Could some one please tell me how to keep my coins from falling out of albums. I purchased a nice folder for all of my state coins, but every time I pick it up, half of them fall out. My search for one with the plastic guards has failed. Thank you for any help you can give me.
If you're talking about State Quarters, you probably need something like this.. https://www.wizardcoinsupply.com/product/whitman-album-statehood-quarters-date-set-1999-2008.html
I’ve been using inexpensive Whitman coin folders for 50 years and found out early that you really have to seat the coin in the hole very firmly so that the coin extends and pushes the backing out to show the outline of the coin. By putting the folder on a towel when installing coins in the holes you’ll be able to push the coins in far enough to extend the backing to show the outline of the coin. If the coin is removed from the hole the hole becomes oversized after a couple of times and the coins then don’t seat tightly. If you have the type of folder that has a hard backing to the hole you’ll never get the coin to seat far enough to fit tightly in the hole thus your type of problem. The problem with the good albums in my opinion is that they can cost more than the coins your putting in them. I just don’t like to put my cheap coins in an album that cost more than the collection they contain. That said I do own one good album that houses my Indian cent collection but the rest of my coins are in inexpensive folders, 2x2’s and 3 ring binder 2x2 pages. Hope this helps, Reed.
Exactly. Put the album on a surface that will absorb some of the pressure. Use a white cotton glove to press the coin in. That process works good just like @352sdeer stated. I have some that I started in the 1940's that still hold the coins. See the albums below. They are ragged but still hold the coins.
Bad, bad idea ! Those specific folders have ruined more coins you could count in 20 years. @Granbeck I know a lot of folks like coin albums because the display presentation they offer. But in reality cardboard coin albums of any brand are a bad idea for several reasons. Those mentioned above, those are the worst of the whole lot, but they're all bad. If you're dead set on albums then go with the kind that allow you to put the coins in Air-Tite brand coin holders, and then put them in the album. But when ya do make sure that the album itself is made of archival quality materials. There's only a few out there but there is a few to choose from.
And how much will she spend for all that? If she was a high end dealer, investor or grader, I would say fine to the Air-Tite brand coin holders and archival quality materials. I'm assuming she's just a hobbyist. So am I. I've had my coins in these Whitman's and Dansco's for decades with little or no problem, as long as they are in a controlled environment.
I use the Airtites very selectively as they and the pages are too expensive. I don't think the holders should be worth more than the coins they hold. I think, as you said, the environment and handling is most important.
Do you have any thoughts though on how to reconcile/justify the cost of your recommendations vs. the worth of the casual hobbyist's collection of quarters and wheaties?
Yeah, I do. I've always figured that if a coin is worthy of being in your collection at all, then it's worth the less than a dollar it's going to cost to do everything you can to protect it to the very best of your ability. And no, it doesn't have anything to do with the cost of the coin. I don't care if ya found the coin in circulation or you paid a quarter for it - if it's in your collection and you wanna keep it, then it's worth it. Because by doing it right, it'll be there long after you're gone and buried. Do it wrong, and you could easily see it die. But hey, that's me.
So you wouldn't be caught dead collecting wheaties or state quarters from circulation? lol I feel that your response doesn't address my question about those collectors that DO collect such coins and want an affordable way to store/view said collection. Your expensive recommendation is a useless recommendation I think.
The point Corgi is if you care more about what it cost for coin storage, then throw the coins in a shoe box - won't cost you anything. But if you're going to spend money on coin folders that everybody knows are absolutely harmful to the coins - then to me that is an expense that nobody can afford. But like I said, I can show ya where the water is ........
Yeah I read that and it is not a real clear answer. Just trying to clarify. So my second interpretation of that statement is that you'd be willing to spend $1 or more per wheatie to display it in a similar but safer fashion than the typical folder? If so, then you have deeper pockets than most I'd say. Nothing wrong with it of course, I just think that it needs a bit more clarifying as to what your expensive recommendation implies. The cheap typical cardboard folder makes it a lot easier to view the collection than a pile of coins sitting in a shoe box. Yes they are both the same archival quality (i.e. awful), but one is nicer than the other.
I will have to pull a few of the IHC's out and look at them on the reverse. Like I said, they have been stored this way since the 40's and 50's. I wanted to update the storage method (new album) but My wife said that it represents my hobby better for the kids, grandkids and great grandkids if I leave things as they were. BTW, it sure was fun back then when you would see IHC's in change very frequently.
I have used Eagle holders for years, but they are not perfect. Years ago the pages were too brittle and fell apart when you took the coins out of the slots. They seemed to have addressed that problem. Each coin is in a 2X@ plastic holder with a mylar window. All of that is inert, but the albums are not cheap. One of the good things is if you have really expensive coin in a set, you take it out an put it in the safe depostit box and keep the cheap coins at home. You can also use 2X2 flips coins or tokens that are too thick to go into the usual holders. Here are a couple of pictures.
It's all a balance: For less-valuable coins that won't be there for very long, it doesn't really matter what album/folder I use, as long as the coins don't fall out. For coins that I don't want ruined, I use Airtite capsules (the kind with rings) and a sort of album that can accommodate them. I like two approaches: "Frankenstein" Dansco albums (these are my albums): and CAPS Archival pages: https://www.capsalbums.com/
