Dansco Albums Vs 2x2's - Which Provide Better Protection?

For one thing I'm a Whitman Album person and this forum is full of Dansco People. So any answers you get other than mine will be for Dansco, Dansco, DANSCO. Yes the world if being infiltrated by DANSCO PEOPLE. Also, note there are numerouse other manufacturers out there although those DANSCO PEOPLE don't recognise anything else. To late to stop them.
Regardless there is really no big difference in most Albums. Although my experience is that Dansco is of a much better quality than most others. Whitman lately has some problems with loose sheets over the coins so they tend to wonder out of the slots.


And yes anyone using those folders over the age of 5 or 6 should be shot. They do more damage than good. Pressing in a coin with your thumb or some even use a rubber hammer.
2x2's are great except for how to close them. If you staple them, try this. Pick up one and put it to your mouth and blow on the stapled edge. You'll notice your breath goes right through meaning not to good for the coins. AND if you don't flatten the staples, likely to scratch other coins. Uses a clear tape such as Scotch clear tape. Also much easier to open and reseal.
All Albums are OK but those too will fail the blow in the end of the page method. And you really shouldn't tape those ends.
However, if you do you an Album, just place it in a gallon sized Zip Lock Plastic Bag. NO they do not contain PVC.
YES it does take a few minutes longer to open an Album but eventually it is well worth the time.

Ok cool thanks, it sounds like buying an album and putting it into a ziploc bag will be my best bet. It beats sealing up each individual 2x2 with tape.

My other question - Do you store all your coins in albums or do you have a special preferance for handling the very rare coins? Like putting them in an airtite or going so far as to get them slabbed

Also, do you generally crack open the cases and open up the 2x2's when you buy a coin from a dealer?

Thanks again,

AC

I'm a 2x2 person and I have moved everything over to the self adhesive 2x2 by SuperSafe. These actually seem to be pretty air resistant. It is like a mini envelopment when the two clear sheets touch each other. Maybe not air tight but it seems pretty secure.

Thanks guys, I have a 1921 Mercury right now and it's in the 2x2 that I bought it in from the dealer. Based on your responses I feel safe putting it in a Dansco Album once I decide to pursue the full Mercury dime set.

But I think I may wait for silver to go down before buying any more dimes.

AC

I do not have any slabbed coins. I have purchased some in the past and crack out the coins for Albums. Primarily all valuable coins are in Albums. Presently have well over 100 Whitman Albums and almost all in Zip Lock Plasic bags. 2 of my Lincoln Cent Albums and 2 of my Mercury dime Albums are in doubled Zip Lock Bags due to almost all coins being some form of a MS grades. Lincoln Cent #1 is for sure all MS something or more including all coins. The only coins in 2x2's are the ones removed from a set when a better one is acquired and sits there until enough duplicates have accumulated to make another set.
I do have a 3 ringed binder full of those plastic pages for 20 2x2's full of proof only coins. For bulk storage of some coins I use those plastic rolls with the tops taped shut.
So far in well over 60 years of collecting coins I've never had a coin start to tarnish, corrode, stain, tone, etc.
(Must be the Whitman Stuff) or maybe not.