Howdy all. I have a basic newbie question. I’m going through the coins I’ve accumulated over the years and trying to organize them. Most of these have been gifts that have come in some sort of packaging. I have a bunch of presidential coins in a Littleton packets with a grade printed on them. Is there any reason to keep these in the packages? Or can I put them into a 2x2? These packages are not a fun way to look at the coins and they seem to get banged around a lot. I also have one of these uncirculated sets, which I assume came from the mint this way. There’s a cheap plastic medallion included that says US Mint. The same question applies, is there any reason for me to keep them in the packaging, or can I move them to a 2x2 or other holder? Thanks for the help.
For the Littleton ones there is no reason to keep the wrappers. Their grading means nothing and they are annoying and don't protect the coins well. unless you need a certain coin for a set I would leave the mint set intact.
Those packages they are in are much better for the coins than a cardboard 2x2. Cardboard 2x2s are terrible for coins, even the so called archival ones. Of course what is best for coin storage is to use individual, inert, hard plastic coin holders for each coin. And yes, that applies to all coins in your collection, even those that you pick out of change. For if a coin is worthy of being in your collection at all, is it then not worth the 50 cents it would cost to protect that coin, in the best manner you could ?
They're great. My suggestion is to buy them from the manufacturer or other online distributed in bulk as it brings the cost down to about 65¢. Also, most coin suppliers charge $5 to $9 in shipping. Stores usually have them anywhere from $1 to $2 each.
On the mint set you posted, that one would keep in the government holder, it s a 1965 Special Mint Set and that is the only year the SMS came in that type holder. Also if you remove them from the holder you will probably have a hard time convincing someone else that they are SMS coins.
Thanks for the tip. Very interesting. I worked my Google-fu and found this article about the 1965 SMS. I'm glad I'm able to ask these questions from more experienced collectors. I saved myself some heartache.
