I'm Visiting the Dansco Plant This Monday (August 4th) - What Should I Ask?
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Hey everyone,
I have some incredibly exciting news to share! This coming Monday, August 4th, I'll be visiting the Dansco manufacturing plant in Sumas, Washington to do some research on the company's history.
As a long-time admirer of their albums, I'm thrilled for this opportunity to look behind the scenes. My goal is to learn as much as I can and share the story of this iconic company with the coin-collecting community.
To make this visit as valuable as possible for everyone, I want to bring your questions with me. What have you always wanted to know about Dansco? What topics should I be sure to explore?
Here are a few areas I'm planning to dig into:
The Early Days: Who founded Dansco and what were their first products? How did the classic brown albums come to be?
Manufacturing Process: How are the albums actually made? What materials do they use, and what does the production line look like?
Company History: I'm curious about their move from Los Angeles to Washington, how they've handled production challenges over the years (including the recent floods), and who did the historical research for the inside covers.
Future Plans: What's next for Dansco? How do they decide which new albums to make, and what can we expect in the future?
Let me know what you think! Post your questions below, and I'll do my best to get them answered during my visit on Monday.
I can't wait to see what I can learn and report back to you all.
Dansco Dude
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I hope you make another YouTube video of your questions/answers along with your commentary.
The last one you did was so well done and informative.
-I think I'd ask if they are planning on producing any 7070 type gold pages.
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Did they know that Sumas was in such an extreme flood zone before they moved there?
Describe some unusual or weird special order displays. And yes a video of your visit would be excellent. Peace Roy
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With the introduction of the Whitman brand premier albums, will they be doing anything special to attract and keep customers? With so many collecting foreign series, what do they have planned to increase their offerings.
Are any of their products geared towards slab storage and if not will they be? James
I would ask about their World coin albums- including but not limited to Australia, Ireland, UK, Europe and all Central American countries. I would be interested to see if they are willing to share what percentage of the total production of theses albums were exported for overseas use. I would ask if Dansco is exploring whether type sets for various countries might be introduced... or even a Monarch type set for various European Countries.
And to keep this on point as to US coinage... I wonder if there would be plans to issue albums just for varieties within certain series. I would think there would be interest in Morgan and Peace Dollars... and it could generate greater interest in other varieties within other series that have been recognized or are in the need of recognition.
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What are they going to do to keep up with collector demand and how are they going to handle growing segments of the market and keep pace with classic coins? There are albums I have that are close to 25 years overdue for an update! Another good question would be how they choose what coins to include in the album? Perfect example is that most modern quarters now have a PDS business strike and clad proof and silver proof, but only the PD and proof issues are included. The reverse proof issues have largely been ignored as well forcing collectors to make their own custom pages. Earlier modern proof coins are also not included in the, "with proof" albums. Why were those coins left out?
Why are many of their albums such a disaster as far as the inclusion/exclusion choices? It's as if no one on their staff has ever seen a red book.
Some are fairly simple issues, like including the 1869/69 Indian Cent, a variety which no one has collected in an album since 1972 and back then everyone thought it was a 69/68. The really confusing part is that the Indian Cent albums they made 15 years ago didn't have that variety. They went backwards. What's next, adding the 1924-s goiter Lincoln to their next batch of Lincoln albums? Who's making these stupid decisions?
Another example: Their Seated albums are unexplainable disasters, such as the Seated Quarter album NOT having a space for the widely collected 1842-o small date, but instead has a space for the 1842 small date proof. Proof? Really? Not to mention there are only 7 known. Does anyone at Dansco think someone who has one of these if going to plug it into their cardboard album?
Or, take the Seated Dollar album. It doesn't have a port for the 1871-cc but does for the other 3 Carson City issues. The 71-cc isn't even the rarest of the 4.
I could go on but you get the idea. I've always liked Dansco albums but they seem to have no idea what their audience would actually want in an album.
I would ask if they plan on expanding the Mexico offerings. For me, I loved collecting the 1943-74 pyramid 20 centavos when growing up, but never saw an album for those, Or maybe offer custom albums for a series like this if the demand is low.
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Ask them what in the world is going on with the Dansco 7070 Gold page? It would be nice if they would produce some because one supplementary page shouldn't cost 2-3x the album. THKS!
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This is their old location in LA. Tell them we hope it doesn't turn into this in Washington!
Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )
Any freebies?😀
On a curious note, why did Dansco change the album cover of the Indian cents twice?
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What do they consider to be the 'growth' areas for their business?
Have they considered pages for first day covers, TPG slabs, mint packaged material?
Do they care or have any idea what their less common items sell for on the aftermarket?
Is all there manufacturing done here in the States?
Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )
No need to waste Dansco's reps time and energy on such a question.
Each album has the answer right on the inside back cover.
Ask them if they have any innovative R&D coin album prototypes that they would be willing to share
Mr_Spud
A version of this question can be if all their materials like plastic slides and metal pins are made in the usa
I believe their Seated halves album has a slot for an "1866," which, as far as I can tell, is for the unique 1866-P no motto, which is not a regular issue. I stuck a nice, circulated Oregon commem in there as a filler.
They are great albums, though. Very durable and attractive. I'm glad they are back in business again.
Yep, you're right, like I said their Seated albums are some of the worst disasters. Lots of other oddly labeled ports in the half album as well.
The dime album is the best of the bunch and would have been perfect but they decided to drill a random hole in the first page to accommodate the 1838 "partial drapery" variety. Sheesh...
At least they give you an option on the second 1853-O slot rather than labeling it for the 53-O no arrows. All but four of us just stick another 53-O A&R (or other coin) in the "1853-O all kinds" slot.
Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )