Patent ID: 7418987

Claim:
A coin holder folder device for storing a number of coins in a flat array, the device comprising: a coin holding card comprising a credit card size rigid sheet having at least one row of circular openings therethrough, each of the circular openings of a diameter slightly larger than a coin to be received therein; at least one coin securing strip attached to a front side of the coin holding card in alignment with a bottom portion of the at least one row of circular openings, the at least one coin securing strip comprising a flexible sheet having four sides with three of the four sides attached to the coin holding card having a bottom one of the three sides attached below the at least one row of circular openings, two sides of the at least one coin securing strip attached adjacent to two side edges of the coin holding card, and a fourth side at the top of the at least one coin securing strip aligned with a mid portion of the at least one row of circular openings so that the at least one coin securing strip is open at the top to admit a coin into each of the at least one row of circular openings and release a coin to be removed therefrom, the at least one coin securing strip having a height less than a diameter of each of the circular openings so that a portion of a coin in each of the circular openings is exposed above the coin securing strip, a backing sheet attached to a back side of the coin holding card around a perimeter of the coin holding card, the backing sheet having a series of backing sheet openings therethrough in alignment with a top of each of the at least one row of circular openings, the series of backing sheet openings positioned above the at least one coin securing strip, each of the series of backing sheet openings smaller than a coin to be placed in the device to prevent a coin passing through the backing sheet opening and sufficiently large to admit a finger of a user through a back side of one of each of the backing sheet openings to push a top of a coin in a circular opening forward tilting the coin away from the coin holding card over the top of the coin securing strip to enable the coin to be grasped by a user from a front of the coin holding card to remove the coin from the device, and a cover sheet attached to a top of the coin holding card, the cover sheet adapted to fold down from the top of the coin holding card down over a front of the coin holding card, the cover sheet having a length sufficient to extend from the top of the coin holding card to an interior of a space between the at least one coin securing strip and the coin holding card so that the cover sheet is adapted to fit therein with a tight friction fit to maintain the cover sheet over coins housed in the device forming a closable folder to retain coins therein.