RCM Coins In Folders - Worth Keeping Or Remove?

I have been buying franklin and silver kennedy proofs that have already been broke out of sets on ebay, I don`t collect the smaller coins, so don`t want to buy the whole sets.

Having turned to collecting a few years ago on retiring, this was a concern. I asked myself what the point was of having coins in a box in the basement - I never get to see them. Bought a cabinet, installed some lighting and airflow, and voila. I'm probably doing it wrong: I like to mix the expensive sets with the RCM money-makers-in-cards if the themes are relevant. As to selling, maybe someday?

While I also challenge collectors with the question of whether they collect coins or boxes, I am not an advocate of damaging the coin folders you have to "free" the low-value coin they contain.

The folders typically have interesting information about the coin and/or its subject and, IMO, enhance the collecting of the coin vs. detract from it. Why separate them and risk losing the folder?

Let's face it, most modern, mass-produced "collector" coins are never going to experience dramatic increases in market prices (many decline), so why separate the coin from its folder.

I have several of these and they simply don't take up much space. And, whenever I take them out to look at them, I spend as much, if not more, time reviewing the informational content of the folder as I do examining the coin. I will continue to keep mine intact.

Good luck with your collection, whichever direction you head!