British coin albums?

HTubbs

I haven't had any luck searching for any British coin albums, so either they aren't out there or I'm just looking in the wrong places. I'm looking for albums for my roughly 1600-1800 coins: farthings-half pennies-pennies-twopence,etc. Right now I have everything in 2x2's which works, but is rather bland.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Hayden

wybrit

There are Whitman albums for Victorian coins onwards (except for copper pieces), but they are all out of print. Sometimes, you will find them available on ebay.

You can also try Chief Coin & Supply Co. (920)-231-6161, owner is Randy Miller

Here is a list of some of them:
Albums
Albums allow both sides of coin to be viewed.
20th Century Minor type set (9516)
20th Century silver type set (9517)
Victorian type set (9520)
Farthings 1860-1901 (9530)
Farthings 1902-1956 (9531)
Halfpennies 1860-1901 (9532)
Halfpennies 1902-1936 (9533)
Halfpennies 1937- (9534)
Pennies 1860-1901 (9535)
Pennies 1902-1936 (9536)
Pennies 1937- (9537)

Folders
These are the standard paper/card folders.
Farthings, 1860-1901 (9675)
Farthings, 1902-1936 (9676)
Farthings, 1937-1956 (9677)
Halfpennies 1860-1901 (9678)
Halfpennies 1902-1936 (9679)
Halfpennies 1937- (9680)
Pennies 1860-1880 (9681)
Pennies 1881-1901 (9682)
Pennies 1902-1929 (9683)
Pennies 1930-1953 (9684) (has only two openings after 1953)
Threepences 1838-1901 (9685)
Threepences 1902-1945 (9686)
Nickel-Brass Threepences, 1937-1967 (9687)
Sixpences 1902-1936 (9689)
Sixpences 1937- (9690)
Shillings 1902-1936 (9693)
Shillings 1937-1952 (9694)
Shillings 1953-1966 (9695)
Florins 1911-1940 (8009)
Florins 1941-1967 (8010)
Halfcrowns 1911-1940 (8012)
Halfcrowns 1941-1967 (8013)

JohnTheJute

Hi Hayden,

I'm not sure how much UK collectors use coin albums--I've never seen any on this side of the Pond. Since most collectors of British coins are British, that must reduce the size of the market. More common are the capsules and coin trays from the German company Lindner:

Lindner coin boxes and Stuhlmuller capsules

The capsules are made of PMMA and look to be very similar to the US AirTite capsules. The contrasting colour of the coin trays increases the visual appeal of the collection.

Later,

John

HTubbs

Thanks Tom, I'll have to start looking for those. Almost all of my effort has been focused on pre-Edward VII coinage, but I can foresee my collecting goals expanding into the modern realm.

John, I appreciate the info. This is actually something I was wondering about when I was searching some British coin supply dealers' websites. Trays, trays, and more trays but not a coin album in sight! Being the American that I am, I've never been fond coin trays. I much prefer by neat little pre-noted hard albums where all you have to do is open the slide and pop in the coin. However, I will keep your suggestion in mind, especially for some of my better milled coins. It would probably make a handsome display.

wybrit

Unfortunately, you are out of luck for coins prior to 1838. There are no offerings for Whitmans for copper pieces. There are some blank folders for some of the denominations, but again - diameters changed quite a bit over time.

HTubbs

Yeah, if anything this might kick start a larger focus on modern coinage.

InforaPenny

I've been using Dansco albums with millimeter pages for my British and Australian coins (31 mm for pennies, 26 mm for halfpennies, and 21 mm for farthings) for some years now, and have been generally happy with the result. Sizes for virtually any coin are available and since these pages are "loose leaf" with transparent slides on both sides, the pages can be assembled into binders for arranging your collection anyway you like (various screw post binders hold different numbers of pages). Mine have seen extension use and hold up much better than the old Whitman style albums.

InforaPenny

Lancastercoin

The only nice Brit collection I've ever seen in albums was in US coin albums with the front/back sliding acetate windows (Dansco?), and little labels over the preprinted dates. The outside was re-covered nicely with paper, and the whole thing is quite attractive. It looked like it took a lot of work, but I know around here you can get used US coin albums like that for basically nothing - all the shop dealers I know throw them in the trash. That collection is British Silver, GIII-Vicky, 3d-Crown, all matching ~EF's (VF for the crowns). Now that I think of it, that was the only group of albums that I've ever seen that was "nice" by my personal taste.