What Coin Albums Should You use?

[@Vector_Ze]

Apparently like you, I started out with the loose leaf 2x2 pages (actually, mine were 1.5x1.5). I've still got hundreds of those in the Red tray boxes. Even after nearly 40-years I see no damage to the coins contained. And, I live in Florida where there's lots of humidity. Still, I keep my more valuable coins in albums or capsules. As a kid, I was introduced to coin collecting by my father, when he gifted me a number of the old Blue Whitman Coin Folders. Not very satisfactory, proving no protection to the coins and only allowing one side views unless you're gonna pop the coins out. Then, I went on to Dansco and bought five of them. I still own them, with the oldest one (US Cents) being at least 40-years old now, and the newest being a Statehood Quarters album. I will probably not buy any more Dansco albums. Although they do a good job of protecting the coins, and they are attractive enough, the lack of a notch or tab to enable easy slide removal is a deal breaker. I didn't realize until several of them were a few decades old that removal is sometimes VERY difficult. In one case, impossible without damaging the album. This issue has been resolved by most other album providers. I don't know what you mean by "terminal toning". I get the impression you are a fan of attractive toning and actually like to promote toning. I won't turn my nose up at an attractively toned uncirculated coin, but given the choice between a toned coin and one an untoned one, I'll take the latter. Toning, whether attractive or not, is nothing more than corrosion, or oxidation, of the coin's surface. In my opinion, toning is not a positive thing. I know it has its fans, and you appear to be one of them. Forty years ago and for a few decades to follow, I considered Dansco to be the Rolls Royce of coin albums. But, as I said, I doubt I'll buy any more of them. Now, I'll go for albums from The Coin Collector, Littleton, Whitman, Intercept Shield, or Lighthouse. But, you've got some neat vintage albums there. Looks like you've started a collection of them. EDIT! A couple of months have passed since I posted this comment. And, I've just ordered a CAPS Album #2131 for Franklin Halfs, it will be my first CAPS album and I have hopes that I'll like it enough to buy more. It's one of a couple of coin albums that are designed to accommodate coins in Air-tite capsules. A bit pricey, especially considering the capsules themselves will cost almost as much as the album. But for really nice BU coins, it sounds like a winner.

[@CoinsMakingCents]

Awesome review of the different album types. Very informative.

[@misterTVman]

I have various Dansco, Whitman & Littleton coin albums, each one has their pros and cons. Buy whatever you like, however, I like ones where you can view the reverses too.

[@jamiehoudeshell363]

Nice video. I like to store my non slabbed coins in saflips and the single row red boxes.

[@LizaJane84]

That was so informative and helpful and I learned a lot❤thank you!😊

[@roberts1922]

You seem to emphasize/like the toning of coins. Which protect the coins from toning the best? I prefer zero toning of my coins…

[@bignubnumismatics]

If you don’t like any toning, I would forego any albums. There are single plastic cases called Kointainers that are excellent and about 25 cents each.

[@silversurfer1986]

Good stuff bud. Love the Wayte Raymond and the old boards from the Whittman collections.

[@stephenweihrauch5252]

Love my Dansco albums. I tend to use a sterile lint-free cloth to push the coin in to avoid finger prints and create greater dexterity and feel. Using a flip is a good idea I didn't think of.

[@glennblackwell41]

Most of the albums you showed were older and probably collectible in themselves. Dansco has a great series of albums for almost every US coin but they will tone your coins. Intercept Shield makes nice albums that limit the toning especially in silver coins. Their type coin album is nice but has about four holes that are undersized. An exacto knife works well to re-size them.

[@dancerscc]

I don't have a littleton album yet.

[@AuDive0]

Awesome album's

[@indyshaq2345]

Great video, but why not discuss the blue Whitman albums? Everyone loves the modern Dansco albums and I don’t understand why. I find the brown/peach color to be ugly. Is there something special about their albums that I’m not seeing vs. Whitman, which I much more prefer due to the blue. Thanks!

[@bignubnumismatics]

I think it’s just material and overall quality. Danscos hold up much longer than the whitmans. There were a lot of the blue albums that I’ve come across that were completely trashed after the first few uses. I like them as well, I just would t be taking coins in/out all the time.

[@dailydribble]

@@bignubnumismatics I got a brand new blue whitmans, and going though a nickel box found a silver and tried to push it in and it popped though so had to use shipping tape on the backs being the coins do not fit, I need a hammer to get them in. with that alright so which would be the decent ones that will just fit the coins and not cost more then the coins

[@charlesadkins7067]

i like whitman albums dansco is to expensive

[@bignubnumismatics]

Dansco is pretty expensive right now. I don’t know if they have begun making the albums again, but that’s originally why they shot up in price.