The advantages of keeping your coins in an album are numerous-

Scavenger · April 4, 2007 3:53AM

This coming from someone with over a hundred PCGS graded coins, myself. I started doing this about a year ago and I'm really starting to like it.

1. There is no waiting period, the day you receive it, it goes into the album.

2. The cost of the album is a one time expense about twenty bucks and your done.

3. Storage is very neat, just like a book. Compact.

4. If you like it, then it goes into the album. Dont worry about someone else's opinion.

5. No grading fees, use this money for other coins.

Russ · April 4, 2007 3:55AM

And, if you don't store the albums properly, you'll end up with all kinds of cool haze and other crap on the coins.

Russ, NCNE

ricko · April 4, 2007 3:56AM

How simple, how gratifying, how marvelously 'collector' oriented. Cheers, RickO

FLBuffaloHunter · April 4, 2007 3:58AM

<< And, if you don't store the albums properly, you'll end up with all kinds of cool haze and other crap on the coins.

Russ, NCNE >>

Same thing with slabs.

jmj3esq · April 4, 2007 3:59AM

Yes, but how do I stop my non-stop need to open the album and to hold the raw coin, thus risking damage?

Im too damn touchy feel with the things. I also risk slide marks from the plastic inserts. At least when they're in plastic I cant damage them.

Dont get me wrong I have many albums holding many coins, but there are a few coins I require be entombed in plastic.

basestealer · April 4, 2007 4:01AM

All my coins are in albums and I've never had a problem. The coins in the Danscos don't tone or haze. The coins in the older albums that did change, changed for the better. When I assembled the graded eagle set, I even bought an album for that to hold the slabs, but then I sold it so I have no idea how they're doing. You can store a lot of money in a small amount of space with albums, and you can show them to people without grubby fingerprints. What's not to like?

MadMarty · April 4, 2007 4:01AM

and if you keep them at home it's one stop shopping for the burglers!!

jmj3esq · April 4, 2007 4:03AM

I have a few coins in my 7070 that have toned dramatically.

I should add that I store my slabs in an Eagle album.

Russ · April 4, 2007 4:03AM

<< All my coins are in albums and I've never had a problem. The coins in the Danscos don't tone or haze. >>

Then you are storing them properly. I've seen thousands of coins ruined by improper album storage.

Russ, NCNE

basestealer · April 4, 2007 4:08AM

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<< All my coins are in albums and I've never had a problem. The coins in the Danscos don't tone or haze. >>

Then you are storing them properly. I've seen thousands of coins ruined by improper album storage.

Russ, NCNE >>

Maybe. It could also be the dry desert air that aids in their preservation. Any coin stored in a damp midwestern basement is going to have problems, album or otherwise.

jmj3esq · April 4, 2007 4:20AM

Any coin stored in a damp midwestern basement is going to have problems, album or otherwise.

That shoe fits me except I dont store them in the basement. Old house with past "moisture" problems. I would not call the toning a "problem" either since the coins that have toned have done so beautifully. For instance my 1909 VDB and my 1913 T1 Buff have super rainbow rim tone. They have only been in the album about a year too.

mrpaseo · April 4, 2007 4:22AM

<< And, if you don't store the albums properly, you'll end up with all kinds of cool haze and other crap on the coins.

Russ, NCNE >>

That's right and it's all free at that point

FLBuffaloHunter · April 4, 2007 4:24AM

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http://www.pocketchangelottery.com/article96.htm

Cladiator · April 4, 2007 4:29AM

<< And, if you don't store the albums properly, you'll end up with all kinds of cool haze and other crap on the coins. >>

A simple desicant should eliminate this issue correct?

<< and if you keep them at home it's one stop shopping for the burglers!! >>

Regardless of whether you use slabs or albums or other methods it should be in a SDB. That's the beauty of having digital pics of all your coins. A digital album that never damages your coins

Russ · April 4, 2007 4:31AM

<< << And, if you don't store the albums properly, you'll end up with all kinds of cool haze and other crap on the coins. >>

A simple desicant should eliminate this issue correct? >>

Only if the albums are stored in an essentially air tight location and the desiccant is adequate in volume and regularly refreshed.

Russ, NCNE

Cladiator · April 4, 2007 4:35AM

I've got an old whitman with some junk ($5 and less each) coins in it. It's kept in my bookcase which is not at all air tight. They are junk coins but still, I don't want them nasty-afied. Any way to do it in that scenario?

Russ · April 4, 2007 4:38AM

How long have they been sitting there? If it's been a while and they haven't changed, they probably won't. I have some Whitman cent books that are about 30 years old and just laying on a shelf in the back of my shop. The coins are fine.

Russ, NCNE

Cladiator · April 4, 2007 4:39AM

<< How long have they been sitting there? If it's been a while and they haven't changed, they probably won't. I have some Whitman cent books that are about 30 years old and just laying on a shelf in the back of my shop. The coins are fine.

Russ, NCNE >>

less than a year.

Russ · April 4, 2007 4:41AM

Foldover album, or book-type? The foldovers are less subject to change in the coins because there's less air circulation than the book type.

Russ, NCNE

kiyote · April 4, 2007 4:41AM

I went to Capital Plastics for about everything other than a UNC set of silver eagles, which are in a Dansco album. I haven't seen any toning in three years for the silver eagles, but they're in a dry climate with the Dansco slipcover.

Any coin I own worth over about $300 is either in a slab or OGP.

Cladiator · April 4, 2007 4:43AM

book type

foxxze · April 4, 2007 5:08AM

..........there are thousands and thousands of coins out there wrecked by sliding those plastic inserts over the face of the coins

Enjoymint · April 4, 2007 5:48AM

I assume it wouldn't make any difference if it was the backside that was slid closed?

Is there a special way that coins should be pushed into the slots on a page? I have an album I would like to use for ASE but I never put the coins in it. I didn't want to damage the coins with my ignorance about the safty of coin albums.

carl · April 4, 2007 5:58AM

I have approximately 50 Whitman Classic Albums full of coins. Many have been there for many, many years and not the slightest sign of toning, corroding, tarnishing, etc., etc. I live in the high humidity mid west. I have many of these in my basement and many in bank vaults. None have been effected.
Now here is the secret. This magical thing called a dehumidfier. Not gel packs or clay packs or stuff like that. This magical, electrical thing called a dehumidifier. Actually have 2 of them with hygrometer controls so that one kicks in if the other can't keep up. I can drop the humidity down to 20 % if I want. I also have a thing called a furnace which can keep the temperature up to whatever I want.
As already noted it's all in the method of storage.

clarkbar04 · April 4, 2007 7:08AM

I have only been using intercept shield albums. I do have an old whitman that has made my roosies look cool though!

JJM · April 4, 2007 7:09AM

I agree 100%

JoeForex · April 5, 2007 2:23AM

if you dont like dealing with pcgs then at least just slab the coins yourself and put them in an intercept shield box. Coin albums are a killer depending on the coin but if you want to avoid horrific toning without grading just slab them yourself. I did that with all my silver proof state quarters.

TwoSides2aCoin · April 5, 2007 2:28AM

Some coins belong in albums, some coins belong in slabs, others belong in pockets but at the end of the day, they still don't make 'em like they used to

19Lyds · April 5, 2007 4:47AM

<< Foldover album, or book-type? The foldovers are less subject to change in the coins because there's less air circulation than the book type.

Russ, NCNE >>

For my Dansco's, I order only blank pages and order enough to completely fill the album to minimize the amount of circulating air. I noticed that the coins on the inside front and back pages were toning the most and figured it was the availability of air.

dorkkarl · April 5, 2007 6:04AM

<< ..........there are thousands and thousands of coins out there wrecked by sliding those plastic inserts over the face of the coins >>

of course, there's always some nimwit who makes this idiotic comment, while conveniently forgetting the thousands & thousands of coins dramatically IMPROVED after being in a album.

ever hear of album toning?

K S

The advantages of keeping your coins in an album are numerous-

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