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Pillar of the Community
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I am thinking of collecting commemorative half dollars starting with the 1892 Columbus half dollar and going until the current ones. What are good folders for this? Do they make folders for this type of coin specifically or would a no date half dollar folder work?
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Valued Member
United States
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IMHO there is no such thing as a 'good coin folder'. They do not hold the coins very well and the coins will just get damaged. I recommend using an album especially for such a high dollar set like classic commemoratives. You have basically three choices in albums; Dansco, Whitman Classic and CAPS albums. My personal choice is for the Dansco album. Many collectors like the Whitman classic because of the blue interior is a nice contrast for silver coins. CAPS albums are gaining a following, there is a thread about them somewhere on the forum, I don't know much about them. Littleton Coin also has a series of albums but the only thing I know about them is that they are green.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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As far as I know there is a sepoation from early to modern for the commemorative halves. As mentioned the dansco is brown and the Whittman blue, the Capps albums are mostly plastic with capsouls to hold each coin. They are larger in size to the dansco and Whittman and are more expensive also. The early commemorate set has been a lifetime endeavor for me and I'm down to just one for the type set. Good luck on your collection.
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Moderator
 United States
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With the money involved in filling some of those holes, I would feel better putting them in an album.
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Pillar of the Community
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I can understand where you guys are coming from but for me I would rather collect the ones that have circulated rather then the mint state ones unless I have to. I have never been an album man myself as my wheat cents and America the Beautiful Quarters reside in folders so I am leaning towards doing a folder but it is not a guarantee. I might do an album. Everybody collects differently so there is no wrong way to go about this. |
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United States
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You may have a problem finding circulated versions of some at a decent price. However, if you intend to avoid any AU or MS examples for this set, a folder just might be fine.
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CCF Master Historian of USA Commemoratives
United States
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I'm not sure Whitman ever made a folder for US commemorative coins. I've looked through a number of vintage Whitman folders I have in my collection - dating back to the 1940s, '50s and '60s - and none include a commemorative folder on the page that lists all the folders available from Whitman.
I would surmise this is because each of the commemorative half dollars has different designs on the obverse and reverse (unlike standard circulating series which generally share a common obverse and reverse across all dates/issues).
Personally, I would suggest going with the Dansco Commemorative Type Set albums for either the classic or modern series (or both if you intend to collect them all).
If you have your heart set on a folder, however, it appears you will have to go with a generic/blank half dollar folder.
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Moderator
United States
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I would surmise this is because each of the commemorative half dollars has different designs on the obverse and reverse (unlike standard circulating series which generally share a common obverse and reverse across all dates/issues). You know, that thought escaped me.  A folder would actually be a disservice to this set since there is no common obverse (or reverse) that can remain hidden. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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 I have seen a lot of folders over many years .. I don't remember seeing one for commemorative half dollars. To me for the price some of them will cost .. even in circulated condition I would put them into a Dansco album .. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I would buy a nice little cabinet, put the coins in Containers, or some other kind of encapsulation. This way you could actually sort of hold them and they're well protected. But..each to their own.
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Moderator
United States
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I think at a minimum I would use cardboard 2x2 holders and vinyl pages, since I doubt I would ever be able to do the full set required for a proper album. I use the Dansco albums with the 12-pokcet pages, but lower cost 20-pocket pages and a decent three-ring binder would be okay.
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