Where To Store Jefferson Nickel Set?

I use a Dansco album. I also have the proofs, so the total coin value does greatly outweigh the album cost.

I have always felt that the Dansco was worth it, even before I decided to put proof coins in the albums. It is more than just what the coins were worth and I never consider resale value. I get pleasure from building a collection; in my opinion, the Dansco albums make it more enjoyable.

Just as an individual coin has eye appeal, so does your display of your collection! A Dansco album will add eye appeal to your entire collection.

Nope. I have just been using them for almost 25 years now.

I can appreciate a collector that just wants to collect one coin of each date and mint mark in a set. To each his own. I disagree that all circulated Jefferson's are worth 5 cents and that a 2x2 is overkill. There are quite a few Jefferson's in VG condition that are worth a buck or more a piece.
If you want to look at your coins on both sides, there is going to be some cost.
If you don't staple your 2x2's but keep the coin in safe plastic pages, you can write the date and mint mark on the 2x2's in order and slip it in place in the pages with or without a coin in the window. This will help you see the conditions of your best examples and what nickels you still need as they will be empty.
If you find a better example for one you have already just switch them and when you feel that you have the one you really want for that year and mint and are satisfied, staple it closed.
These are still cheap in AU and many in BU condition but a day will come when you'll wish you had really taken your set condition a little more seriously.
When you have your final set, ( I'm not finished with mine yet after 30 years of looking ) You might get that Dansco album after all.
The pages will cost you as well as a couple hundred 2x2's. You might find a used Dansco folder or two cheaper at a coin shop or here in the Buy Sell Trade area of the forum or on the auction sites like ebay than the cost of the pages binder and 2x2's.
I just have a hard time understanding why you would want to look at both sides of your set but not want to continue to improve it? Most collectors continuously keep upgrading when a opportunity presents itself that is a good deal.

I have a few other album types for my sets: a Whitman Classic I bought about 20 years ago for my IHCs, another Whitman album (looks like a book, copyright 1960) that I picked up for next to nothing at a coin shop for my fledgling Merc set, and one of those Official US Mint albums for my Franklins.

I like the Whitmans fine. The Franklin album seems to be a bit on the cheap side, so I will be changing out of it soon enough.




I'm way ahead of you there. That's why I went ahead and ordered my first Dansco online for my Jefferson collection. I found a good deal for a display one on ebay and it should arrive later in the week. If I like the way it looks I might just transfer ALL my sets to Dansco, or at least the Franklins. I do plan on continuously upgrading my Jefferson set...that is why I want to see both sides of the coins.

I also have a decent LHC set in those really old Whitman folders that are in desperate need of a transfer, and maybe the Dansco is the key there as well.