Howdy all...I was curious about the best way to store a collection of one type of coin. For example, if I was thinking about getting entire set of Franklin Half Dollars, what method would be the best to protect the coins? I know those cardboard coin books are popular and cheap, but I think coins can fall out easily, plus I wouldn't think there would be much protection for the coin. Would I be better off picking up one of the more expensive albums with the clear plastic holes and sliders, or something like the cardboard coin holders that fold in half? Or maybe even the plastic individual holders that snap shut? Any help is appreciated.
Personally, I have my set of Franklin Halves in a Dansco albumn. They are not too expensive, and I like to be able to view both sides of the coins.
Another solution (that I use) is to get an album that will hold encapsulated coins. Eagle coins makes one but I am sure there are others. I place the coins in 'holders' that you can buy that have an inert (no chemicals) insert that holds the coins. Then if you do happen to pick up a graded coin it will fit in the album and if you get some of the new Franklin dollars, they will fit also.
A search of the word "store" or "storage" produced this from VERY recent threads on the subject: http://www.cointalk.org/forums/search.php?searchid=172118 Check it out...
All I did was a search of the word "storage" in the title of the thread (right here in Coint Talk) ...there is a ton of stuff
You may want to read the 115 answers on how to protect your coins from just about everything on this forum not far down from your entry. Actually there are numerous albums from different organizations that you could use for your collection. There is Dansco, Whitman, etc where they have albums that show both sides of the coins in a book type of construction. If you read other post here you may find that the company called Littleton is obviously not the type of album you would want. There are other types of albums that are much cheaper where only one side of the coin is visable but you just about have to hit the coin with a hammer to get it into the slots. I like and use Whitman classic albums. One nice thing about the Whitman and Dansco albums is you can add pages as long as there is still room to close the cover. For instance I've now got 10 pages in my Lincoln Cent Album. These albums are available on line, in many hobby shops, coin shops, coin shows, etc. The cost is worth the availability and protection of your coins. I've had coins in my albums for well over 50 years and no problems yet.
I keep all my coins loose in a dirty sweatsock that I store in a shoebox next to the sump pump down in the root cellar. Except for the gold. That goes in a clean sock.
