Storage For Banknote And Coins

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There are as many different ways to store coins and banknotes as there are members here on CCF.

For most of my world banknotes I use Vario 3c 3-pocket clear pages and stick them in Lighthouse Grande binders. The vario 3c are semi-rigid and very sturdy. You can find those on Amazon and Wizard, among other places, for less than a dollar a sheet. For my U.S. banknotes that aren't holdered, I use a few Dansco 7001 currency albums. These fit small-size U.S. notes nicely and are significantly smaller than the Lighthouse albums. The Dansco pages aren't as rigid as the Vario pages and with the state of Dansco these days, they can be very difficult (and expensive) to find. For loose notes that I want to protect, I just use rigid top-loaders designed for banknotes. If I really want to protect the note I might use a mylar sleeve inside of the Vario 3c page or top loader.

For my coins, I'm not really a 2x2 guy but MANY folks here swear by it. 2x2 systems definitely offer a TON of flexibility as you can endlessly customize an album. I mostly use albums such as Whitman and Dansco. For my ASE collection, those go into CAPS albums.

Spending money on storage isn't always the most fun, but it's important for protection and preservation.

No doubt you'll get a ton of alternative input and opinions, but whatever you decide on, have fun!

I put almost all my coins in Albums. Most are Whitman Albums but many other brands also. At coin shows I always ask dealers what the do with Albums they buy and if not saving them, I ask for them. I get lots of different ones that way. I am not worried to much about how long the coins will last since I have no one to leave them to so almost all coins go into an Album.

@just carl, respectfully, perhaps leave your coins in your will to your local coin club?

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