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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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A local guy told me he had a Japanese Dansco type set album. I set up a meeting with him today and picked it up. It's not in perfect shape, smells a little musty and has a small rip on first page. I took some quick pictures to get some opinions. I know it has been many years since Dansco made this album. The newest dated hole is 1964. It came with some coins. I hope to clean up the album and look through my coin boxes to see how many more holes I can fill.      |
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Valued Member
United States
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Very cool. Now I have to go and figure out how to get one.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
797 Posts |
I love those other Type albums. If only I could stumble across some!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Quote:
I know it has been many years since Dansco made
this album. The newest dated hole is 1964.
Heard they were going to update it soon. Or at least that's what they said in 1964!  (7070 - get it?  ) |
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
11951 Posts |
I think someone called .... And this album should be updated this year  |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Oh boy you have started a really hard challenge! I have completed this a while ago. I have a scan of it online but for some reason cannot share it here due to some copyright issue. Two most difficult coin will be 1870 5 sen and the Trade dollar coin. Best of luck! My partial coin collection http://www.omnicoin.com/collection/gxseriesMy numismatics articles and collection: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/numis_index.htmRegularly updated at least once a month. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Gxseries ....that Trade dollar does not look bad .... Just checked ebay ...there were a couple ..for about $2.00 Right from China ....  Edited by GR58
04/15/2015 8:30 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Trade dollars as in this:  Might be easier to find if you are willing to go for damaged / chopmarked Trade dollar coins however they still cost a fair bit. I did forget to mention that 1870 1 yen coin can be pricey, followed by the countermarked 1 yen coin. That said, the rest should be very, very affordable. I'm still in the middle of redesigning a new version of Japanese album but just don't have enough time to do so. It's just too painstaking.
My partial coin collection http://www.omnicoin.com/collection/gxseriesMy numismatics articles and collection: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/numis_index.htmRegularly updated at least once a month. |
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 United States
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Uh, wow!
Never seen one of these :o
swcoin.ecrater.com
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11951 Posts |
Gxseries ... I was only kidding about the ones for $2.00
they were fakes from China.
I like the looks of the one you have posted.
I agree there will be a few of these coins that will be harder
to find and more expensive. I know I have a small stack of
copper (bronze) and silver Japanese coins somewhere, I hope I can fill a couple holes.
I do have the Mexican type album .. and the two album Canadian.
So I thought this one would fit into my collection.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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GR58 - I know what you mean  When I bought mine, the album did come with a Trade dollar copy which I still own. I find Dansco's album really impressive despite made almost 50 years ago. I think I have a Fiji album and a New Guinea one. The New Guinea album can only be seen on one side. Not something I like but I bought it at a bargain. There is a type set album that I have been looking which is the Hong Kong album. Been looking for it for a few years but I missed three opportunities as they went for absurd money. Otherwise I might as well design my own album. Just need to find a manufacturer. I sent a PM about the link of the Japan Dansco album. |
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Moderator
United States
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Very nice!  I wish I were this ambitious with my dark side collecting. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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A great find, you don't see that album on dealers shelves.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11951 Posts |
I found the japan type album through a friend that likes mostly older
Foreign coins.
He mentioned it months ago ... Glad I finally followed up on getting it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That's awesome~!! Have fun getting the new coins for it!!  |
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Posted 04/15/2015 5:53 pm
