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Pillar of the Community
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I got a Buffalo nickel folder when I was a kid and was super sad that I couldn't see the back for the mint mark. I was just steered towards flips. I wish someone had shown me albums haha. Even though they were expensive I sure would had whined for one and maybe would had kept my collecting going. Though State Quarters were the death bell for me :) and ironically my first album. Knowing it was impossible to fill in the holes until I was in college was super sad for a 12 year old lol. |
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I wish someone had shown me albums haha. I used Whitman folders when I was a kid. I had several of them. One day my grandfather took me to a coin shop where I was introduced to Dansco albums; he bought me my first two that day and I never looked back.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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My grandfather had a bunch of these old Whitman folders and quite a few of them were complete -- He even had some old green ones and a few copyrighted back to 1940. Unfortunately, being stored in the basement caused some issues and a lot of the coins now have environmental damage. I have gone through the measures to try and preserve them as best as I can and I have moved a lot of the more expensive sets (Peace dollar, Morgan dollar, etc.) into Dansco albums where they now reside. Some of the Peace dollars even had writing across the obverse from where the extra sheet with mintage information had been pressing up against them for who knows how long. |
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United States
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I remember those old Whitman folders too. As a pre-teen in the seventies, those were all I could afford. Then my parents gave me a Dansco album (around 1979) for a Christmas present. Wow! After that, I was doing extra chores around the house to save up enough for another album!  |
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I still like old "gassed out" crispy Whitman folders for low grade circulated sets. Will have to keep an eye out for the glue issue though. Thanks for posting.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I agree there was a lot of problems with the old blue folders. Not only the glue. I never liked how hard it was to press coins into the holes. And then it seemed like the coin would not stay in the holes. Like many others here I am a big fan of Dansco albums. I do have to say folders can be fun for circulated coin sets. Whitman did have the premium green folders, I have some .. somewhere. But because I like Dansco albums, I recently picked up a Dansco folder. I thought it would be a good addition to my collection. Just took a picture putting my first coin in. Notice, no glue in the holes.    |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11951 Posts |
Forgot to say
Any album or folder, that is stored in a to humid or
a too dry area will not hold up and could harm your coins.
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United States
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I remember those old Whitman folders too. As a pre-teen in the seventies, those were all I could afford. Then my parents gave me a Dansco album (around 1979) for a Christmas present. Wow!
After that, I was doing extra chores around the house to save up enough for another album! Sounds familiar! My grandfather bought me the Eisenhower and Kennedy Dansco albums. I worked my paper route and saved to get my Lincoln Cent album shortly after. Quote:
But because I like Dansco albums, I recently picked up a Dansco folder. Very nice!  More proof they exist. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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I still like old "gassed out" crispy Whitman folders for low grade circulated sets. Will have to keep an eye out for the glue issue though. Thanks for posting. However, remember how exposed to things those Folders make coins. For example it is so easy for people to touch the coins. A sneeze or cough while open too puts STUFF on coins. Although no Album is water proof, Folders have coins completely open to the elements. |
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United States
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Albums are always best, but folders are still fun. I think they are the best for YNs to test the collecting waters. They certainly helped me get started. Plus, there is nothing like the feeling you get when you graduate from folders to albums and moving everything over.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Like jbuck just said, folders help get you started when you're young. I recently just moved to albums and I like them much better.
Plus putting coins in albums is a lot easier on the thumbs.
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United States
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My coin collection got started when my grandfather gave me a bunch of LWCs and 2 Whitman cent folders (1909-1940 and 1941-1974) to put them in. Never looked back. I accumulated a lot of Whitman folders over the years before I eventually graduated to Dansco albums. I still have them, some of them I've "re-filled" with coins pulled from circulation just for the fun of it. I hope to pass them down to the grandkids someday.
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United States
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I still have them, some of them I've "re-filled" with coins pulled from circulation just for the fun of it. Excellent! All of my folders are tucked away with a few duplicates in them. I look at them occasionally for nostalgia and the coins seem to be doing just fine. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The best thing about a Folder is the price. Not even close to what almost any Album costs.
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United States
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Which is what makes them great for the kids. If they lose interest, not much of an investment is lost. Plus, buying them albums later is a great gift idea.  |
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