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United States
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I now have several RCM coins coming in folders. Three for example: - $5 Silver Coin - His Majesty King Charles III's Royal Cypher - $5 ¼ oz. Silver Coin - Queen Elizabeth's Portrait - Baby Five-Coin Gift Card Set (2023) What is the consensus in keeping and storing the coins that come in these folders? To be honest they are of an awkward size to store, but does it devalue them to remove and mount in more standard capsules or snaplocks? I am a bit indecisive on this and wonder what others do.  Thanks in advance. |
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If you ever plan on selling them, they will command a better price, in the original holders.
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If you ever plan on selling them, they will command a better price, in the original holders.  Are they really that awkward to store?
Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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Canada
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Unless you want to keep them in some album or wooden box - will be better to keep on the card.
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For these 1/4 silver coins the card is informative and descriptive, and part of the item.
The uncirculation gift-pack , if you will remove coins from the card - except of the special coin, they do not have any special significance
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I have become a bigger fan of keeping coins in their OGP, at least for the NCLT and medal releases. I still break up the annual sets representing "circulating coins" to fill my Dansco albums. Consistently inconsistent OGP sizes might make for interesting storage considerations, but I like puzzles, so no sweat.  |
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mestephil; I have the same dilemma. I have over 100 untouched Canadian folders just piled in a box, while the 2X2s labeled for the coins sit empty in binders. I DO put a little checkmark on the 2X2 to remind me that I have the coin for it somewhere, but I don't like that appearance. Thankfully I am able to open proof and specimen slabs to take out and label those type of coins because I can always stick those coins back into the unbroken slabs if I ever want to sell them 'by the set'. The cardboard folders are not so easy. I've cut some apart but the majority are still in their original packaging. My collection would look so much nicer (I think) with all the coins displayed all the same way, but, as others mentioned, I'm more afraid of making the coins worthless by cutting them apart. 
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How thick are these folders? How about storing the folders in plastic sheet protectors in a ring binder?
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06/16/2023 12:54 pm
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United States
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That's not a folder, that's a huge box.
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Here is the latest 'folder' I bought from the RCM: the 1952-2022 $5 Queen (silver)  BTW, it's around 6" by 6" Edited by atticguy
06/16/2023 2:48 pm
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United States
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The RCM page jbuck linked showed a huge box. This one should fit into a sheet protector, in a binder. |
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That's not a folder, that's a huge box. You looked at one small photo at the bottom. I was referring to the photos in the carousel, specifically photos 5 to 8. I will not embed RCM photos here, nor will I copy them. But atticguy's is similar to #5 in the carousel that I linked.
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My collection would look so much nicer (I think) with all the coins displayed all the same way, but, as others mentioned, I'm more afraid of making the coins worthless by cutting them apart. Atticguy, you summarize the dilemma the same way I view it. As for storage, the 6x6 size exceeds the dimensions of the storage box I use for proof sets and mint boxes, although there are a few other boxes I find also a pain in storage (I won't rathole on those...). I like some consistency in either storage or display of my collection. It satisfies my OCD tendencies. I thought of a binder with sleeves and it may be an approach.... I just have this urge to want to have an album by county and by denomination, or series, grouped nicely together. BTW, I do not plan to sell. That'll be the challenge of my heirs.  edite my poor spelling....
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06/17/2023 12:39 pm
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Quote: BTW, I do not plan to sell. That'll be the challenge of my heirs. Same.  
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BTW, I do not plan to sell. That'll be the challenge of my heirs. If "maintaining maximum value" with an eye to eventual resale is a low priority for you, then the answer to the OP's question revolves around the answer to this next question: do you collect coins, or do you collect pretty wrappers? If the OGP is preventing you from enjoying your collection, then feel free to get rid of it. Or at least, put the coins in more convenient holders, then pack all the debris up in a box and stash it somewhere out of the way. Let the heirs try to figure out which coins belong in which packaging. Even "profit maximizing" doesn't always lean towards retaining the OGP, especially when it comes to coin sets. Many coin dealers make a large chunk of their profits by buying up old mint sets in OGP, smashing the sets apart, and selling the coins individually.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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do you collect coins, or do you collect pretty wrappers? That nails it. Coins. The wrappers are beginning to irritate me. I have taken to busting up proof sets lately, and am enjoying it. I see doing something similar here. Thanks. 
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