Dansco Album Updates

JeffMTampa

One of the items I collect is Modern Commemorative Dollars. I like the size, metal, artwork, and price of the coins. To me they're not worth getting graded, I like to keep them compact in Dansco Albums. Volume I goes thru 1994, Volume II goes from 1995 to 2001. Volume III has been published showing "2002-" on the cover, and the four pages contain dates/ types from 2002 to 2011. The album will only hold coins thru 2014- a new album needs to be started for 2015.

Does anyone know when Dansco might update Volume III to show dates thru 2014? Or when they might start an album for "2015-"? I presume they want to sell their inventory of older albums first, but how long will they wait?

messydesk

Hard to start an album for these without knowing how it will play out over the next several years. Why not just buy a blank "Dollars" album, #7177?

1960NYGiants

<< <i>Hard to start an album for these without knowing how it will play out over the next several years. Why not just buy a blank "Dollars" album, #7177? >>



Or buy a single page until they come out with the new album.

coindeuce

Either of the above suggestions would be practical. DANSCO has been fuddernuttered up for several years, and my understanding is that they are not in production of anything right now. Something about a changing of the guard to a new generation of the Scott family, that seems less interested in the business in general. I expect that eventually they will be bought out. DANSCO has actually made a recent announcement of price increases on existing stock to the tune of about 20% across the product line.

TigersFan2

I wouldn't wait and just go with what best works at the moment like adding a blank page. When I was buying a bunch of Dansco albums a year ago, I was having a hard time finding all the ones I wanted. A large seller of Dansco albums told me that they aren't very responsive to customers and never seem in the rush to notice shortages of product of to make new product. I ended up having to scour the internet for small coin shops that had the last couple still in stock that I needed. I think one of the ones I had a difficult time finding was the Mercury Dimes one, which you'd think would be one of the highest demand ones. I guess Dansco just isn't looking for revenue.

JeffMTampa

I guess coin albums are going out of style. Good suggestions here- I was hoping there was a more vibrant market.

kiyote

I love what Danscos did to my silver Eagles-- they developed purple, gold and reddish rims. Are you commem dollars toning at all? That'd be a good set to build. Dare I say more interesting than 50 different Morgan dollars.

JeffMTampa

<< <i>I love what Danscos did to my silver Eagles-- they developed purple, gold and reddish rims. Are you commem dollars toning at all? That'd be a good set to build. Dare I say more interesting than 50 different Morgan dollars. >>



I just started the set this year in the Dansco Albums for EXACTLY the reason you state. I'm hoping in 20 years I have a beautifully toned set of coins that I purchased for very little! For some reason the coins tend to develop a milky white toning when kept in the capsules rather than a rainbow toning.