Best Coin Album

coinguy89 · June 16, 2004 1:08AM

Whats the best album I can get to hold coins that I want to keep in the condition there in for a very long time? Im looking for something, not too expensive, not too big, viewable from both sides, has protection, will make my coins look great(lol), and has many options. Anyone have any ideas or thoughts on what is out there? Or could you give me a link to something good?

JrGMan2004 · June 16, 2004 1:27AM

Dansco makes good albums...

Barry · June 16, 2004 1:44AM

Agree, Dansco.

1234567890 · June 16, 2004 1:49AM

I'll third Dansco.

lordmarcovan · June 16, 2004 2:04AM

Ditto. Whitman Classic albums are good, too, but I've always used Dansco.

BillJones · June 16, 2004 2:13AM

Eagle makes the best so far as I'm concerned. They provide great protection; you can take individual coins out for examination; and they accept any size of coin that is the size of a silver dollar or less.

So far as I'm concerned any album with sliding windows is potential bad news. I've see too many coins damaged by slide marks.

seanq · June 16, 2004 2:24AM

My personal choice is Gardmaster. They are exactly like the old Harco folders, but this time they left out the PVC.

Sean Reynolds

LAWMAN · June 16, 2004 3:46AM

Dansco

LincolnCentMan · June 16, 2004 4:32AM

I personally use dansco ablums. I dont think it's 100% safe for coppers, though.

I bought a intercept album one time. Man, talk about poor craftsmanship. I opened the celephan only to see one of the rivits fall out of the spine. After putting a few coins in the pages, I noticed the plastic sleaves would ride up or down in their slots... which would expose parts of the coins to accedental printing. I would not recommend that ablum to anyone. I will say that the intercept 2x2's are excelent for coin storage, though.

I really like whitman albums for circ coin display. I have noticed that the blue color will "bleed" onto most proof and sometimes MS coins. Sometimes you can get some fairly cool looking target toned coins from these albums, but I sure wouldnt store any conditional rarities in them.

David

Betta285 · June 16, 2004 4:38AM

i also like dansco..as long as you don't mind a possibility of toning, i'd say dansco is the way to go...they're cheap, they are available for many series, they''re good quality, plus, unlike whitman's, you can see both sides of the coin..

MrSpud · June 16, 2004 4:47AM

I'm currently using a Dansco for AU-BU Jeffersons. I just bought a unmarked mm page with holes just a little bit bigger than nickels and inserted it in the back of the book so I can put high grade ones and proofs into Kointain holders (small inert plastic shells that fit the coin so snugly you can't barely tell it is in a holder) and then put the coin into the album without having to worry that the plastic slide will scratch them. I put some nice toned proofs in Kointains and inserted them just the other day and they look great. You can't even tell they are in Kointains.
MrSpud

SarasotaFrank · June 16, 2004 5:01AM

<< <i>I bought a intercept album one time. Man, talk about poor craftsmanship. I opened the celephan only to see one of the rivits fall out of the spine. After putting a few coins in the pages, I noticed the plastic sleaves would ride up or down in their slots... which would expose parts of the coins to accedental printing. I would not recommend that ablum to anyone. I will say that the intercept 2x2's are excelent for coin storage, though.

David >>

ditto. I had an entire set of these - still have a few, but they are the most poorly constructed I have seen. Anything with more than three pages also seriously bows.

RBB617 · June 16, 2004 5:14AM

I also like the Dansco albums. I have never tried Eagle albums, but I hear they are good as well.

BBN · June 16, 2004 5:41AM

I have Ikes in an Eagle album and I love it. The plastic holders have a hard time clasping at first with Ikes and other larger coins, but once together they've held up great, but they work better for smaller coins (halves or lower)

haletj · June 16, 2004 6:03AM

I tell you, Whitman plastic holders and Eagle holder pages...100% protection and an albumish look, probably about 50 cents/coin.

F117ASR · June 16, 2004 6:36AM

Buy an airtite folder. Provides you with a nice display and airtites protect your coins pretty well. The only thing is that you have to add the dates and mint marks yourself. That can be fun though. You can get creative and add as many varieties as you want. I know airtites are expensive but if you plan to create a nice set they are worth it. I got mine for about $0.43 each.
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Steve · June 16, 2004 7:45AM

Dansco is fine for raw coins, but if you have certified (PCGS, NGC or ANACS) coins you want to display, the Eagle certified holder is great. 9 coins to a page and using one of those large three ring binders you can display 6 or seven pages in an album (about 60 coins). Steve

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