Vintage Albums

Many thanks for the responses! There is true value in these early albums. As Vermontensium noted, the Wayte Raymond National albums can slowly produce some amazing colorful "album toning", especially on silver coins. These albums are excellent for duplicate sets and the craftsmanship is excellent.

The vintage Whitman products are also quite attractive. They produced many different albums and as Jays-Dad noted, the foreign albums can be a lot of fun to search for. Collecting the foreign coins to fill them is a great experience. Some of the series are quite easy in the middle grades, while others can be a challenge.

Many thanks, 50cents, for the images and website! The early Library of Coins albums are superbly made and open & lie flat like nothing made today. A shelf of these albums makes for a beautiful library. For those that haven't used these vintage albums, I encourage you to give it a try for duplicate sets, different series of US or even the foreign coins. Garage sales can be a resource, but don't forget to ask coin dealers at shops that you visit while out of town. Some of the better series, like U.S. Type, Half & Large Cents and other popular series can be worth over $25 for the album, but dealers often will sell them for under $10 just to get rid of them.

Today I won a vintage 1938 Buffalo nickel board for under $10, shipping included! It was a great find, but the early boards are a topic for another thread. For now, good luck and good hunting for those vintage albums!

CCS

I don't actively collect albums but do have quite a few actually. Usually stuff I've picked up a the shop over the years. Lots of the good ole Blue Whitmans, 3 or 4 Library of coins, some Capitol Plastics set holders.

I had a good one come into work the other day. Not in great shape but surprised me. We bought a collection and there was a Lincoln Penny Album from 1909-1929.
Kind of an orangish color using the same principle as an old Whitman.

It was dated copyright 1952. What was it? The oldest Dansco I've ever seen.

I'll post a picture when I can, TreasHunt. It is in excellent condition for a board made in 1938! The listing was very informative about the manufacturer and included the following:

"This is a vintage "Push In" coin card sold by The J. Oberwise & Co. It is the premium card #104 which included the Buffalo nickel from 1913 through 1938 inclusive. These cards originally sold for 30 cents (postpaid to your location). They were called premium cards because the buyer could fill them in and return them to the J. Oberwise Co. and receive a premium over the face value. This completed coin card received a premium of $4.25...."

I had no idea that folks collected this way! Absolutely fascinating... Imagine a complete set of Buffalos for about four bucks!

CCs

,,,1952 is the oldest Dansco that I have heard of!

That is pretty cool, I would love to see it!

Here is the Buffalo nickel board from 1938 that I recently won...



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It appears to be in excellent condition! Check out what these folks were paying for complete sets in 1938!

CCs

Now that is old-school there CopperClassics
You might be interested in David Lange's website- he actively collects the boards and has written a book on the subject too.

Jbuck:
If those hold coins, then I just lost a lot of respect for David Lange.
Keeping all of those albums filled with coins out there is just asking to get robbed.