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Coins Falling Out Of Folder. Which Brand Is Best?

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I've had my Littleton green folders for many years now the nickels keep falling out as I fold it up.

I look through rolls of coins and once in a while find a better condition coin I'll replace one with, but some of the ones falling out are ones I never replaced. Is this normal? Do they naturally waken over time?

Do the blue Whitman folders hold coins better?
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I store my 2nd and 3rd string coins in the blue Whitman folders and like you have some problem slots/holes. I just take a snippet of paper and lay it over and beyond the hole, then press coin in. Seems to hold fine when closing up the folder.
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What do you keep your 1st string coins in?
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That is an age old problem with the blue Whitman folders going as far back as I can remember. This is one reason we still see old cent coins with tape residue on them.

Now I keep my coins in Dansco albums. the pages have a clear plastic sheet that keeps the coins contained. There are other brands other than Dansco that folks here use (Whitman Albums) is one of them.
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The only Whitman folders that coins have fallen out of are ones that my cousin had back in the 1950s. And only a couple have fallen out.

I've had Whitman folders since the early 1970s and have never had this problem. If you use their "lock-in" feature correctly, the coins will not come out.
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I finally gave up on the folders. I had some of the books with the clear plastic slide-in covers but didn't like them much better.

I ended up putting all my collections in 2x2's and marking them off in the space in the folder they would have gone into. (Book # & page #)
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What do you keep your 1st string coins in?

Like Dearborn stated..............Dansco Albums
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