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Japanese Dansco-Type Album - anybody know anything about it?

More than 10 years ago, I obtained a Japanese type coin album that resembles Dansco-type albums (via Ebay) from a gentleman in Japan. I have been using it for parts of my Japanese coin collection.
I have posted some photos of the album holder, the cover and one of its five pages. I would like to know a little more about the album itself. Can anybody shed any light on it? For example, can anyone translate the word(s) on the cover and holder?

Thanks to all.

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  • pruebaspruebas Posts: 4,302 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 25, 2017 2:58PM

    The cover says Japan {something} Coin Album. The {something} is 2 kanji that I don't know.

    I suspect it's a Dansco knock-off made in Japan.

  • pruebaspruebas Posts: 4,302 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 25, 2017 7:54PM

    Google Translate allowed me to draw the characters, so I was able to translate them.

    The title is "Modern Japanese Coin Album."

    In this case, modern means the Meiji period and newer (i.e. 1870-present).

  • StorkStork Posts: 5,205 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Cool album! There is a google translate app that lets you take a photo of something and will translate---it may work on the album pages too.


  • SYRACUSIANSYRACUSIAN Posts: 6,445 ✭✭✭✭

    Cool for sure! A few of us have the Japanese Dansco type set album, so maybe the holes are identical to that. Cathy (stork) would be the right person to compare the two.

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  • toyonakatarotoyonakataro Posts: 407 ✭✭✭

    Those coin albums were polupar back in 1970's and 80s when collecting coins were still popular in Japan.
    I myself own an album although mine is not "modern type" but "current date" whitch start from 1948 and ends in 1986. I obviously bought mine prior to 1986 when I was still young. I bought mine at a local stationers.

    I don't know if someone still are making these albums, but I don't see them at a show show or a coin shop anymore.

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