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Frustrated by high prices for certified coins, I decided to go back to collecting from circulation. My Intercept Shield Lincoln Cent album stops at 2007. So today I bought the "Official Whitman Coin Folder, Lincoln Cents, Collection Starting in 2014, Number Four." My idea was that this would suffice for more recent coins collected from circulation, which aren't worth much anyway. But the quality is disappointing. Specifically, the holes aren't quite big enough. I can't seat my coins fully all the way around the circumference. I'm left wondering if the coins will stay in those holes securely. I used Whitman folders as a child and never had this problem. Edited by Villa Rose
01/22/2023 4:57 pm
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That is of course the whitman folder having small holes which has been discussed before http://goccf.com/t/348099 and mentioned "Gotta push in the edge downward first at the bottom, then pop it in." This is not the album like this one https://www.wizardcoinsupply.com/pr...96-date.html as just one example or the intercept album from 2008-2016, dansco or other options out there as alternatives. As a kid I preferred actually to just use 2x2s and the vinyl pages in a binder but now would prefer something like the dansco. |
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I just use 2x2's, office type binders and clear coin album pages. This way you can see the entire coin (OB/REV). https://www.jpscorner.com/I have from 1859 - current in 1 album. I divided them up between mints and they're all in date order. For proofs, they have pages for them as well. It holds more than you might think and they're all in one handy place. I do this will all of my coins, including those in Air-Tites. I prefer this method over having a bunch of Whitman or even Dansco folders.  Edited by dsking
01/22/2023 5:38 pm
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datadragon and dsking: Thanks for the quick responses! You've given me some alternatives to think about.
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I've been using Dansco albums exclusively for many years now. I had the opportunity to try inserting nickels into a new Whitman folder, and have run into the same problem--can't quite get the coins in.
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I have no problem with Whitman Classic albums and use many of them from my from-circulation collections.
I don't use or reccomend the "thumb buster" folders as you can't see the side of the coin that's inserted towards the backing. They can be fun for kids but a proper album only takes up a little more room than a folder.
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Dansco FTW
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@vill, if you do decide to stick with the Whitman albums, don't forget to cover your thumb so that the coins don't end up with a big old fingerprint on them. (Advice I sadly didn't get when I was working on my albums).
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Spence: good point. I wore cloth gloves while inserting these coins. Hopefully no thumbprints, but my thumb is sore from trying to force these cents into those too-small holes. Very frustrating!
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dsking; What brand of hi-lo do you use to move that album?
Villa Rose; I have been using the Littleton folders and there's not any problem plugging the coins in, but the current one (1999--) will be out of spots in two years.
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01/22/2023 10:18 pm
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Why did you buy the folders instead of the albums?
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don't forget to cover your thumb so that the coins don't end up with a big old fingerprint on them.  Quote:
good point. I wore cloth gloves while inserting these coins.  |
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What brand of hi-lo do you use to move that album? I'm assuming that you are referring to the weight? Actually, most of the albums aren't too awfully heavy. The ASE's, Maple Leafs and Morgan binders have some weight to them but, the rest aren't too bad. These albums are for US cents, nickels, dimes, quarters, halves, dollars, currencies, Commens, bullion and circulated Foreign coins. The "shiny" stuff is always tucked away in a lock box. I use 2x2's mostly for circulated coins and everything else are in Air-Tites or slabbed. As an added note...I have photos of pretty much all of the coins that I own, OB and REV. I even take photos of the album pages with several coins at a time. I do this for insurance purposes. I also have a written inventory and a "wants and needs" inventory of sorts. It's handy when I go shopping. Ofcourse, I pretty much always end up with something that I hadn't planned to buy. So, basically, the binders are tolerable in weight. Oh and I have my nice S&W for added protection!  |
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One word. China. As in where Whitman made the decision to have their albums manufactured. I had a similar issue this past summer with the Eisenhower album, and wonder now about the materials used. Are they chemical free and archival quality? Won't be buying any more Whitman, either Dansco or Littleton.
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