These are the somewhat akin to the plastic flip pockets except there is no plastic and it"s not a pocket of any sort. Okay, so in reality it"s only the size which makes it resemble a pocket flip, in every other way a a coin 2" x 2" (pronounced two by two) holder is in a class of its own.
coin 2" x 2" Holders are also quite similar to the plastic tubes in that if you get them in loose format you can stack them in a longish box made specially to fit these inside.
That means that you can place your coins on a bed of velvet and stack them one after another in a box, which in turn means that you again save on space.
As far as I"m aware that"s a win-win situation all around. And they"re not overly expensive either. So why do I still use the other types of display and storage? Simply because it"s easier to use what I already have than to throw them away and buy an entirely new set of items.
Besides, if I did that I"d be forever looking to upgrade my display and storage cases every time I found something I liked better. That"s just not worth the time and the hassle for me to be changing around my whole collection over and over again.
So it goes something like this, my most treasured coins will either be slabbed, or they will be placed in coin 2" x 2" Holders. Anything else that comes a close second will be placed in suitable archival albums.
Coins which are in complete sets but which I don"t want to place into the albums I use tubes or variations, and the rest, the ones I like to play with, I put into cloth bags.
I have to say that I also have a particularly fine specimen of a wooden chest similar to the type used to hold coins in the olden days before cloth bags came around. This I"ve used mainly as a decoration of course, but I have put in a few interesting coins and a few old Roman coins as well.
It"s always a pleasure to watch people idly open up the lid of the chest to find a few coins inside. I also had a moment of pure cheesiness and placed an old faux pearl necklace inside there as well! What can I say? with coin 2" x 2" Holders, you have a classic beauty in your house.