Trouble using plastic flips to store coins

I want to catalog and store my coins using plastic flips with paper inserts. I want the flips placed in pocketed plastic sheets which in turn are to be housed in a regular album. However, when I go to place the flips (with coins) into the sheet, the flips slide out. How should I go about storing coins in this fashion without having the flips slide out from the plastic page?

 

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I never liked having my coins in albums due to the weight being pressed on the coins wearing away the high points.

 

If you find a cure let us all know.

 

I may be all wet here..... I looked at the photo a couple of times now. I just wonder if those notebook sheets are sized to hold a slabbed coin? Those inserts just look a little too large to me.

 

The pockets are definitely not large enough to hold TPG size slabs.

 

How do members here store their coins using 2.25 X 2.25 in plastic flips. Should I abandon this method of storing coins?

 

I use 2X2's in 20 pocket pages to make the sets for my great grandchildren. They do tend to slip out if you don't store them upright.

 

You're fighting a losing battle. Take it from the voice of experience.

First, using the 20-pocket pages, every time you remove one of the flips for a photo or to add more coins (if you haven't set spaces aside for earlier dates and/or mintmarks) the slot becomes slightly larger which allows the flip to slide out.

There is another alternative which isn't much better, and that is to use the 2x2 pages from Eagle Coin Holders. They are deeper which allows the flip to slide in and out easily, but each slot has a plastic strip across it that keeps the flip from falling out. However, this system has two problems. The first is that the plastic pages are overly brittle, and constant use and the sheer weight of the coins causes cracks in the strips that hold the flips in place as well as cracks from the holes for the 3-ring binder. The second problem is that these pages are very expensive and can cost you hundreds of dollars for each denomination and even more money for the replacements when they fail.

I've used both methods, and I'm not pleased with either option. I've reverted to using the red storage boxes intended for 2x2's. It's cheaper and constant use does not cause added wear & tear to the boxes.

Chris

 

I was looking to do something similar with silver dimes. Finding a non PVC method is problematic. Also, same things you're talking about. Back to plain 2 by 2's in boxes like before.

 

What you say is very true about "constant use". Like I said, I use them in situation where I don't expect the 2X2's to be taken out.

 

Granted, yours is a unique situation because you are building sets for your heirs, but what happens when the heirs take possession of them?

Like the OP, not everyone is in your situation.

Chris

 

All I could do is advise them not to turn the books upside down and hope for the best. And. they are not rare coins but the do have some historical and sentimental value to the family. And, I agree that I would not want to store coins long tern this way. Like you and others I use the 2X2 boxes.

 

This is the answer. Gravity is your friend!

 

This is true. I used Eagle pages a long time ago and they all became brittle and cracked to the point of being unusable. Never again.

Depends on how many coins you're talking about. I keep my collection small and typically have no more than about 250 raw coins, so cost (I think about $3 a page at the time) wasn't as much a factor as quality and durability.

I now have my raw coins in Air-Tites and Lighthouse capsule pages:

 

They are very expensive, aren't they?

 

They make pages that hold 2 1/2 X 2 1/2 flips.

 

Yeah pages are relatively cheap. I considered pages and the much smaller flips to house my dime hoard but still considering other ways to store and present them.

 

I'd hate to say "scotch tape" to hold them in but it would prevent them from sliding out. Although make it unhandy to pull them out.