What in your opinion is the best coin holders?

BBN

Of course besides slabs.

Anyone like Eagle or Intercept etc...?

JadeRareCoin

Eagle, Eagle, Eagle. The next best thing would be Saflip 2X2 non-pvc flips. Third would be cotton liners inside of 2X2 paper envelopes. Everything else is worthless, imo.

Intercept is not a valid holder, for a few good reasons. Eagle is the best, for sure. The only set-back for Eagle is that they do not work well for thin coins, but we developed a workaround for that problem.

Finally shot: just say NO to staples and PVC.

K6AZ

I like these the best, just got my first shipment of them.

Coin World Holders

They also make the Premier line, which are the same size as PCGS holders:

Premier Line

Sequitur

The Coin World holders look pretty cool. How do they work? How do you mount a coin in them?




Update: never mind, there's a movie
link describing the process.

BBN

I have an Eagle album for my Ike collection. Very nice, but loading it up was pretty time consuming.

JadeRareCoin

Buffalo nickels work well in Eagle holders. The CW holders are okay, but a bit too bulky for my tastes. The Eagles are completely inert and are thicker than the coin, thereby suspending the coin in an inert environment. This is important if you store coins in 2X2 boxes, otherwise the coins rub against each other. That's why I dislike staple holders and flips.

GoldCoinLover

My favorite by far are PVC plastic flips.



...just kidding.

haletj

Whitman plastic holders are my favorite.

K6AZ

You lay the coin down in one half of the Coin World holder, then press the insert over it. Pretty easy. I like the Coin World holders because I store all my coins in slab boxes, and this way I can store my raw coins the same way I do with the slabbed coins.

I really don't care for Eagle holders. The few that I had tried for silver dollars came apart easily at the most inopportune times.

JadeRareCoin

The few that I had tried for silver dollars came apart easily at the most inopportune times

Yes, I forgot to mention that Eagle Holders are terrible (useless) when it comes to dollar sized coins. I use Saflips for Morgans, Bust, Seated, etc.

ColonialCoinUnion

<< <i>Eagle, Eagle, Eagle. The next best thing would be Saflip 2X2 non-pvc flips. Third would be cotton liners inside of 2X2 paper envelopes. Everything else is worthless, imo.

Intercept is not a valid holder, for a few good reasons. Eagle is the best, for sure. The only set-back for Eagle is that they do not work well for thin coins, but we developed a workaround for that problem.
>>



What is an 'Eagle' holder? And a Saflip 2x2 non-pvc flip? And why is an Intercet 'not a valid holder'?

I've been looking at other options for a several months now, but I have not found the definitive solution to storing coins that accomplishes all of my goals:

1) Neutral long term storage that won't grow some kind of fungus
2) Allows novices to look at them without having to remove raw coins from paper envelopes (and eliminates the resulting fear of expensive raw coins rolling under refridgerators).
3) Mechanically safe, so that putting them in and taking them out doesn't result in damage.

Union

JadeRareCoin

What is an 'Eagle' holder? And a Saflip 2x2 non-pvc flip? And why is an Intercet 'not a valid holder'?

Eagle Holders Web Site

Saflip manufactures inert 2X2 flips for coins. They look just like the ubiquitous PVC flips, only they are not loaded with oil. they are very safe for long term storage, in my experience/opinion. The Intercepts are too bulky, too expensive and they have not been proven to be safe. I have seen a few threads on this forum that documented that coins became hazy after being stored in an Intercept album. The Eagle holders to have their drawbacks, however. They do not work well for dollar sized coins or thin planchet coins.

Cotton liners within a paper envelope (EAC style) are great for storage, but ONLY if the coins are not transported often. Otherwise the coins slide within the cotton and, while it's not terrible, it can't be healthy for the coin.

The worst holders are: stapled 2X2 mylar holders and PVC flips. The little snap together Whitman holders are so pathetic that I do not even consider them coin holders. These are the hard, clear plastic holders that allow the coin to bounce around in the holder. I have seen so many great coins ruined by Whitman snap holders. They also make year set holders in the same style. Worst holders ever made.

ccr

JadeRareCoin - I don`t know why the link in your last post didn`t work as it didn`t work for me. It should have worked since it is the right address. In case it doesn`t work for anyone else, here`s another link to the same place that JadeRareCoin pointed out. http://www.eaglecoinholders.com/catalog/

topstuf

Hands.


MY hands, of course.

haletj

I don't like those eagle holders at all, but their pages for them fit the Whitman holders perfectly! That is the way my collection is stored.

JadeRareCoin

but their pages for them fit the Whitman holders perfectly!

Are referring to the snap together Whitman 2X2 acrylic holders???

MacCrimmon

1. I take multiple digital images of the coins first.
2. Wrap in multiple layers of anti-tarnish watch papers.
3. Insert into cotton pouches, which are then slipped into the archival-quality (sulfur-free) 2x2 paper envelopes.
4. Placed in the Intercept boxes, and then inside a bank vault in a tightly sealed container with the appropriate amount of dessicant.

Works for me. No adverse affects noted after 3-4 years.

Note: This is essentially how the Watt estate coppers were stored for 200+ years, namely, in tissue papers (most likely old watch papers, and then sealed into silver-lined brass shells. Net results. Many proofs and otherwise receiving grades of 67 and 68.

paigowjohnny

I'm an air-tite fan myself...

Kriek

E&T Kointainer Saflips, 2.5 x 2.5

JadeRareCoin

MacCrimmon, I like your set-up. As I stated in an earlier post to this thread, cotton liners are great if the coins are not transported often. Otherwise they slide around in the holders.

kriek:

ColonialCoinUnion

Thanks JRC -

Union

Prometheus183

My safe is the best coin holder I've found yet.
They're watched over by several good friends of mine,... Mr. Smith and Mr. Wesson, Mr. Colt, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Remmington, Mr. Berreta, and Mr. Haus,.. just to name a few.

Eagle, CW, and the rest can't hold a candle to these

Craig

docday2003

<< <i>Eagle, Eagle, Eagle. The next best thing would be Saflip 2X2 non-pvc flips. Third would be cotton liners inside of 2X2 paper envelopes. Everything else is worthless, imo.

Intercept is not a valid holder, for a few good reasons. Eagle is the best, for sure. The only set-back for Eagle is that they do not work well for thin coins, but we developed a workaround for that problem.

Finally shot: just say NO to staples and PVC. >>




What's wrong with Intercept?

JadeRareCoin

What's wrong with Intercept?

Intercept horror story

the Intercept products just don't make much sense to me. I don't buy the whole NASA story. But, in all fairness, I have never owned or even touched an Intercept product.

aem4162

i have my 19th & 20th century type set in one of those capitol holders and used the cardboard/mylar thingies for the single coins