Combining Slabbed Coins And Folders

Agreed. I do something very similar for the 2x2 albums. I think you might be right that I just have to make my own discs. I was hoping that somebody sells them with the perfect sizes for each coin, but I haven't been able to find anything.

Good advice.



to the CCF!

You could even use a common coin of the same denomination and paste the photos on those. Then it will look that much closer to the real thing.

Thanks for the help! This was my solution, and I think it turned out great. Now the folder can go back into its airtight bag with a silica pack until I get the last penny in the collection!

In case anybody is curious, I edited pictures of each coin and added either "2x2" or the certification on top of the image so it is easy to tell that the real coin isn't in the folder. I then printed the photos to size (0.75" x 0.75") and used double sided tape to attach them to some cheap copper pennies.

I feel much better now!

12 pocket slab album pages are available.
I have never seen it, but I would think that the slab pages would go in the same binder as normal 20 pocket pages for 2x2's.

It may be even possible to put your folders in whole page pockets and include those in a binder as well.

That way, ALL of your collection can be housed in binders.


At least it would be worth investigating if such suggestions are a working proposition.


MY approach is different. I don't like slabs even for thousand dollar valued coins, especially when it comes to ancients. ALL of my coins are in 2x2's, in 20 pocket album pages. Every coin is fully described on the 2x2; can't do that with slabs.

When you have a fundamental dichotomy with storage and display, you can go 'all out' as I did, or with a compromise as described above, with the " ".

Looking good.

I actually considered and planned on this approach, since binder pages filled with 2x2s is a great way to organize coins while conserving space. I don't buy coins to ever resell, so the loss in resell value by cracking slabs open doesn't bother me. I may ultimately move my coins from their Whitman folders to binders with this approach.

Once I actually I bought my first slabbed coin (1909-S VDB), my mind changed. Being the key date, I wanted it certified to ensure it isn't a fake. I planned to pop it out and put it in a 2x2. However, it is certainly better protected from the elements in an NGC slab than it would be in a cardboard 2x2 and I cannot bring myself to pull it out just to make it match the rest of my high value coins.

The rest of my Lincoln cents were acquired uncertified, so it made sense to put them in 2x2s rather than send them in for certification. Now that I think about it, I hope they are all real!