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New Member
United States
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Poll Question
I guess this belongs here since most people fill albums with coins found in rolls. What do you do with albums or maps you filled with coins? 
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Keep them of course.  |
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United States
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21786 Posts |
It is normal for a collector of anything, when a set or series is completed to keep his efforts.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I have my albums and usually seconds. Other albums are given away to friends and family. Why not promote the hobby?
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Russian Federation
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Well, if it's specifically for a friend it could be given away (I know I personally once assembled a coin set as a gift for a distant relative; turned out she wasn't particularly interested in coins, and she gave them back to me at first opportunity, after about a year). But normally, I can't really understand why would one do anything but keep unless it's really on the cheap and the purpose is to sell the coins for profit; in which case it's still probably easier and better to keep an album for the best found examples and sell off only lesser-quality duplicates - in case one of the coins you found ends up the only example you ever see anywhere near that cheaply. OTOH, since I personally put coins in ziplocs, I guess if I wanted to assemble an album it would probably have been for another person, so I would then give it away |
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United States
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Rest in Peace
United States
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FloridaS, not sure how long you have been collecting.
Most collectors keep their completed albums and try to up grade their coins with a higher grade. The 7070 Dansco album, that a lot of members here at CCF are working on, is a favorite. We are talking, "big buck" depending upon the collectors desire for a high graded coin.
Then you can add the extra "Gold Page" "Oh My"
Whether you are filling a Cent, Nickel, Dime etc. album go for your best graded coin you can afford.
Then I would pass them on to your deserving people that know about coins.IMHO
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Keep them. That's what all the effort was for.
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Well I figured a lot of people kept them, but on ebay there are thousands of finished albums and I didn't understand why so I was hoping someone here sold them and could explain why. |
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Korea, Republic Of
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Many of them are coin dealers that sell coins for a living, and some are collectors that need to sell off their collections to help fund a new collection, medical fees, college, a new house, etc. Some collectors sell off completed albums they don't need for a profit. I'd guess that selling collections at times is a part of the hobby that many numismatists experience.
Edited by Matteproof
08/25/2014 6:48 pm
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Posted 08/25/2014 08:03 am
