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Pillar of the Community
United States
1911 Posts |
Poll Question
Hi all,
Was just wondering everyone's opinion on something... I love collecting one of every type that I can. That is my main collecting goal. That being said, I also love Dansco albums and know that, although few and very far between, there are foreign Dansco type albums out there that I would love to buy when I can find them. I have U.S. and Japan thus far, but for other countries that I haven't found yet, I have a couple choices, down below. Wanted to see what others would say. Thanks!
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Both Dansco and Whitman have made specialist folders for coin series of countries other than the U.S. However, I guess that folders for some foreign countries may be hard to get.
It depends how specialist in the coins of a foreign country you want to be, and on the availability of the approrpriate folder.
If you don't see much prospect of getting a near complete set of a series of foreign coins, perhaps it is best to stick to 2x2's in the standard 20 pocket album pages.
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Rest in Peace
 United States
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Dansco 7000 albums use pages that hold 2x2s, 12 per page. I use those for my Australian and Canadian type collections and my British collection, and they match all of m other Dansco albums.
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Moderator
 United States
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 I have few of these myself for miscellaneous and world coins. |
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 United States
1911 Posts |
Hmm... maybe I will have to look into those Dansco binders. Same sort of look but cheaper and more readily available... thanks for the info!
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1911 Posts |
So another question dealing with this... I missed out on a Mexico type album on ebay (went for $84 and wasn't sure I could justify that much right now even though they are rare) and noticed a site that has Whitman foreign type albums for about that price but brand new. Doe a anyone have a foreign type Whitman album? |
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Canada
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For Canadian coins try Gardmaster. They run just under $15 Canadian a book ($11 U.S.) plus shipping. The info sheet behind each page is removable and I have customized those sheets in a Word document to include my own varieties and future years.  |
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United States
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The Gardmaster albums remind me of the old Harco albums which had problems. I also use Dansco generic albums that hold my 2X2. I have several collections of coins which no albums are made such as a almost complete Vietnam type set and several complete runs of various Japanese coins. Dansco used to make folders for the various Mexico type coins like the 1 centavo. But the ones I have found the bindings have dried out separated. I have an complete set of folders for Mexican coins of which only 2 are not damaged. But rarely seen them offered for sale.
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United States
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The Gardmaster albums remind me of the old Harco albums which had problems. Yup, the old Harco albums had PVC. Very bad. I am pretty sure the Gardmaster are okay, although I still prefer Dansco. |
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United States
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Woah a thread of mine revived. Well an update (why not) I am just keeping a look out for Dansco albums. I can wait for the right album at the right price (although I have missed a few by one bid.. ).
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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With the Dansco 7000 albums, I would have preferred polypropylene or mylar (archival quality) pages, rather than PVC pages.
Would have cost only a very litle extra to produce, and made almost no difference to the selling price.
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United States
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I use the Dansco vinyl pages for my 2x2s. The oldest ones are about 25 years old now and I have no issues with them adversely affecting the coins. The only issue was that some of the pages started to sag (accordion style) under weight of the coins. I replaced those pages and rearranged the coins so that heavier ones were on the bottom row and lighter ones on the top rows.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Another small problem in humid climates I have found, is that the mylar sticks of the 2x2's sticks to the inside of the pocket with clear PVC album pages.
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United States
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I think that is part of my success. My albums have always been kept in a climate controlled location.
But I have seen what you mean, in some dealer albums at coin shows.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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From my experience, red uncirculated bronze and copper coins are much less inclined to darken when the mylar 2x2's are installed in non PVC album pages.
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