# Coin folder > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Coin_folder > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Coin_folder.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coin_folder > Source revision: 1328689772 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Coin collecting folder Not to be confused with [Coin set](/source/Coin_set). A coin folder with plastic compartments **Coin folders** are used as a [coin storage](/source/Coin_storage) method to protect coins from the elements. ## History Protection for coins was historically only available to affluent collectors who stored their coins in custom cabinets.[1] The first attempt at creating an album or folder like structure for coins came in 1929, when [The Beistle Company](/source/The_Beistle_Company) began marketing coin albums. These albums were made of heavy cardstock covered in paper on both sides, with cellophane to hold the coins in place, each page was hole-punched on the side to fit into a binder.[1][2] Prohibitive costs meant that these were only available to confirmed collectors at the time. This changed when J.K. Post in collaboration with [The Whitman Company](/source/Whitman_Publishing) invented the inexpensive [coin board](/source/Coin_board_(collecting)) in 1934.[2] Coin boards were a huge success as they offered collectors of all types a way to store their coins inexpensively. The modern day coin folder's invention is disputed by two major rivals. One take has that the folders were invented by [R.S. Yeoman](/source/R.S._Yeoman) of The Whitman Company just before [World War II](/source/World_War_II). Yeoman took the old penny board design and simply folded over the portions to create a book (or folder).[3] The other take contends that the folders were devised and first sold by the Daniel Stamp Company (DANSCO) of Los Angeles in 1939 or early 1940.[4] In either case, this rivalry continues to the present day as both companies have made "high quality" folders for collectors since the 1940s.[3] Creating a book for the coins offers some protection for the coins, and made storage easier as the folders are small in comparison to the former boards.[1] Coin folders have since become available to collectors worldwide with folders made specifically to fit the coins circulating in their respective countries. ## Major coin folder brands - - Daniel Stamp Company (DANSCO)[5] - [Littleton Coin Company](/source/Littleton_Coin_Company) - [Warmen's](/source/Penguin_Random_House) - [Whitman Publishing](/source/Whitman_Publishing) - - H.E. Harris (Imprint of Whitman) ## External links - [Guide to Vintage Coin Folders and Albums](https://books.google.com/books?id=fGpzPvuNDy8C) - Thomas Moll (2008) ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-littleton_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-littleton_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-littleton_1-2) [Littleton Coin Company](/source/Littleton_Coin_Company) (March 23, 2016). ["Where Did Modern Coin Folders and Albums Come From?"](https://coinweek.com/education/numismatic-history/modern-coin-folders-albums-come/). Coin Week. Retrieved September 7, 2021. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Lange56-57_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Lange56-57_2-1) David W. Lange (2005). [*The Complete Guide to Lincoln Cents*](https://books.google.com/books?id=RzWG4iHWBvsC&dq=Daniel+Stamp+Company+coin+folder&pg=PA61). Zyrus Press. p. 56-57. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-9742371-3-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-9742371-3-8). 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Lange61-62_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Lange61-62_3-1) David W. Lange (2005). [*The Complete Guide to Lincoln Cents*](https://books.google.com/books?id=RzWG4iHWBvsC&dq=Daniel+Stamp+Company+coin+folder&pg=PA61). Zyrus Press. p. 61-62. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-9742371-3-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-9742371-3-8). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Wayne Homren. ["J.K. Post and R.S. Yeoman's roles in the development of the coin board"](https://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v12n18a20.html). the E-Sylum. Retrieved September 7, 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["About Us"](https://www.danscousa.com/). *The Dansco Corporation*. 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