it into storage for 68 commons. Maybe you are using Card Saver Is? (They don't fit anywhere). I use Card Saver IIs for storage and that is what you see in the picture. They come right up to the top of the box but do not extend beyond the lip of the box. So you can put weight/other boxes on top of it without having to worry about damaging the cards.
They do get heavy - but the tradeoff is you have many more cards in there than you would if you filled the same space with top loaders.
But to each their own - everyone has their own preference and that's great. For years I was an exclusive top loader guy and much of my collection is still in them. Just recently I have been making the conversion to Card Savers for all the aforementioned reasons.
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I wonder if I've never gotten a cardsaverII? Weird since I have almost 40 years worth of different pages and holders. Probably a good percentage of everything that's come out since about 1974. I've got maybe 6-7 different sorts of cardsaver-like holders. I'll have to check which ones I have that were too tall but narrow enough for the shoebox box.
The best/worst combination so far is a Mylar sleeve inside a toploader. Stiff and the mylar is a great archival material. Terrible since the mylar is smooth enough that it displaces enough air between itself and the toploader that it can't be removed. (Like wringing two guage blocks together for the machinists in the group) Damaged a card trying to get it out and still had to cut the holders.
Steve B