What Do You Use To Hold Your Collections

the majority of my circulated collection is in Dansco albums. I only have 4 coins that were slabbed before purchase, and I left them in the slabs, just placing little labels in their album spot. Others can speakup on if you should get coins certified/slabbed or not.

edit: I was using folders for my collection, but after reading the opinions on this board, I have converted everything to albums. I have a couple Whitman albums, but most at Dansco albums. Most Whitman albums have spots for proofs. Dansco albums have one version with proofs and a version without proofs.

I use a combination of Danscos, air-tites, and capital plastic holders, with the occasional plastic or paper 2x2. Since you are interested in collecting Washingtons, my set is broken down like this: the classic uncirculated 1932-64 set in two white 8x10 Capital Holders, looks really fabulous since the coins are really uniformly SHINY and white for the most part, and I like looking at my set often, particularly when I was building it. 1965-98 is in a Dansco, as are the P & D State Quarters. I have a single coin per state Dansco for the clad proofs, and the silver state proofs are in a black Capital plastics holder. I get more comments and admiration on that set than I do on the classic set, even though the latter cost more than 6 times the cost of the silver state proofs.

Most of my coins aren't worth much, just cool looking. They all live in 2x2s, that are in PVC free pages, which are in a couple of 3 Ring binders.

Precisely how I have my Large Cents, LWC, Proof Nickels, Kennedy halves, and Presidential dollars. I find this more appealing than the folders some of you swear by. To each their own. ^_^

Danscos, 2x2s, tubes, then some are just in a box that I've had since I was a kid. Those in the box are mostly things like random foreign coins given to me or picked up on travels abroad, very circulated wheat cents, etc. Anything nice goes in a Dansco if it's for a set, or a 2x2 if it's just something I wanted but doesn't have a specific place.

I use danscos and love them
even if you are just putting circulated pieces into them they look great
slabbed coins are something I don't really do
they are out of my budget haha
I would leave them slabbed though since it will make the coin a lot easier to sell for full value if it is rare or a commonly faked coin

Cotton lined 2X2 paper envelopes in 14" double row boxes.

I use Dansco albums for my best LWC - LMC and My Expensive Type set. The rest are in 2x2, tubes for rolls, and a Seal -A - Meal for Proof sets, Silver, and Commemorative Coins. All placed in 2 safes with Silica Gel that I place in the Microwave every 2 months to reuse them. I have slabs, but I won't crack them, I do label the holes in the albums. Hope that helps a little.