Best coin folders according to redditors

Okay.. First, I'd sort your collection by American and foreign. It appears you have more American coins than foreign in the first place.

Next, Sort by time period. First, sort any silver colored coins that are 1964 or earlier into one group and post 1964 into another. If you have any half dollars that are 65-69 you can also put them into this group.

Separate the nickels. For the nickels with a buffalo on them, separate out the ones that you can see the date on, like at all. Any ones that seem to have no date put aside (they aren't worth too much). You also have a Victory nickel with a V on the back, that's cool too. edit: Nickels from 1942-1945 have silver in them too. They are called war nickels.

Take the pennies. Separate the "wheat pennies" (with the two grains of wheat on the back) and anything that has a date older then that. Anything more modern than the wheat pennies you could search for errors, but... mostly not worth much. 1943 pennies were steel, so they should stick to a magnet. They are worth a small premium (and are cool imo).

Then it's time to hit google. Find out what each category is worth (if you are interested) or what is cool.

You might want to Get some whitman books to display various parts of your collection. If helps if you want to get one from every year or whatever. You could also get Flips to put them in. These might be available if you have a coin shop in town. But I wouldn't sell anything until you have a pretty good idea what they are worth in case your local store is shady. Hopefully not.

You can do the same thing with foreign coins, but it might take some digging to even find out what they are, and a lot aren't worth much. Some might be silver though, so valuable regardless.

Finally, if it is cool to you, keep it! Get a flip for it or put them in a bowl or whatever. That Kennedy bicentennial in the upper right generally isn't worth much, but a lot of people save them because they are pretty cool. Have fun!

Time for a Whitman folder: http://www.amazon.com/Indian-Folder-1857-1909-Official-Whitman/dp/0307090035/

Expect to get $1 apiece of you sell the duplicates on eBay. You made $990 profit today.

If you're interested, pick up a few Whitman penny folders and try to fill them. You can get the 1909-1940 and 1941-1974 albums for under $10. Even if you aren't big into collecting, it's always a load of fun to search through and fill the holes. I wouldn't suggest buying from amazon, considering local bookstores, coin shops, and hobby stores have them for the same price, but here is the link to look at it

https://www.amazon.com/Lincoln-Cents-Folder-1941-1974-Harris/dp/0937458554/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?keywords=harris+coin+albums&qid=1557538511&s=gateway&sr=8-3

I buy coins sometimes but prefer to find them in change. Super hard to find any real valuable coins in circulation but it happens.

I buy coin folders and fill then with what I find. When I find a coin I need to fill a hole I get pretty excited. Get a state quarter book and start sorting and filling it.

If you have money to spend buy some coins that speak to you and see how you like it.

I really like my 20th century type set folder. One slot for each coin type that was made in the 1900s. Lots can be found in changer some have to be bought.

http://www.amazon.com/20th-Century-Type-Coins-Official/dp/0307090469/ref=pd_sim_sbs_b_1

Lincoln Cent 1909-1958 Collector's Folder (Warman's Collector Coin Folders) https://www.amazon.com/dp/1440213267/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_2ub5CbVD6RG9J


Hope the link works!

Get yourself a Whitman Album. Cheap way to store them neatly while being able to take them out and look at them

If you are interested in collecting you should pick up a Whitman folder for mercury dimes, you already have a great head start. I wouldn't recommend putting any valuable ones in there, since they don't preserve the coins that well. But for ones that are worth melt value they're great!

I don't personally use Whitman folders, but you might find this interesting - one view of what could be considered "must haves" - at least, 20^th century type coins. I agree with /u/RTFW, though - I think more of "classics" as the types that preceded the ones that currently circulate - Mercury dime instead of the current Roosevelt, Indian cent instead of the current Lincoln cent, etc. I personally find US coins have more attractive designs (with the Morgan my favorite) before they changed to presidential types. Out of his list, Barber quarters and halves can be up there a bit in price in better grades (which I presume you are looking for, as you seem to want to collect types), but the others are all inexpensive in even fairly high grades.

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Canadian Folder Small Cents Vol. 1 (Official Whitman Coin Folder) https://www.amazon.com/dp/079482479X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_dwMPBbP0X5QJ8

Small Cent Canadian Volume 2 (Official Whitman Coin Folder) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0794824803/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_zwMPBbX6ACN1H

National Park Coin Single Mint Folder 2010-2021 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0794828833/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_nAUzCb0PH4QEB

Super convenient size!

You need to get some of these! http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0307090337/ref=mp_s_a_1_14?qid=1371945791&sr=8-14&pi=SL75