To Put in Album or Not?

I cannot decide if I want to put my unc ASE's in an album or not. If I did, then it would be an intercept shield album without the proofs. I love the series and by no means will consider selling the set regardless of how much the gain on value is due to silver going up. Right now I have them in air tites. If you were in my shoes, what would you guys do?

Eric

 

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It depends, do you want to look at them or hold them?

 

Well Chicago weather is crazy so I avoid taking my coins out as much as possible. I have my walker set in an album and love it. However, those are circulated and so I am not worried about putting them in and sliding the plastic over them. I do not necessarily need to be able to hold them (the ASEs).

 

If they were proofs I'd say go for the album. But since they're UNC, mylar flips.

 

I had 20 years of them in an album, they turned black...

 

I voted other. I use both air-tites and a Dansco (not intercept) album. I keep most of my silver art bars in those hard (and somewhat brittle) plastic flaps,however, there are certain silver art bars that I like that I will put in air-tites and there are certain silver art bars that I will put in a Dansco album to keep them together. In my case, it just depends on the silver art bar.

I also have some bars that are not in anything (flaps, air-tites, or album) but those bars are either already toned or I just did not get around to putting those in those hard plastic flaps. I like toning on certain bars but overall I prefer "bright and shiny" silver art bars and a few of those "bright and shiny" silver art bars that I like I will put in an air-tite. Some of the bars that are part of a collection that I am trying to complete I will put in a Dansco album to keep them together.

I would say to go with the intercept album if you want to look at them together in one place as a complete collection.

 

What kind of album were they in?

 

I have mine in an album and consider that a nice way to organize and enjoy any collection.

 

They were in a Littleton album with no intercept shield. When they started changing colors I ask if it was the album, the answer I got was " the changing colors will not effect the value". I didn't get a straight answer if it was the album or not, I assumed it was because of no shield...

 

The tough thing is that the intercept albums haven't been around long enough to test for long term toning. I have heard many complaints about the Littleton albums. Like I said earlier, my walkers are circulated so I don't worry about them but I spent quite awhile buying and returning any ASE I got that had spots or toning on them (probably to the point where Mint Products secretly wrote my name down and banned me). With the walkers, I waited till I had the complete set and put them all in at once so that the slides were only used once and never will be opened again. It will be the same for the ASEs so once they're in then they're staying put. The plus side of the album is I can view them much easier but the negative is I have to jeapordize their condition.

 

I will never put UNC or proof coins in an album again.

For silver eagles I put the UNCs in air tites that almost match the ones the mint uses for proofs.
Eagle Holder make pages for them that fit in a three ring binder. I buy just the pages like in this link.
https://www.eaglecoinholders.com/osCommerce/catalog/popup_image.php?pID=300

 

I say put them in an album. I have mine in an album, I love to break them out and look at them all the time. For me, the appeal is looking at the set, and an album is the best way, in my mind, to display the entire set.

I store my album in a safe, and use desicants in the safe, which help remove any humidity from the air. So far, no toning.

 

Albums are great if you wish the coins to tone over the years.
I use them for circulated coins only.

 

I put all coins in Whitman Classic Albums. I have well over 100 such Albums, have used them for as long as there have been Albums, never had a problem of any kind with any coins. All Albums are kept in Zip Lock Plastic bags.

 

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I keep my coins in binders like most coin stores do. I believe they are safer in the mylar flips, then in the 3 ring plastic pages then in a 3 ring binder. Whitman folders and some of the cheaper brands are too unpredictable and some are now made in other countries besides the US and they just don't fit too well. Just my 2 cnts

Of course your answer will really depend on whether you care about natural toning or not, airtites are actually the best IMO but they are a bit more expensive and a bit more of a hassle to care for as well. The 3 ring binder approach is simply the best for my purposes, as I like to look at my coins alot !!

 

This is how I started my half dollar collection as well. I like to collect from circulation so I was able to do a bit of a "build your own folder" by starting at 1971 instead of 1964, that way I wouldn't have a lot of holes to look at. You could do it with cents and leave out the ones you never intend to collect (I don't really plan to buy a 1909 S vdb ever). I also agree that it is better protection than whitman folders, though I still use those a ton.

 

True, but I rather take the risk instead of looking at a pile of 2x2's. Oh, and I always use gloves to avoid fingerprints, I hope everyone does, cuase that fingerprint WILL show up.

 

I live the southeast and you can tone a coin very easy.the humidly is what make them tone so fast down south.that why any gem bu coin I have are in interceptor books