Best Storage/Organizational Product For A Novice?

For the lower-end stuff I use 2x2's and keep them in the vinyl pages made to fit three ring binders. This allows me to organize my collections and show them off without handling the coins. The extras that I decide to keep I place in the plastic tubes. There will be other opinions, but this method works for me. Inexpensive, but still offers protection and the ability to show them off.

Thank you for the replies. I was considering the 2x2 in the clear flip pages for the majority of my collection. I like to look for errors and varieties and figured the clear 2x2 holders would give me the versatility I need to reorganize as I go.

I also want to complete a cent collection as I go. For that I would like to have a cent collection binder/folder. I have seen several different types. From slotted folders that you put the coins into the punched wholes to binders with clear vinyl pages with dated slots to slide your coins into. Any opinions on which is the better way to go? From what I have read...Dansco and Whitman are similar but with some obvious differences. Any suggestions on which Brand to go with?

Thank you.

You can also buy an Album (stay away from folders) and just put in blank pages and label them however you like. I think Dansco and Whitman both sell blank pages (by size or denomination) and transfer sheets full of characters to make your own custom labels.

It is easy to be confused since Whitman makes both albums and folders.

Whitman folders were and still are bad for coins.

Whitman albums are okay for coins.

I might add that ANY "folder" will not be as good as ANY "album" for your coins.
Folders just simply don't protect your coins the way an album does. A folders primary faults are airflow and physical damage potential.
While an album prevents both of those much much better.

IMO, folders are best used for highly circulated coins of low to average quality. For example, I would never put high MS grades, Proof, or Silver Proof coins into "any" folder made by any company. These better quality coins need as much long term protection as I can put them in.
Combine this with temperature control......humidity levels.....environmental concerns (ie. -naturally occurring invisible detrimental gasses-wood varnishes/stains-cleaning products-air fresheners, etc., etc., etc.,) ...(so many airborne chemicles that we don't even think about !)
Toning or tarnishing of coins is soooo hard to get a handle on for some people, depending on where you live and how you live, and what the specific different environmental conditions are exactly.
Some collections will last for 10-20 years in folders or albums with no problems.....yet others may only last a few short years before alarming "issues" start developing.
That's why, where necessary, I just want the best possible protection for my coins when and where it's appropriate.

Though, I don't wanna "knock" the use of folders for coins AT ALL.

Folders "do" have their place, absolutely. I have lots of them !
I have Memorial Cents folders (P&D only), and have made them as nice "Red" as I can, which actually is an "ever-lasting" work!)
I have Jefferson nickel folders....the same way.
I have Sacajewea/Native dollar folders.....the same way.
I have Presidential dollar folders......the same way.
I have a Buffalo nickel folder.....the same way.
I have a few Westward Series Nickel folders...the same way.
I have the Statehood Qtrs. folders....the same way.
Plus some "Junk Silver" folders and probably a few others I didn't mention.
It's just that "premium quality" coins of mine will all go into "ALBUMS", for the long term protection that they deserve and need.

Like you said, the Whitman folders only allow you to see one side & offer no protection from air, physical damage, etc. Albums allow you to see both sides & have a sliding plastic cover over each row to protect the coins.

For Lincoln Cents, my favorite album is the Dansco 8100.