Best Coin Album....

Whitman albums have been made in China since they changed owcership, that is why their quality isn't what it used to be. I bought a Kennedy Haslf Dollar album with eighteen non silver clad halves in it at the coin club meeting last night for $10.00. The album has four holes marked with dates 1964, 1964-D, 1965, and 1965-D. The album is dated 1964 and apparently Whitman was unaware that there were to be no coins with D mintmarks in the next year at the time this album was made. It is a rich blue color. I only collect the silver content Kennedys and am going to take them out of the blank Dansco pages and put them in the Whitman album even though it won't hold anything past 2006. I'll post pictures after it is done.

Ed
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I don't think Danscos are ugly but there are 2 albums I prefer over them. First on my list is the Library of Coins Albums. These were made by the Coin and Currency Institute back in the 50s. I have a number of them and some of the Walkers I have had in these albums for a long time are toning nicely. I don't recall when they stopped making these but I know I have a couple of Franklin albums that only go up to 1960 or 61. These albums themselves are collector items with some going for hundreds of dollars. Most are quite affordable though and I am constantly on the hunt for ones in "new" condition. For my more expensive raw coins I prefer Intercept shield albums. Does anyone else out there enjoy the Library of Coins albums or am I one of the only ones out there?

I bought the majority of my albums years ago (in most cases 30 years ago). They are all Library of Coins and I have even gone as far as bought additional albums off ebay so I could put my newer Lincolns, Jeffersons or Roosevelts in the same type of album. (just printed up new labels)

But I have some other albums too. Whitman folders for some of those I only have a few coins for (Standing liberty or Franklins) plus I do have a Whitman classic for one or two and a Littleton one for my State Quarters.

I haven't had the pleasure of owning a Dansco, but they do seem nice.

I have a gripe against any of the albums putting in proof coins. I always thought if I bought a proof set (and I have many) I refuse to break them up to put the coins in my album. They were only sold as a set and should remain as a set in my mind so I don't want them in my album nor do I want to see a hole for them in the album. //end of rant

Danscos aren't perfect, but I really do think they are the best of the albums out there. I own 17 of them (all of the modern denominations plus a few others).

I'm not too wild about the little paper pages they added to the ATB Quarter and Presidential dollar albums with little factoids about the various parks/presidents, though. I moved all of those pages to the back of the albums.

About the same size as a Whitman Classic Album but since the pages are a slight thinner, I get 10 in many of mine.
Many don't like Intercept Shield Albums due to them USUALLY being more expensive and a green color.


That is odd since a large majority of people think the Dansco Albums look like Leather bound books. This makes for a richer appearance in a book shelf. I have to admit that does make them appear more expensive but if your normal, displaying coin Albums in the open is way to risky for theft.
And that is why it should really make little difference on the appearance of an Album but it does.


Just out of curiosity where did you hear or read that?
Actually in 2003 H.E.Harris purchased Whitman Publishing and now produces the Whitman products, Harris Products and also the U.S.Mint Products. So far as I can find out H.E.Harris is a completly made in the USA product.

danscos are nice but they can improve on the typeset on the albums-- the cursive I dont like they could do better. IMO

i have dansco's and an interceptshield. personally I like both. the intercept shield is nice and heavy duty

are the Danscos at least notched to remove the slides more easily. It seems both Whitman classic and the Littleton I have incorporate a little notched cutout to grab the slide. Sadly all my Library of Coins album do not. I just go through and periodically move the slides in and out to keep them from sticking.