Today's coin folders?

I've been thinking about getting some coin folders for the kids to put
their State Quarters and Presidential dollars in. The brands at the
bookstore include Whitman and H.E. Harris. My question is do I have to
worry about unsightly toning from the folders? Are they low sulfur? I
remember how my old Whitman folders toned my coins. Of course, that
involved mostly silver and copper coins. Maybe copper nickel and brass
won't be affected as much. I did get the official US Mint map for the
State Quarters when the series first started. The quarters go into a
plastic depression. Many of the coins have taken on a golden toning.

"Dan P." wrote in message
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I've been thinking about getting some coin folders for the kids to put
their State Quarters and Presidential dollars in. The brands at the
bookstore include Whitman and H.E. Harris. My question is do I have to
worry about unsightly toning from the folders? Are they low sulfur? I
remember how my old Whitman folders toned my coins. Of course, that
involved mostly silver and copper coins. Maybe copper nickel and brass
won't be affected as much. I did get the official US Mint map for the
State Quarters when the series first started. The quarters go into a
plastic depression. Many of the coins have taken on a golden toning.

I'd get it straight from the manufacturer:

http://www.whitmanbooks.com/Default.aspx?Page=50

James

In article .com, "Dan P."
wrote:

I've been thinking about getting some coin folders for the kids to put
their State Quarters and Presidential dollars in. The brands at the
bookstore include Whitman and H.E. Harris. My question is do I have to
worry about unsightly toning from the folders? Are they low sulfur? I
remember how my old Whitman folders toned my coins. Of course, that
involved mostly silver and copper coins. Maybe copper nickel and brass
won't be affected as much. I did get the official US Mint map for the
State Quarters when the series first started. The quarters go into a
plastic depression. Many of the coins have taken on a golden toning.

At a local coin shop where I "help out" on occasion, one of
my jobs is freqently "stripping out" the newly purchased
collections housed in various folders and albums ...

I've noticed lately that many of the modern Whitman folders
are much more reactive with the coins than their older
counterparts were. Just yestiday I disemboweled a partial
set of Lincoln Memorials to throw into the "pre-1982 copper
bucket" and the "1982-on wrap-for-the-bank bucket" and
wuz surprised to see that the coins were TIGHTLY adhered
to the folder and that many of the post-1982 coins had
a layer of green crud (zinc pest?) around the rim ...

This does not bode well for future generations of Zincoln
collectors ...

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In article .com, "Dan
P."
wrote:

I've been thinking about getting some coin folders for the kids to put
their State Quarters and Presidential dollars in. The brands at the
bookstore include Whitman and H.E. Harris. My question is do I have to
worry about unsightly toning from the folders? Are they low sulfur? I
remember how my old Whitman folders toned my coins. Of course, that
involved mostly silver and copper coins. Maybe copper nickel and brass
won't be affected as much. I did get the official US Mint map for the
State Quarters when the series first started. The quarters go into a
plastic depression. Many of the coins have taken on a golden toning.

At a local coin shop where I "help out" on occasion, one of
my jobs is freqently "stripping out" the newly purchased
collections housed in various folders and albums ...

I've noticed lately that many of the modern Whitman folders
are much more reactive with the coins than their older
counterparts were. Just yestiday I disemboweled a partial
set of Lincoln Memorials to throw into the "pre-1982 copper
bucket" and the "1982-on wrap-for-the-bank bucket" and
wuz surprised to see that the coins were TIGHTLY adhered
to the folder and that many of the post-1982 coins had
a layer of green crud (zinc pest?) around the rim ...

This does not bode well for future generations of Zincoln
collectors ...

I wonder if the folders that have sat around a while are less corrosive than
those of recent manufacture because they have had more time for the toxins
to have outgassed.

James

On Aug 23, 12:28 pm, "Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com
wrote:

I wonder if the folders that have sat around a while are less corrosive than
those of recent manufacture because they have had more time for the toxins
to have outgassed.

That's what your wife wonders about you, o flatulent one.

On Aug 23, 2:30 am, "Dan P." wrote:
I've been thinking about getting some coin folders for the kids to put
their State Quarters and Presidential dollars in. The brands at the
bookstore include Whitman and H.E. Harris. My question is do I have to
worry about unsightly toning from the folders? Are they low sulfur? I
remember how my old Whitman folders toned my coins. Of course, that
involved mostly silver and copper coins. Maybe copper nickel and brass
won't be affected as much. I did get the official US Mint map for the
State Quarters when the series first started. The quarters go into a
plastic depression. Many of the coins have taken on a golden toning.


I think that the Harris folders may be a little better - they look
like they have some kind teflon backing as opposed to the Whitman's
which seem to allow close contact with paper. I have some state
quarters that have been in a Harris folder since 1998 and they do not
seem to have toned. For grins, I'm trying a head-to-head comparing
Whitman to Harris folders with some Lincoln cents - I expect to know
the results in about 15 years ... hope I'm around to see the results.

Of course, to be on the safe side, I generally assume than any coin in
a folder or album will eventually tone and I don't use them for
anything too valuable ...

On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 20:13:04 -0000, wrote:

Of course, to be on the safe side, I generally assume than any coin in
a folder or album will eventually tone and I don't use them for
anything too valuable ...


One reason I've been buying both a higher grade and a lower grade of
each type coin when building my type set is that I eventually plan to
put the lower grade coins in some type of folder since I'm not as
concerned about them toning. The better coins I've been putting in
individual air-title holders. Maybe not the perfect storage method,
but it fits my budget.

Interesting that some of my most toned coins are those in older Mint
Sets that I've purchased from online coin stores or eBay sellers.
Usually the toning is a result of a split in the cellophane, but not
always. I should have probably complained to the sellers, but the
toning can be pretty. One Bicentennial quarter looks gold plated. And
there seems to be a market for toned coins.