I have a bunch of coins in 2x2 ranging from the size of a dime to a crown, mostly American and Australian coins, with the other 50% covering rest of the world, I'd like to know which album would be the best to display them (around 200 coins). My Idea is each couple of pages covers a country or a theme. Most of the albums I saw on ebay shows photos where the flips looks like those 'non-mylar soft PVC' material.
I use the the pages available from various supply sources and then arrange in standard 3 ring binders. Each page holds 20 2x2's or for larger coins there are pages that hold 12-2 1/2 in flips.
Years ago I wanted a solution to my Jefferson nickels collection as since 1938 and god only knows when the series will end...thats a lot of coins and mint marks. I wasn't fond of Dansco or any other album type holders or storage. I came up with this ...kointains are one of the oldest coin capsuls on the market. They were made to be used by museum to disply coins ,as well preserve. They are 100 % safe to use and are very thin....there is a top and bottom like airtights they fit together and house the coin. They actually make holding a coin feel like just that very natural than as compared to the airtight like holding a round plastic disk. Next the coin in the kointain went into a mylar 2x2 flip with the white tag in one side as a bacground to show the coin better plus adding text ,such as mintages date mint mark variety etc. Then incerted in a plastic page that held 25 coins in 2x2 flips. Placed in a binder that was safe from harmful chemicals. I will admit that to each their own...as in all the years of collecting coins I have yet to find a system that completely satisfied my likes or needs. Display and storage arectwo different things in my mind. What makes a coin look good in a display sometimes makes it hard to store. That seems to be a challange to most collectors as your collection grows! Good storage solutions are mostly bad disply choices. Back in the day very ornate wood display cabnets were in vogue....but wood gassing out, stains and glues caused issues on the coins. Again....its a very complex issue trying to obtain the best of both worlds ,being able to enjoy your collection and keep it well protected and in some sort of order to enjoy it. I suggest that you explore all options....and decide to your liking what works best for your collection. Good luck and keep us posted on your choice or discovery that works best for you. Paddy
As you can see no toning nice clean looking display and all MS and Proof coins in the same album. The type was done using a P~touch label machine. Notice how thin the kointain is compared to airtights... when the coin is picked up you feel like your holding the specimen not plastic.
Top image 3 Jefferson nickels a 62 proof raw a 1958 P in a kointain and a nickel blank in a kointain. Bottom image same as above only the nickel blank has been removed from the Kointain showing how thin the kointain shell is. And to correct myself from above the flips are not 2x2' but the smaller 1.5 x1.5 in order to keep the coin size in check with the flip size. It just looked cleaner keeping the flip near the same size of the coin.
That actually looks cool, but I guess it's more useful for a date-type set like your nickels where all the coins have the same dimension.
I've started to use blank Dansco pages for this purpose; works very nicely for series coins that don't have commonly produced albums, like British crowns, South African half crowns, etc.
@JayAg47, I personally agree with both @Paddy54's and @beaver96's opinions about how you could display your coins. For me personally, I'm quite fond of Dansco albums; however, that is purely a matter of personal preference. Regardless, I've also used blank pages to great effect like @QuintupleSovereign, but finding blank Dansco pages and albums nowadays isn't exactly an easy task. https://www.cointalk.com/threads/custom-dansco-great-britain-florins-1893-1970.345977/
I use Dansco albums (where available) for storage. I've had no problems thus far, but I recently moved to a very humid climate and I'm not sure the Danscos will protect the coins. I guess I'll find out. I also place the albums inside of Dansco protective sleeves, kind of like Intercept Shield products.
Wow! Had completely forgotten about those. Used one all the time for my school lunch money. Late 60's.
