Looking To Start A Type Collection. What Foder To Start With

I gave my suggestions in another thread, however, keep in mind that Dansco folders are expensive. If you have money to burn then sure go ahead. They are nice. If you want to sell, trade these folders can be difficult to take the coins out, etc. 2x2's and a hard notebook like you use in school really work nicely. Coin dealers use this method also. You can get a lot of coins in a notebook full of 2x2's and plastic sleeves. You can also get sleeves for currency and slabs. These notebooks can easily be disguised so that noone knows that they contain your precious collections! There are also small books that contain 60 coins or so each. They also have the plastic sleeves. I'm sure that you've seen them in coin shops. I keep my BU Sac's, State Quarters and SBA's in them. It keeps them separate from the other denominations and I can identify them easily. The binding is plain so that I can just pop them on a shelf and they blend in with the notebooks and other books. I also keep my coin books (i.e., Red Books) in different locations than the coins themselves.

The notebooks go easily into rolling luggage cases for easy transport. Over the years (hopefully) your collections will grow and grow until the weight is just too much to easily handle.

If you plan on keeping each and every single coin for the rest of your life - then sure, go Dansco or Whitman folders. Even Littletons are nice. Just think though - the money that you put into the folders takes away from the money that you could buy or save for your coins!

Enough said from a gabby adult. Happy Hunting!

I always refer to the Red Book for the order. Sure, absolutely you can do that. Here's what I do.

I pull the coins that I want in the books. I carefully (using cotton gloves from my coin store) place the coin Obverse into the 2x2 (unless I want the Reverse to show). Then I staple both sides and the bottom. There are special staplers and staples for this but, I just use a regular stapler and make sure that the staples on the reverse are as flat as I can get them. They'll poke holes in the plastic if you don't.

Then I label the coin, using a label maker. You can easily just write on the 2x2 if you want.

I put all of the coins in order by Date, Mint and then I check the Red Book and start putting them into the plastic sleeves. It's really an easy and functional system.

Where there is a Rare Coin or Key Date and I don't have the coin, I label the slot and leave it blank. You can always just move the coins around as you add to your collection. That's why I use the label maker. I also label the years of the Mint (i.e., Lincoln Memorial Cents 1909-2009). That way I can keep all cents together, Morgans, etc.

Oh and so that I don't rip the plastic I use a pair tweezers to slightly lift the plastic so that I can get the coin in and out a little easier. The plastic slots are tight for obvious reasons! ;-)

I use notebooks like Gray for Morgans and Silver Dollars, Red for Cents and so forth.

Hope this helps. You have started a very good hobby, collection and most importantly a nice investment for your future and your future generations.

Let me know if I can help further.

Ya I would do what dsking says Because I do and it works great for me so dont waste money Dansco folders because to me they suck there expensive and can ruin your coins when you try to take them out

Oh and I use a spreadsheet also as well as keep a copy of it in each notebook as well as on my computer and CD. I would like to see your spreadsheet djluster so I will e-mail you. Thanks!

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Originally posted by laxmaster92

I want to start a type collection from out of circulation.What kind of folder to start with and whats a ood starting set? I heard that a Dansco 7070 is a good folder to start with. What is a Dansco 7070. Is it all types? Maybe I can get some info.

THANKS ALOT EVERYONE!!

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Funny you should raise this issue. I am also interested in starting a type set. I have date sets (in progress) for Peace dollars and Liberty Walking halves, but I've been learning more and more about 19th century coins, so...

My first step was to get: A Guide Book Of United States Type Coins: A Complete History And Price Guide For The Collector And Investor (The Official Red Book). Then I just started reading it. Not only does it list and describe all major U.S. types, it has information and suggestions for tailoring your type set to your own wants and needs. For example, I thought I'd have a go at half-dollars. I like them because they're big, not too easy, not too hard, and quite enough of a challenge at the present time. (I can always change my mind later.)

The Red Book Guide to U.S. Coins (2007 is the latest) is a very important book and, if you can only afford one, I'd get the RedBook because it's more comprehensive as to varieties and types of types, if you know what I mean.

Or you could start collecting the whole set. Or you can make up some other configuration. The great thing about this way of collecting is you get to see and handle so many different coins, and there's no more comprehensive way to learn U.S. coins.

Concerning albums: As you point out, the Dansco has the advantage of labelling the slots. The same thing can be accomplished with the Type Book and you aren't locked into dansco's idea of what a type set should look like. Plus, you might end up getting some slabbed coins, for which the albums are, of course, useless.

WOW thanks alot for the information. I'm going to go to my dealer tommorow or maybe today and buy some 2x2s. One more quesion, WHere can I get the sheets to put the 2x2s into? There not like the baseball sheets right?

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Originally posted by Stephen420

...[y]ou might end up getting some slabbed coins, for which the albums are, of course, useless.

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I disagree, if you are filling an album and you acquire a slabbed coin then you just have to crack it open and free the coin. This is one of the most fun parts of a Dansco 7070, cracking open slabs to fill the holes!.