How many albums of your favorite series do you keep?
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When I returned to collecting five years ago, my old Whitman folder for Barber Dimes caught my fancy for the first time since I was about 13 years old. It was still only about one third complete, with most of the coins in G or AG. I decided to concentrate on Barber Dimes and soon bought a Dansco album, a 1937 collector's board (by Colonial Coin & Stamp), a Wayte Raymond "Popular Album" and another Whitman folder, all for Barber dimes.
I first completed the series in the Dansco, and kept my best duplicates in the Colonial collector's board, with triplicates in my original Whitman, quadruplicates in the Wayte Raymond, and quintuplicates in the newer Whitman folder. After a while, my interest spread to other series, and I felt it was too much work moving dimes between various albums and recording the changes unless I could upgrade something in set #1 and move other coins down one album. Now I have only two complete sets, and have stopped trying to complete albums #3, 4, and 5.
I noticed Baley moves coins from his Dansco type set into a Whitman Classic folder when he upgrades, and wonder if he has even more type sets. I have also corresponded with other Barber Dime collectors who talk of their AU set, their XF set, and so on down to G/AG.
Does anyone else here maintain multiple albums for their favorite series?
I first completed the series in the Dansco, and kept my best duplicates in the Colonial collector's board, with triplicates in my original Whitman, quadruplicates in the Wayte Raymond, and quintuplicates in the newer Whitman folder. After a while, my interest spread to other series, and I felt it was too much work moving dimes between various albums and recording the changes unless I could upgrade something in set #1 and move other coins down one album. Now I have only two complete sets, and have stopped trying to complete albums #3, 4, and 5.
I noticed Baley moves coins from his Dansco type set into a Whitman Classic folder when he upgrades, and wonder if he has even more type sets. I have also corresponded with other Barber Dime collectors who talk of their AU set, their XF set, and so on down to G/AG.
Does anyone else here maintain multiple albums for their favorite series?
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I have my primary set, which is almost every coin with steps (missing some 60's dates in full steps which are extremely rare)... if I find a coin that is better than the primary set, I'll replace that coin with the new one and then work down the rest until I find a resting place for the next coin and so on...
Steve
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Yes, I do like to upgrade my best albums and move my coins around.
I also have an incomplete roll set that I enjoy adding to.
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