Archival Coin Holder Research Question
I'm preparing my dad & grandad's coin collection for sale. Many coins are housed in heavy black cardboard & acetate window holders that my dad once told me were made by a manufacturer in Queens, and that these were the original prototype for many modern archival albums. I'm wondering if anyone here knows anything about this. On one of the holders I see "(COPYRIGHT) A PRODUCT OF HOLLANDER ACCESSORIES, INC. JAMAICA, NEW YORK PATENT APPL'D FOR I.L. HOLLANDER, JAMAICA,NY."
I'm familiar with the famous Wayt Raymond boards and of course with Dansco and Whitman. Any suggestions of where I might research these old products? There are pages for various 2 and 3-ring binders, and various holders like the photo attached. They did their job, the coins are well preserved in these grand old sleeves.
Thanks and have a good holiday!
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Here’s info from David Lange’s book



Mr_Spud
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A few links (I think)
A couple of Worth Point links (but I don't have a login to 'see what it's worth'
)https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintage-hollander-coin-holders-proof-4618878238
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintage-hollander-coin-holder-album-3941226010
Patent link (and first page of screen shot):
https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/1f/75/8b/c1136af4360434/US2521792.pdf
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I think those pages are fabulous!
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I have a box full of those, mostly with the holes punched in to place into the binders, I have several of the binders too. The binders are the same size as the small Wayte Raymond National Coin Album.
Mr_Spud
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@Numismaphile said:
I'm preparing my dad & grandad's coin collection for sale. Many coins are housed in heavy black cardboard & acetate window holders that my dad once told me were made by a manufacturer in Queens, and that these were the original prototype for many modern archival albums. I'm wondering if anyone here knows anything about this. On one of the holders I see "(COPYRIGHT) A PRODUCT OF HOLLANDER ACCESSORIES, INC. JAMAICA, NEW YORK PATENT APPL'D FOR I.L. HOLLANDER, JAMAICA,NY."I'm familiar with the famous Wayt Raymond boards and of course with Dansco and Whitman. Any suggestions of where I might research these old products? There are pages for various 2 and 3-ring binders, and various holders like the photo attached. They did their job, the coins are well preserved in these grand old sleeves.
Thanks and have a good holiday!

Ii especially like how yours say Patent Applied For because that means these are the earliest ones and can be dated to be from in between the filing date of June 7 1948 and the patent granted date of September 12, 1950. Very cool!
Mr_Spud
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Wonderful responses, thank you all. Now I have to find Lange’s book.
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The full patent document and related links:
https://patents.google.com/patent/US2521792A/en
It is, unfortunately, a terrible OCR of the original printed page.
Things to note...
The patent expired in 1967 and wasn't renewed. That often means it wasn't economical, which can give you a sense of the business.

The patents cited give you a thumbnail of "how did we get here"

And the fact that it was cited so many or so few times is a clue to the patent's influence.

For example, this patent leads to 1962's https://patents.google.com/patent/US3139977A/en, which is the coin capsule patent.
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