What Coin Holder is Right for You?
As a coin collector, you might have trouble knowing exactly how to care and house your ever growing collection. It is important to pick out the proper type of coin holder for each of your different types of coins. Didn’t know there were different types? Here are just a few of them.
There are coin folders and you’ve seen them everywhere. They’re usually used to house specific types of coins. For example, the 50 states quarters are generally stored in coin folders.
The second type of coin holder is the clear tube. These are generally used for your less valuable and heavily circulated coins. When you put these coins in the holder, they rub against each other, causing dulling, flattening, and scuffing.
Plastic holders are a great way to keep your higher end coins looking in as good of shape as possible. The clear plastic also allows you to see both sides of the coin. In a similar fashion, cardboard coin holders are a great way to keep the oils from your hands off of the coin while you’re looking at them. They’re also less expensive.
If you have a remarkably valuable coin that needs heavy duty protection, I suggest you send it off and get it “slabbed.” This is a process that will seal your coin inside a heavy plastic case. In most cases they will also grade the quality of the coin when they do this and stamp it on the slab.
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