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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Just Carl, post: 154085, member: 4552&quot;]Try to remember there is a massive difference between the Whitman Coin Folders and the Albums and even the Classice Albums. For instance with the Whitman folders that show only one side of a coin the method of making them is to first layout a backing sheet, cover with glue, add the prepunched out hole peice of cardboard to that. Now if you look at the rear of that sheet in the folder you will note a slight shinny gloss. That is the glue. Some people like it because if you put a worn coin in that spot and if falls out you can wet the glue and it will hold the coin in that slot. HOWEVER, remember that this does not exactly make for a great coin. In fact if you leave such a collection in damp invironment, the glue will eventually leave a deposit on the coins. This is why you may find in change or even at dealers a coin with a streaked or discolored reverse from the glue. Now the Whitman Albums have slides of plastic that allow you to see both sides of the coins. The dissadvantage with these are the limitations to increase the quantity of pages and you must constantly buy a second or even third such album. The Whitman Classic Album is similar to Dansco or Littleton where the pages are constructed so that you can see both sides of the coins but&nbsp; you can add as many pages as the binder will handle. For instance I now have a Whitman Classic with 10 pages in it for all coins from 09 to present including proofs. The additional pages are basicallly blank but you can find gold letter/numbering rub offs at the Whitman web site or at most coin dealerships. Note that the constant&nbsp; slidding of the plastic covers over the coins in any of these type Albums will leave micro type scratches on the coins. </p><p>Also, note none of these type albums, 2x2 cardboard with plasic flips and even the plastic flips are air tight. As long as some type of air gets to your coins they will eventually be noticed as either toning or discolorizing. </p><p>All my albums are kept in plastic freezer type bags with as much air squeezed out as possible. I&#039;ve had some like this for well over 50 years now. If this doesn&#039;t work for a few more hundred years, I&#039;ll let you know.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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