Albums: "The Official US Mint"

I use the whitman album bought it from Barnes and Nobles $6.99 - 10% discount for B&N albums.
Its a litlle pain in the b to put the coins in but works for me

I think in that specific album your showing right there it is designed not to have pre-cut slots like the low-end harris albums. I think thats the plastic film kind which lets you see both sides of the coin. Theres still pre-cut coins holes but, and I don't know this for a fact, I would assume there would be a little more lee-way in the tightness of the holes because the coins are physically held into the folder with plastic sheets, so there would be no need for tight coin holes.

But I haven't bought this album myself. The description above was from just browsing the folders at the store.

I use Dansco as well and love them. As for the price being higher, you get what you pay for!

When I first began thinking about coin albums this is the first one I bought for my Jefferson's because it was cheaper and readily available at my local B&N book store.

Then I heard Dansco album also had a 'slipcase' whereas these don't for extra protection. Also No extra 'pages' are available or made for the US Mint albums. I've never even seen these to also holds the Proofs issues which I also wanted to expand to.

Now my choice is all the way Dansco. Unfortunately, they don't have these for Canadian cents nor the President's Spouse medals, but I've come up with an idea to buy the Dansco # 7107 which is for 'cents' but has no labeling and that works for me. For the Spouse medals I'll just match the mm of the medal to whatever page it will fit (34mm) with a 'blank album' and continue from there.

mila_

i got the dansco for my pennies and got them used!paid 10.00 each.buy dansco they are pricy but you pay for how they are made.and you can add a page or 2 if you need them

It kind of bugs me when people say the Dansco albums are too pricey. Do they cost more than the others? Sure. But 1 coin can be worth many times the $20 spent on the album. Even if you are completing a Jefferson nickel collection, your coins will be worth more than the album. I say if you value your collection, even if it is just "sentimental value" your money would be a well spent investment with the Dansco albums.

Personally, I use a variety of albums (Dansco and Whitman mainly)depending on what I am putting in them. For my nicer coins I use the Dansco, for lower grade sets the Whitmans. My main purpose is my kids, they love to look and can not comprehend the do not touch aspect of it, so when they are flipping through things and run their fingers over the coins it does not matter. If you are wanting to have a really nice set with little chance of fingerprints and other contamination, then Dansco is the way to go. If it does not matter than Whitman folders would be a good cheap investment.