My Dansco 7117 Nickel Album - Buffalo And Liberty Nickels

I decided to go for it. It is, of course, questionable however, since there are no returns.
Hopefully it will look good! I almost also ordered a Dansco Eisenhower album as well. But, perhaps I will order one with the gift card funds I get back from Amazon.

I'd like to get some of those pages as well possibly. Unfortunately, they are out of stock. Lol.
I suppose I could also take the pages out of the Buffalo nickel album, and put them in the blank nickel album... Since I am crazy enough.
We shall see!

Thanks, jbuck! Alright. I decided to go another way. I cancelled the order from ebay for the Dansco Buffalo nickel album without the die variety ports. I decided to just purchase a brand new Dansco #7112 album. I returned the blank nickel album.

Honestly, I'm kind of glad I went this route. The album was brand new, but I feel like everything looks a lot nicer and I'm a lot happier. I added in the blank page with the Liberty nickels, so this is a 3 page album so far and I think I'm happy. Now all I gotta do is get some more Buffalo and Liberty nickels!

I just threw a random dateless coin in the 18/D or whatever spot.


Second page: used some other filler coins. The 2005 Buffalo jefferson reverse is also a good hole filler. Got that idea from a member on here.


This 37-D is the nicest coin I have in this set honestly. And ironically, I think I found this in circulation. Wish they all looked this nice.


Reverse:


The last page for Liberty nickels:


That's all I got! I recently also got a pretty nice 1883 no cents. It's in better condition than the rest of the coins I have for Liberty nickels. It's kind of a shame this set was such a short run. I also most likely will not purchasing the expensive key date coins for this series, particularly the 1885/86. I don't know about the 1912-S.

very nice album - glad you got a new one

It is a good choice.

Amazing!

Looking good!

Keep up the good work.

Excellent!

I am sure you will find some fun things to full those holes.

Looking good!

Thank you!

I want to find better examples of a lot of the earlier Buffalo nickels. The only problem is, reasonable prices. I am fairly certain all the first year, 1913 varieties are fairly expensive.

However, my plan is to over time "upgrade" or replace a lot of the acid dated coins. Within reason, of course.

Great progress so far! Always love to see a new album project started.


If I may, I always try to dissuade fellow CCF members from going the hole-filler route. I think it will financially benefit you in the long run and make you happier if you wait to fill each hole with a nice, problem-free coin that will stay there. It's best to aim for a consistent grade that fits within your budget and be picky with the coins you choose to buy. The good news is that Buffalos are popular and easy to find. Liberty nickels will definitely be more challenging, but it will make the thrill of the hunt that much more exciting. Just my two bits. Enjoy the journey and keep us updated!

Thank you!




Well, originally, this collection was in a 2x2 coin stock book, and I basically filled it with whatever cheap coins I could find and called it a day. However, sometimes collections evolve.

My plan is to get hopefully each coin replaced with a nicer coin, and preferably one that has a readable date. However, with my budget, which isn't as much as most people, this might take a considerable amount of time, which is fine. Most of these initially I grabbed from ebay for like a dollar or two since they were mostly acid dates.

I can't recall which date exactly, but I think it was like either the 1914 D or 1915 D that is generally quite costly, upwards of 100 dollars. I got one for like 10 bucks since it was an acid date. For examples like this, I'll gladly go this route. For certain expensive coins, which I will never obtain, like the die varieties that consist of the 1918/D over 7 or whatever, and the 3 legged dated Buffalo nickel, I'll just fill the holes with something else. These coins are massively out of my budget and I'll never end up obtaining them. For all intents and purposes, I don't really consider them part of my collection anyways. They just happen to be labeled there in the port.



Thanks! This is one of the albums of several that I am working on.