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Message:: [QUOTE="messydesk, post: 2138872, member: 1765"]What do you like?  If we steer you to an "underappreciated" series that you have no interest in, why would you want to collect it?  Some series are chronically underappreciated, so there's not really much expectation of financial upside for those, if that's what you're looking for. State quarter albums for the kids is a good idea, as would be the National Parks (America the Beautiful) quarters. For collecting moderns (including Franklin halves), I would opt for using a Dansco album for non-proof coins.  You can get unlabeled (no dates by holes) albums as well as the traditional set albums.  Most moderns aren't worth certification, and the beginning collector will get just as much enjoyment out of a $20 Franklin half in MS63 that they can put in an album as they would from a certified MS66 sample costing $400.  $20 mistakes are also a lot easier to deal with while learning than $400 mistakes.  As you fill a Dansco, you'll also find something quite satisfying about the heft of an album full of coins.[/QUOTE]