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Valued Member
United States
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Mostly 2X2 and storage boxes. I don't like flips for some odd reason.
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Valued Member
United States
314 Posts |
I took the plunge for my collection and went with CAPS albums that use the Airtight capsules. Yes, they are big. Yes, they are expensive. Yes, they are a bit of paint to put into and out of the album. But they protect your coins about as well as possible, look great, and are reasonably flexible. I use it for all of the sets I am collecting (Franklins, Roosevelts, Washington quarters, etc.). I store misc. coins in the self-sealing 2x2s in 3 ring albums. Often, I use these for random coins, "extras" that don't quite make the mark to be put into my CAPS albums, or items I just find that are good deals and want to hold onto for future sale or trading. I also use "Eagle Holders' for my mint sets and also for a few sets that I am creating of slabbed (certified) coins. For example, I am putting together a slabbed set of Peace dollars, and will use a Eagle Coin album for that. Agree that 2x2s are by far the most prevalent and flexible, but not the best for real protection or a high-quality display. Lots of options, and really everything has some degree of trade-off between cost, size, flexibility, ease of use, and protection capabilities. Michael |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4870 Posts |
I am not brave enough to use Danscos. Worried about scratching them with the slides. I do like their presentation. I had some self sealing 2x2's I bought some coins in back in the 80's and eventually they lost their adhesiveness and glue dried crumbling.
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New Member
United States
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I was using coinedge holders and pages. Liked them a lot but it appears they're discontinued. Trying the cheaper version of CAPS that are on ebay. They're not too bad. |
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 United States
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I am not brave enough to use Danscos. Worried about scratching them with the slides. With patience, this has never been a problem for me.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
516 Posts |
I mostly use the self adhesive cardboard 2x2s, plenty of space for labelling, then store these in albums. I use the lighthouse albums as they're strong and look nice, also come with a slipcase, which is good. Dust in between pages drives me crackers. I also have a large wooden box designed to hold around 400 2x2s for stuff I want to keep hold of, but not display. Finally, I also use acid free paper envelopes, they're dirt cheap and safe for coins awaiting attribution - plenty of space for making notes.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2917 Posts |
The vast majority of mine are in Dansco albums. My best ones are all in my safe. I also keep several containers of silica gel inside it to counteract any elements. Duplicates are either in albums and/or 2x2s, or tubes stored outside of the safe. I do have a long storage box for 2x2s where my best coins go.
I'm fairly fortunate to live in an area where the climate changes aren't drastic. I also try to keep the windows shut when the humidity climbs over 40%. I figure the less high humidity my coins are exposed to, the better.
CRH Nickeloholic. 1,600,000 nickels searched in eight years! Have found FOUR complete Jefferson sets!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I also went with the CAPS albums.  |
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Valued Member
United States
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I am not brave enough to use Danscos. Worried about scratching them with the slides. I've stored Proofs in Danscos for over 20 years that are scratch-free. I really should pull some of my 90s-era proofs and show some pics.... |
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United States
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I really should pull some of my 90s-era proofs and show some pics....  |
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Valued Member
 United States
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Thanks for all of the recommendations. I've decided to get a couple of Dansco albums to start, I like the way they display coins. I was thinking about 2X2's, but think I'll use those for series I'm just starting to collect where I don't have an album yet. The CAPS system looks really nice too! Thanks for mentioning it. It ultimately was more money than I wanted to spend at first though.
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Valued Member
United States
314 Posts |
Danscos are probably the most popular of the coin albums that are "press in" with "slide covers". I have a few, and they are definitely a good value for the money. I also like the Lighthouse albums as well, probably almost as much as the Danscos, but they don't have quite the same variety/selection.
I have now moved to the CAPS, but agree that they are a big investment, both in size and cost, especially when you factor in the cost of the capsules you need to purchase separately.
Enjoy!
Michael
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United States
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I've decided to get a couple of Dansco albums to start, I like the way they display coins. Good choice.  |
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Valued Member
United States
81 Posts |
The albums just arrived from Desert Dansco and I really like them! Very cool looking. Now I just have to get some coins to fill them up with. :)
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United States
189053 Posts |
Excellent!  We look forward to seeing the progress. |
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