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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Found a mint condition "Library of Coins" Franklin half Album and just really though it was cool. Printed in 1959! Moved my small Franklin collection into the book from my 2x2 page I was using. Only at 6/35 right now, but seeing them in this cool album makes me want to buy some more coins soon!     |
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Valued Member
United States
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very cool... nice start on the set... I am looking to buy an album for my franklins and was gonna go with dansco but I believe I have enough to buy this album as well so I can fill both...guess I will do one in unc and one circulated... anyway congrats on the album and the great start to an awesome set to collect.. have fun and show us pics when done please :-)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
940 Posts |
tkbslc, That's a beautiful Franklin half dollar set in a nice, vintage album. I wonder if the albums back then were made acid-free. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Are you sure that was really printed in 1959? If it did they predicted the death of kennedy in advance since it would be reasonable to expect franklins to continue past 1963. If it they expected 25 years it would go to 1972.
Maybe that was the first year they made the album and yours was printed similarly but post 1964 with the correct holes. Since most of the content and design was the same they could keep using the old copyright five years down the line.
Still super cool just my theory :)
Edited by Bertensgrad
06/04/2015 02:34 am
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Rest in Peace
United States
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That's a nice Library of Coins album. I've got my #3 set in one just like it. As already mentioned, the print date for this iteration is sometime after '63 as the mintage quantities are in print. There is an earlier version that was printed in '62 or early '63 (sometime prior to Kennedy's death or at least the decision to change the half dollar)I posted some pictures of my #2 set here https://goccf.com/t/181476&whichpag...ranklin,sets |
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United States
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Yeah, I agree with bertsengrad. I think you are confusing copywrite date with print date. It's impossible for that book to have been printed in 1959 since they knew the last year of mintage and the mintage numbers.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Nice  I like the look of the white background and I like pcgs slabs so I bet the ngc heads will like the look of this even more |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Lol I thought the same thing about the dates... Library of coins conspiracy? :P Very nice album though and still around 50 years old!
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1158 Posts |
I'm sure you guys are right. Actually says copyright 1959.
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 United States
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Looks very nice! |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I like Dansco albums ....
But I also like "Library of coins" albums.
If I saw one as nice as the one you posted, I would buy
it, no question. Well as long as it was priced right.
I am sure it will look really great, once you get it filled.
Looks good so far
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1158 Posts |
Thanks for the comments! It's kind of fun when the album seems as collectible as the coins in it... :)
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Quote:
Yeah, I agree with bertsengrad. I think you are confusing copywrite date with print date. It's impossible for that book to have been printed in 1959 since they knew the last year of mintage and the mintage numbers. OR could have been done by one of those fortune telling people. Hired by that company for just that reason.   those are kind of nice looking Albums though. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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This is a great way to store this historic set.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
656 Posts |
Very nice! I've been looking for some of these albums but most have severe foxing.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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What is a decent deal for on of these albums. I'm just wondering cause I'm planning on selling a indian head library of coins album on ebay soon. Edited by Bertensgrad
06/05/2015 12:34 pm
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