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Can anyone help identify the maker of this ?
coindeuce
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No company name on either side. I have seen only a couple of these. 
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Not sure but cool.
i'm certain there are coin board collectors/students on this forum but i am pretty sure i just watched a video of or he was in someone elses video for being a coin board go-to guy or the like: david lange. i'm 95% sure that is whom it is.
I know for certain it isn't Mehgrig, or Hollander, or Seitz. I'll reach out to Lange.
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I don't recognize that coin holder, so I imagine the company is long out of business.
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Kind of interesting how the right edge / end of it has partial cutouts similar in size to the cent. Also how the texture of the board changes from small to larger. The edges appear to have a 'tape' sealing them.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=2YNufnS_kf4 - Mama I'm coming home ...................................................................................................................................................................... RLJ 1958 - 2023
The holder is a perfect rectangle. The crescent cutouts are for grasping the clear plastic slides on front and back.
The surface is textured.
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I can see those slides on the right end now that you point them out. I went back and did some more looking / searching but could not find one that close. The National Coin Album had the closest look. I did more searching because it was kind of interesting how many different old albums or pages or boards are out there. I never knew it.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=2YNufnS_kf4 - Mama I'm coming home ...................................................................................................................................................................... RLJ 1958 - 2023
pretty sure it is Bigelow
link to couple month old eBay sale in 'album'
https://ebay.com/itm/125343467809?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&nma=true&si=SJASvRzyvi8KIx%252BRMmgEeKl2g5A%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
@lilolme said: Kind of interesting how the right edge / end of it has partial cutouts similar in size to the cent.
the "cutouts" are typical of albums, they are to allow the owner ease in removing the plastic slides.
That's a neat holder and the maker was smart to include the cutouts on the side. I haven't any clue who made it however.
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The eBay listing has this photo of the 'book'. I saw one of these on the searches but it didn't have anything else with it. So I was not smart enough to put it together. You can see the hole for binding the pages.
Correct, that was noted by coindeuce above and I responded. I only have a couple of dansco and library of coins and they do not have them. Since I have not studied coin albums or boards I had not seen them. As noted above I found a lot of different boards and albums in the searches that I never knew about.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=2YNufnS_kf4 - Mama I'm coming home ...................................................................................................................................................................... RLJ 1958 - 2023
Nice display, I have not seen that type before. Cheers, RickO
NAILED IT ! Thanks DAVE !
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There was a 1960 Mint set in a Bigelow board from the same vendor. I unwittingly passed on it.
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https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1010815/what-company-made-this-old-time-holder
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@Coindeuce - Sorry for the delayed response. I rarely check in with the Forum anymore.
Yes, the holder is most likely made by Bigelow. These were quite common in the 40's and 50's although there are other manufacturers that offered almost identical holders as well. They are not uncommon on eBay.
This image shared by @lilolme above is a typical Bigelow album. These are the only ones known to me that used shoe strings to hold multiple boards together between two covers. I know this idea seems crude, but I always liked the look.
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