How do I get my coins to stay in the holes in my albums? There has to be a way. Once they get the least bit heavy, they fall out when I pick the albums up.
It's a pain to keep those coins in albums. Are you using Whitman Albums? I gave up on them years ago. I just put all of my best coins in 2x2 clear coin flips and use normal coin albums made for 2x2's. Each album is labeled individually.
You could try cutting a small strip from a Saflip (polyethylene terephthalate) or mylar to use as a shim on the edge of the coin to see if that will help hold it in place.
Use Dansco or Whitman window slide coin albums ........ they are expensive but easy to use and they keep your coin's safe.
The one that is driving me nuts right now is from Checker Bee Publishing, and is made for the State Quarters. I think I'm going to give up.
I use this one for my ATB quarters. Inexpensive (under $10) window slide type and more than adequate for the series. https://brooklyngallery.com/whitman-national-park-quarters-full-color-album-p-d-mints-1.html
Good one for state quarters...... https://www.ebay.com/itm/Dansco-Washington-Quarters-Statehood-Commemorative-1999-2003-Incl-Proof-
Safe is a very relative term. Coin albums are arguably the worst thing ever invented for coins. Pretty much all cardboard coin albums are saturated with sulfur and the sulfurous gasses put off by that cardboard are the worst thing there is that you can expose your coins to. Then there is the the cardboard dust that all cardboard puts off, the albums where the coins fall out like those mentioned in this thread, the infamous scratches from the slides in albums, and the fact that all cardboard not only attracts but retains moisture from the very air and thus exposes your coins to that as well. All of these things I mentioned above are very well known and always have been. And yet coin albums are among the most popular of ways to store your coins - and all because people like the way they look. They like the presentation aspect. Just imagine, if there was a skin creme, or lotion, or makeup, or clothes, or whatever, that made ya look absolutely great - but was very well know for causing cancer - would you go ahead and use it anyway just because it made ya look good ? Well, that's exactly what you're doing with your coins when you use cardboard coin albums.
Disagree here. While albums indeed are not great archival storage options, I don't think they're the worst thing. PVC flips and mint (not necessarily US mint) packaging takes the cake here in my book. I've handled coins that were stored in these things that were so covered with green slime that I had to wash my hands with Goop after handling them. Stuff in decent albums fares much better. I have uncirculated Lincolns that have come out of blue Whitman folders that had been there for decades and look far better than they would have had they been in PVC flips for less than 10 years. Yeah, they're toned, but they're not ruined. Today I have Danscos with dimes 1916-79, Franklin halves, ASEs 1986-present, and cents. Nothing is terribly high value in these albums, and they're fun to look at in this presentation format. They're also easy to show to a new collector without having to worry about handling. I need to pick up a blank Dansco for quarters for my state quarters and ATB quarters, none of which are worth much more than a quarter.
I would hope someone that does the research into and purchases valuable coins would be capable of researching, locating and buying archival quality albums that are not harmful. I was always of the mindset that the cardboard folders probably do fill a roll for people to store worn out, lower value coins or pocket change in. Maybe folders for kids. I'd be surprised if someone who spent thousands on MS coins were storing them in a $2 cardboard album but I suppose it's possible.
Wow! I never watch videos but I did watch these. I was not aware of these albums. They are so nice. I have a Dansco album of Jefferson nickels that I bought as a set. Many of the coins have bits of cardboard stuck to their edges as I force them out of their slots to be photographed. I dread damaging them as I press them back into place. Excuse me for rushing off - I’ve got to search the internet to buy these.
I like those caps albums. Whitman serves the purpose for my circulated quarters but those caps albums would be nice for more valuable and/or high grade classics.
