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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jaelus, post: 2088573, member: 46237&quot;]A lot of it is personal preference I agree, but there are also other qualities that you haven&#039;t asked about. For example:</p><p><br /></p><p>How expensive is the holder?</p><p>How protective is the holder?</p><p>Is the holder good for long-term or only short-term storage?</p><p>Is the holder durable/reusable?</p><p>Is it easy to remove a coin from the holder (and without damaging the coin)?</p><p>How easy is it to store the holders/how much space will they take up?</p><p>Do you need to buy a proprietary album/case only for that type of holder?</p><p>How does the holder have an impact on how you can and want to present the coin? (For example a date set may be a lot easier to appreciate in an album.)</p><p>How compatible is the holder&#039;s form factor for coins of different sizes, and how does that impact storage?</p><p><br /></p><p>Different types of holders will be better for different situations. I mentioned earlier in the thread that my favorite holder is the Coin World Premier. While that is true, I only use them for temporary storage for classic US coins I intend to send in for grading. They are good for this purpose because I can store them with my slabs, they are great for presentation, easy to photograph a coin in, and are also protective, durable, reusable, and easy to open. Having said that they are also relatively expensive, take up a lot of space relative to a flip, and are not convenient for non-standard size coins/tokens/errors.</p><p><br /></p><p>For world coins, ancients, and exonumia, I use different types of 2x2s depending on if I am keeping them boxed or in albums, and for some modern series I keep them in Danscos. I use mylar flips for coins I intend to sell since it is easy for a buyer to remove the coin for inspection, but for lower grade commons I use tubes.</p><p><br /></p><p>My suggestion is to pick up different types of holders and see for yourself what the merits of each holder are and what they are good and not good for. I don&#039;t think you can really say that any one type is &quot;best&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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