Coin Collections

20-pocket pages with 2 x 2's here too!

Is 2x2's a time consuming way? and sometimes coins do fall out of the plastic pages? I know the Dansco Supreme albums are expensive but once they are in (and made in U.S.A). Thanks very much for your contribution it is very much appreciated.
regards
Roger

I use Dansco for Modern Coin Series', but also use the 2x2's with binders to catalog odds and ends. I can see advantages and disadvantages to both. As Graceoutcast said, it is easier to add and move around pages with the 2x2's and binders.

dark side coins? I'm curious

Dansco albums and slab boxes. I do have one loose leaf album with 2x2's for odd coins and ancients.

afernbaugh

"Darkside" is coin forum slang for "foreign". The term derives from the observation that most Americans, even most American coin collectors, know more about the dark side of the Moon than they know about foreign coins.

As for the OP's question, I'm with GO, except I pack a lot more than 20 pages into my albums. That's for my "good coins"; the coins I don't care as much about (like my pagefuls of modern US coins) go in plastic coin album pages, which are sorted by continent.

Keep an eye on coins in those plastic album pages; some page manufacturers use less-than-optimal quality plastic, and coins can be damaged by long-term storage in the wrong king of plastic album.

This is an interesting question. I think the answer depends on what you collect. Dansco type albums are great for higher quality US coins because they offer the most protection. I have some high grade type sets that I keep in Capital Plastic holders. I think they offer the most protection and didn't cost me alot because I picked them up used. I have some lower grade coin series that I keep in the push in folders. But if you are putting together sets that don't have albums available then 3 ring pages are cheap and convenient. I am presently working on 4 series with no album available. I collect York County PA national banknotes which I keep in a 3 ring binder. I collect York County PA obsolete notes in another binder. I also collect Barber dime errors. This is harder because some are in 2 x 2's and others are in TPG slabs. I keep the 2 x 2's in a box for 2 x 2 holders and I keep the slabs in a plastic box for slabs. Finally, I recently started collecting Henning nickels to try to tell the difference between the six different reverse dies. I keep these in a red 2 x 2 x 9 box stored in flips so I can easily pull a coin out and study it under the scope. So I think storage depends on type of set you are putting together.