As i'm sure quite a few of you store your coins in 2x2's inserted into a binder with the 2x2 sleeves. My question is do you store Proofs or high graded coins in this fashion. I worry about the coins hitting while flipping pages and doing damage. Am I delirious or does anyone else share my concern. If so at what grade do you decide that the binder is a no, no and how do you store your high grade coins?
How can the coins, behind mylar, behind a storage sheet of thick plastic, hit another coin? 2x2s are not good for proofs from what I've heard, because the cardboard dust can wreak havoc. Your best bet for a proof would be an air-tite holder. Looks a tad more professional too.
All of my coins are stored in this fashion, proofs and uncirculated. Just make sure you're using a stapler that leaves the staples flat, and if they are not flat against the cardboard, flatten them with a pair of pliers. Don't lay the binder down, but rather stand it up on a bookshelf with bookends to hold them up.
Proofs are very sensitive to physical and environmental damage. I use a multi-layer approach to storage. 1) airtite 2) 2x2 3) binder pages 4) binder 5) entire binder in a ziplock 6) store the whole thing in tupperware Here's an example using my satin collection.
Quite easily actually. And they can leave marks if they do so. It's more apt to happen with the larger, heavier coins. Good advice.
The 2x2 that are white and shiny, and are glued closed as opposed to staples seem to be really nice. I only just bought some raw coins that were already in these, so I am not sure if there are any downsides, but I would not think dusty papery mess would NOT be one of them. Seem really clean and tight fitting to me. My BU washington quarters looked real nice in them until I ripped them all apart last night and put them in a new album. Are these common?
All cardboard 2x2s have the same problem - cardboard dust. It cannot be avoided. As for the glue type, I'd be worried about the glue causing unsightly toning. The coin holders you use should always be made of inert materials. And while I have read that they do make some cardboard 2x2s where the cardboard is inert, on the vast majority of them it simply isn't. And you can't stop the inert ones from putting off cardboard dust. I know a lot of people like cardboard 2x2s, but the reality is they are a very poor choice for coin storage for several reasons.
Lower grade circulated coins do OK in cardboard 2X2s if humidity is kept at a reasonable level. Proofs don't do well in these or albums, long term.
