[Ebay] Rare Dansco/Continental Line Album: Republic of Austria Type Coins 1918-1963
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Rare Dansco/Continental Line Album: Republic of Austria Type Coins 1918-1963
Ebay Auction: https://www.ebay.com/itm/326504587680
Auction ends 04/06/2025
Album Description
Three pages covering the Republic of Austria from 1918-1963
No coins are included.
Album Condition
This album is in excellent condition. There are no tears or damage on the binder or spine.
The front binder is caved slightly inwards, as is typical with older Dansco albums [See photos]
Includes all plastic slides
Shipping
Tracked USPS shipping
History of The Continental Line Series Coin Album
Ervin J. Felix was a coin and stamp expert who worked as the west coast distributor for the Coin & Currency Institute (C&CI) in the late 1950s and early ’60s. After almost a decade of distributing albums for C&CI, he had heard a lot of feedback from dealers and collectors on what they liked and disliked about the current coin albums.
In 1963, Felix took his insights and left C&CI to create a competing set of albums, the Continental Line series. Since he was in Southern California and Dansco was already based in Los Angeles, he contracted with Dansco to make his albums. Felix posted several advertisements for his albums in a few Coin World issue. These foreign Continental Line albums are challenging to find. You can see an engraving of Ervin's name behind the front binder.
Impressed with the quality and success of the Continental Line series and realizing the popularity of the coin album format with collectors, Dansco purchased the rights from Felix. Dansco would continue the Continental Line series for a short time. However, the company quickly transitioned the Continental Series to the now-beloved brown Supreme Albums we know today. Continental Line albums were only made from the mid to late 1960s and seldom come up for auction today. There is no record of how many were produced.
Even though Dansco stopped producing the Continental Line albums in 1966, they are still highly sought after by collectors today. Some foreign Continental albums are the only ones you can find for specific countries. Good luck finding another coin album that covers series like the Republic of Austria Type coins!
Felix created the Continental Line series in response to collectors' frustrations. In doing so, he inadvertently became the grandfather of modern Dansco albums. These albums represent a critical moment in coin album and coin preservation history. They're a must-have for any collector.
Comments
Thank you for this post! I had no idea these albums were worth much. I have five of the red cover albums and two of the brown cover ones I bought years ago for my world coins. Only one I used was for the German Colonies and then I stopped. I had to enlarge the hole for the crude made 20 Heller copper coin then decided to use airtite holders.
Glad I did not listen to my wife.
Glad you kept them! If you ever end up selling them, feel free to reach out. I already have all the albums, but I know many collectors who would love to purchase them.
Thanks!
That's a nice rare album. Thanks for posting the history about that line.
Congratulations on the ending price.
$585. minus fees. Sweet!
There truly is a market for scarce and rare Dansco albums.
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