Coin Albums- please consider responding
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Please advise if there are any series of coins that you use an album to house the coins. This can be a secondary set or a just for fun set. Let's limit this to just US coins -all denominations including commems and even 7070 type sets albums. If you want to reference the album maker, that is fine too.
If you do not use albums, is it because you collect slabs only ? Or in the alternative, do you view that the whole concept of set collecting with an album style approach as out of fashion?
Many thanks ... I will share some observations later after we have some responses.
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Albums:
Easy:
Barber Dimes, quarters & half dollars.
Merc dimes
Washington Quarters, states.
Stand Lib quarters,
Indian Head cents, Lincoln cents, jeff nickels, Buff nickels.
And others
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Albums:
Lincoln cents, Memorial cents
Buffalo Nickels
Jefferson Nickels
Indian Head cents
American Silver Eagles
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I have a State Quarters Album and a Presidents Dollars Album.
Both were gifts from my kids and I have faithfully filled them. P&D for State Quarters from circulation and Proofs for the dollars as filling from circulation was not practical.
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Currently, the only album I have is a Dansco 7070.'it's the only I "collect" other than proof PAE's.
I used to have complete sets of higher grade Flying Eagle, Indian and Lincoln wheats. They started in Whitman folders, then progressed to Whitman Bookshelfs then finished them up in Dansco. That's what they were in when I realized how boring they were to me.
My Dad sold Dansco, Whitman and Harco albums at the shows. Dansco was hands down the best sellers.
Albums: Franklins, Silver Eagles.
I don't add to albums any longer, but have:
Buffalo nickels
Two sets of Flying Eagle/IHCs
Peace Dollars
7070
I own albums for walkers and large cents, but don't have any in there - most are slabbed or in 2x2's. I'm casually seeking an old album for my Barber quarters.
All circulating coins after the classic series, except Franklin Halves (sold that one). Classic series being Mercs, Buffs, SLQ, Walkers. Lincolns with memorial reverse.
I'm turning from albums to slabs, mainly to make liquidation easier upon my demise
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Bad transactions with : nobody to date
7070
Mercury Dimes
Washington Quarters
Roosevelt Dimes
Franklins
Standing liberty Quarters
Walkers
I have two good lcs's where they have GOOD junk silver and dont really look through their piles. I add/upgrade as I find nice examples. Working on the walkers and SLQ right now.
I use Dansco albums for:
Lincoln Cents
Jefferson Nickels
Roosevelt Dimes
Washington Quarters
Franklin Half Dollars
Kennedy Half Dollars
Ike Dollars
SBA Dollars
Sac Dollars
President Dollars
Modern Commemorative Dollars
Of the above I also have a slabbed set of Franklin Halves.
Older sets are all in slabs; the cost of the coins justifies the expense.
I collect slab coins and keep them in Eagle brand albums. They hold 9 slab coins per page.
I get to decide what makes an interesting set.
I like the idea of an album set, so I too use the 9 slabs per page albums. I prefer the Lighthouse brand over the Eagle.
I also like the flexibility of creating your own set.
I collect slabs, raw and have albums. I really do not add to my albums anymore. I have dimes, Kennedy's, Franklins.... I thought about an ASE album, but never started one. I do have wooden coin chests with felt lined drawers to hold/display some coins.... and cardboard storage boxes filled with mint/proof sets that I have not looked at -or added to - in years. Also a bunch of Prestige or Special sets that I acquired in a group buy... Cheers, RickO
I don't build sets any longer, but bought a partial Indian head cent from a customer last year and completed the whole set in UNC, all cracked from slabbed coins, placed them in a Dansco just for something to do.
I use a Dansco for my color coin date set of Washington 25c, Sac $1, my duplicate raw MS Buffs, and some foreign stuff.
woopsie. Lemme see if I can turn that around. Now that is weird. The image is fine on the computer but inverts if I post......
They must be valuable errors.
Albums: raw Lincoln cents and Buffalo nickels. Everything else is in 2x2s or slabs.
Only use I can think of for silver rounds.
I don't like silver and especially mistrust the marketability of rounds in the future.
Except of course the silver Eagles.
I love albums, I have them for most series.
Mercury Dimes complete.
Standing Liberty complete
Barber Dimes
Barber Quarters
Seated dimes
Seated Quarters
Bust Dimes
Bust Quarters
Liberty Walking
Indian Head Cents
Buffalo Nickels
Liberty Nickels
Large Cents
Statehood Quarters
EAC 6024
I built a VF-AU set of coins in a Dansco 7070, but substituted coins I was interested in for ones that I was not interested in (such as an 1883 Hawaiian quarter in place of a Statehood quarter and a Japanese yen in place of a Morgan dollar). Also, the Barber half dollar series is one that I had built in original VF-EF in the double Library of Coins albums. Lastly, and I realize this is not a US album, but I have a Whitman Classic for a Newfoundland type set.
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
I think it's safe to say we all like and enjoy our coin albums. And why not? They're fun and, for me at least, playing around with albums and cheap coins always seem to spark memories from when I was a kid looking for treasure in my Dad's pocket change. There's a little bit of the "kid" in all us coin collectors. After all isn't that when it started? Slabs are great. They serve a purpose. But I think we can all agree that filling holes in an album is just plain old FUN! And that's what it's really all about.
I use Dansco albums for all my coins I collect, besides duplicates, or 90%. I think I have around 20 albums
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I use Eagle brand holders to house my 19th century Presidential Campaign medalet collection. Some of my sets that I formed when I was very young collector, like Lincoln cents (1909-1940) are still in the old albums I used back then.
Thanks for all the responses. Let me take a moment to explain the rationale behind asking...
We seem to see questions surrounding a bifurcated, trifurcated or other descriptions by which to distinguish the coin market and then analyse the strengths, weaknesses or general malaise.
There are also questions asked as to TPG and CAC and preferences as to the services and why some services are seen as they are viewed among dealers and collectors.
As to these discussion points, understanding the perceptions that seem to exist and have been expressed here and elsewhere might benefit from looking at the mindset of collectors. This would include their level of hands on knowledge and skill based on experience as well as collecting objectives. And it seems reasonable to conclude that mindset will vary.
A reasonable starting point to dive into the mindset of coin collectors might be to look at how coins are collected and stored. Albums have been used for decades and that seems to be changing. Further, that change could in part explain the way the coin market has splintered whereby certain types of coins have lost perceived value because they remain raw and not encapsulated. Once the coin is graded, then the question is whether it is the right grade in the right holder with the right sticker. What seems to be the most frustrating aspect to collecting is that the actual coins seem to have been lost in all of this. There is no shame in owning outstanding original coins that remain raw based on that mindset of a collector that made the choice to assemble their collection in that manner. And the mindset that there is a reason a raw coin remains that way because it has not been graded seems to follow the concept of guilt until proven innocent. And the same concept applies to a TPG coin, why is it in the holder of TPG x instead of y and why is there no sticker. My point is coins are often either dismissed out of hand or discounted for the wrong reasons.
The strength of the coin market at all levels depends in part on demand which is not always constant. And demand can change. We need to restore some common sense to the direction of the hobby as coins have lost the status of being the focal point.
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Cool to read which albums forum members have going.
I too enjoy albums and have a handful complete and seversl in progress. Just started another to add to the mix- a circulated Walking Liberty half set.
Dansco's now but really just a continuation of the blue Whitman's I started as a kid many years ago.
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Now that I have stepped down from the soap box, I did not see anyone mention Morgan Dollars yet... May have just been an oversight
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I mentioned a Morgan dollar! However, my mention was that I omitted it from a type set.
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
Fair enough TomB... I was thinking just in terms of collecting the Morgan Dollar series in albums... Whether it Whitman, Dansco or something more vintage such as Library of Coins
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I enjoy the classic Whitman blue 3 page folding albums, and I collect most of the classic series in them:
I have 2 copies of some albums; these are my grandfather's collection.
I own about 4 slabs - 2 x $20, $10 and a half dime from ebay that was in a slab.
I have the two Dansco books of Morgans going in my group Mr. Kat, one complee and the other a few shy of that. The keys are tough, and a few are slabs.
Love the heavy feel to these books!
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In all my years of collecting, I have never been enthralled with Morgan Dollars. They have big place in our monetary and political history because of the 16 to 1 arguments over the free coinage of silver, but spending a ton of money on a date and mint collection has never interested me. I tried putting together a one a year collection a couple times and lost interest.
I am pleased with what I have which includes an “all mints” set, a set of designs for the 1878 dollars, one GSA CC dollar and a Proof piece for my type set. Beyond that I’m not attracted to them.
BUT I can tell you that, as a dealer, there is a lot of money to made in buying and selling them. All of them are fairly easy to find – all it takes is money unless you want them “POP-1” condition. So servicing a want list for a customer is fairly easy.
We have most of the modern series, plus some earlier ones, and the 7070, albums.
Collecting from "pocket change" and bank runs, with my son over the years, we have used, and still have, the Lincoln Cents, Jefferson nickels, roosevelt dimes, Washington quarters, Kennedy halves, and Ike dollars.
Those are all dansco.
We also have a couple of Franklin half albums, an IHC album, mercury dime, and a couple of SAEs. All but 1 of those albums are danscos.
The IHC album was purchased because I was given a partial set of IHCs, heavily circulated, from an uncle a few years ago, so I got the dansco to do with my son on those.
The franklins were because they were affordable and I just wanted to do them. One is BU and the other is circ/bu (stuff I found in bank rolls or dupes.
The mercs were inherited from my grandmother after she passed....went to an uncle and then to me when he could no longer see enough to do any collecting/enjoyment. The old "album" they were in was falling apart (one of those cheapy "press in and see only 1 side of the coin") albums. So, in honor of my grandmother, I moved them all into a dansco and added a few that we had.
The SAEs were because they were fun...I started them the year my son was born, got the previous ones, and have kept it up to date. Decided on 2 albums. 1 for him, 1 for me. No proofs were harmed in filling the albums (ie....I didn't want to put proofs in there).
I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment
Yes, i have a morgan dansco album
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Whitman Barber Halves 1892-1906 is complete in VG10-XF.
Standing Liberty Quarters Whitman book just for a place to house the dozen or so circs that I have.
I own several old largely empty albums of various kinds including a US Gold Type.
2 or 3 coins in an album is a fun way to look at them, highly preferable to a stapled cardboard holder or a clear flip.
I'd love to have complete album sets of everything, but they'd be worth 50% of what I'd have to pay to fill them.
-Roosevelt Dime Dansco folder filled with "junk" , always upgrading
-Dansco ASE album in progress, 50% complete. Nineties can be tough
-Littleton Statehood Quarters folder 90% complete - AU/BU coins
-Little clad Washington quarters folders Vol. 1 and 2 about 20% complete
-Littleton ATB quarters pretty much current
I will run through one or two rolls of quarters from various places per week. 1965 - 1998 quarters seem hard as heck to find with rims and even wear characteristics. I have gotten pretty excited about a vf coin with rims.
Whitman 'Bookshelf' Album
Lincoln Cents 1909-1958
Buffalo Nickels
Jefferson Nickels
Rosie Dimes
Washington Quarters
Classic Commem Type.
Whitman 'Classic' Album (by Western Publishing)
Lincoln Cents 1959-
Jefferson Nickels
Washington Quarters
SHQ (Whitman 9135) (Titled 'United States' Quarters)
ABT (Whitman 9135) (Titled 'United States' Quarters)
Franklin Halves
Kennedy Halves
Ike Dollars
SBA Dollars
ASE
Mod Commem Halves 1982- (Whitman 9146) (Titled 'United States' Halves)
20th Century Type
7070 Type
I love Whitman products as manufactured by 'Western Publishing', Racine Wisconsin.
I actively collect the 'Bookshelf' and tri folders as well.
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I use older whitman classic albums and many Library of coins albums.
This thread reminded me about the 1856 Flying Eagle cent hole in the Whitman folders. It had a cardboard plug in there that you would have to pop out to fill the hole.
By the time I got around to buying an 1856, I was into a Dansco album. I never noticed there was no hole for it in that album until I bought the coin!
I also use the older blue Whitman folders - when I was a kid, my grandpa got me into coin collecting, and there was only Whitman folders. After returning to the hobby this year, I see there are Harris folders, Dansko albums, etc. Sitting at the table and sorting through nickels and pennies and plugging them into holes (even when they don't want to go in) feels nice to me now and re-connects me to my grandpa. When I would see him in my youth, he always had a couple Buffalo nickels and a Franklin half for me.
I use Whitman albums for State quarters + National Park quarters. I have 2 filled up to this year and will probably collect more. I have Jefferson folders, Lincoln wheats, and Indian Head + Anerican Flying Eagle.
I collect Morgans, Franklins, and Walking Liberties but slabbed.
Danso
-Franklin Half dollars
-Peace Dollars
-Amercant Silver Eagles date set
-state quarters
Same here, my Dad. He purchased for me the Lincoln 1909-1940, 1941-1975 tri-folders.
Circa 1972, I still have them...
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State quarters PDSS Intercept Album
MS Silver Roosevelts FB " "
MS Washingtons 32 - 98 " "
Type set 7070 Dansco
Jeff. Nickel from circulation Dansco
Ms Silver Roosevelts Nice toners Dansco
SBA set Dansco (I really don't know why, cheap at the time maybe)
Seated dime set 1838 1860 Blue Whitman album
Slabbed MS 20th C type set Lighthouse slab pages/three ring binder--will probably use this method more often
Obsolete Bank notes currency pages and three ring binder
Various smaller sets/subsets in 2 X 2's, pages, three ring binder
4 or 5 Whitman folders full of coins inherited from my uncle who got me started in all this
As a kid in the 60's my dad had what I thought (at that time) were the awesome Whitman books with the clear plastic slides. I had some used Whitman folders and every time I opened them a few coins would fall out of their spots. The coins were so worn they did not fit tightly into the cutouts. To this day still remember how frustrating that was, but at least I had the sense not to tape them to the holder. Now I have mainly Dansco books.