The Whitman Classic Album consists of a dark blue leatherette binder with blue loose-leaf hinged pages. Both the binder and pages are gold stamped. The pages are held in the binder with two posts that screw apart so that pages can be added, removed and replaced with ease and have thumb notches for easy window removal. The album has a data sheet with mintages and other historical information.

This is Volume I of two available volumes that cover the entire series of Classic Commemorative Half Dollars. The coins are arranged within the albums by year of issue (or year of first issue in the case of commemorative programs that spanned multiple years), rather than alphabetically. Volume I covers commemorative series that began from 1892 to 1934 and Volume II covers commemorative series that began from 1935 to 1954.