Dansco Is Doing A Bunch Of Updates!

Once my cent, nickel, and dime albums were full, I created a new album with blank cent, nickel, and dime pages. This custom album holds all of the ongoing releases.

Now I call the other albums complete and will not have a fit when they stop minting the cent and nickel, leaving those empty holes.

It worked out especially well for the cent and nickel. Had I upgraded the binder size and added the proper pages (available at the time), I would have had to replace those pages to allow for the special 2009 cents and 2004~2005 nickels. By using undated pages, I could fill them on the fly.

That drives me nuts that they don't line up in my album. Glad I'm not the only one!



I've never uderstood why Dansco doesn't offer seperate Wheat cent and Memorial cent albums in the 8000 proof series. To me it would make the most sense to split up the Lincolns into 3 seperate albums.

Once a Dansco book finishes, I like the idea of creating a blank album and putting pages in there as needed. By the time a page actually fills, it can then be moved into an appropriate new album if desired.

I want to convert my Dansco dark side albums, getting them out of 2x2 vinyl pages and into the regular pages. I have been trying to calculate how many of each mm size I need and then how to organize it. I never like the results.

I like your idea of custom punching each page, but I am not sure how to do it either; at least not how to do it and it still look good.

My latest idea is examining ways to shim the smaller coins into bigger holes, then just getting most of the pages the same mm size (except at least one for the largest coins).

Yes, you can get pages with different mm sizes. Problem is, all holes are the same size for the whole page. I want them mixed and matched so I can keep the coins in the same order I have them now.

I am in no hurry, since I am using the Dansco 2x2 albums (making all of my albums matched). However, I do need to replace some of the pages because the heavier coins have caused them to sag some. This is how I came to contemplate the change.

I'm just 3 coins away from filling my Jefferson 5c collection(except proofs from 1938-1960, next project-$$$$$$, and the 94P, Special Unc., 1997P Special unc., and a 2012 proof))...why Dansco does not have ports for ALL proofs in this denomination irritates me(1938 onward)...a complete album should be just that, EVERY coin available in Business strike and proof issues, no matter what the cost(I too dislike blank ports, as my handwriting sucks, and, I have yet to get a good lableling system found(feel free to comment on that). Guess they figure the general public cannot afford the first 10 proof coins, and, would be irritated looking at those blank ports week after week!)
I wrote Dansco as to why the SATIN FINISH coins are the Rodney Dangerfield of coins these days..I just plopped down 187 bucks(I got all 6 Unc. unopened Mint sets off ebay, 2005-2010) to have ALL Satin finish coins from 2005-2010(they are my FAVORITE USA-Made coins, and, I think the most handsome modern coin ever made, IMHO). I am puzzled why no ports for these important issues...baffles me to no end...no answer yet from Dansco. As long as I am opinionated this morning, I might as well give my 2-cents on the newer proof coins, with the laser-deep cameo finish..I don't like them, compared to the say 1979-2007 or so proofs, which I think are very handsome in DCAM, with a standard beautiful frosting, and black/white mirrored contrasts...the newer proofs have a granulated, rougher finish, and, IMHO, lose detail..anyway, I'd like to hear from all you satin-finish junkies out there...maybe if more of you wrote Dansco too, they'll come out with an album just for that 2005-2010 series..162 coins of historical importance, and, left out of the mix..weird!
Cal

I haven't heard anything. I'm still waiting on the #7104/#8104 and #7114/#8114 too. My 2012 mint and proof sets should be here soon so I also need page four for my #8183 and it's back-ordered everywhere! And I need to get the #8185...

Any updates on these updates? I have seen the Lincoln Shield cent album "coming soon" for a few months on some websites. Seems like they would be out by now.