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Message:: [QUOTE="Collect89, post: 1908227, member: 15445"]I suspect that eventually your collection will grow to the point where you have several raw coins & several slabbed coins.  Therefore, it might behoove you to assemble a collecting method that will accept both slabbed & raw coins.  I'm currently using eagle 3-ring pages for slabs & 20-pocket 3-ring pages for raw coins. Both types of pages can be housed in 3-ring binders.  (I use 1/2" wide 3-ring binders). Make sure that you are using hard (brittle) flips.  If the 2x2 flips are soft to the touch & smell like a new shower curtain, then they may be harmful to your coins under long term archival storage.  The soft flip material includes plasticizers that outgas & can contaminate your coins (PVC residue).  Really thick & hard archival flips can be purchased from Forum.  Those are the only flips that I use in my ancient collection.  I've only been collecting ancient coins for a year or two.[ATTACH=full]326871[/ATTACH]  [ATTACH=full]326870[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]326876[/ATTACH] It has been said several times here at CT.  With a small ancient coin collection, there is no bad way to house the coins.  When you have a large ancient collection, there is no good way to house all the coins.[/QUOTE]