This is why you should NEVER use 2x2's.

This is exactly the kind of opinionated, pedantic discussion of minute details I like to see in a forum about a hobby. You guys rock. Thanks for all the info.

 

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I will say that this was a very good read. I use many different types of coin storage include the 2"x2". Yes, you can get a little dust on them but it can be mitigated by a piece of tissue paper or compressed air if you're a little obsessd. I find them quite useful to store lower valued coins by denomination and year. I even store some higher valued foreign coins so that I can put them in plastic sleeves and keep them by country in a ringed binder. Since most of the coins are of lower value, I find it ridiculous to pay more than a couple of cents a piece for storage on them. Thus, I buy a few thousand every year at a coin show or from the wizzard. I love my intercept shield storage albums but they do have one big drawback. It is quite hard to get some coins, especially proof coins, into those holes. I hate to admit it, but I've used the back end of a pen to push them into the hole. The process of getting them into the hole will sometimes crease the page.

 

Phil,

I bought a couple intercept shield albums as well and found the same thing. The holes aren't cut precisely enough to allow the coins to be firmly inserted and hold the coin at the same time. The holes are all too small and I end up bending the page trying to get them in the album.

 

While we are talking about Intercept Shield and 2x2's, why don't people use Intercept Shield 2x2's? IMO, they are the best coin storage solution available.