Intercept Albums: Great Protection Or Gimmick?

I have one Intercept shield album, a slightly used one for Indian head penney's. I put in about 20 IH's I had boxed in 2x2's. To me the copper IH's look vary bad against the green beackground color, mine are all brown so maybe red ones would look better against the green background. And maybe silver coins would look better .. I would have to see one before buying another. I dislike how the Indian heads look so much I am going to take them back out and give the album away.

I have heard if you put the Dansco in the slip cover that you have close to the Intercept shields protection. I think meaning the slip cover helps keep the elements that would harm the coins away from the coins. My oldest Dansco is a 8100 from the mid 1980's, the coins from early 1930's up to 1989 were all red unc/proof. Only one or two of those coins have started to turn brown. This past year I have purchased a current 8100 album (old one went to 1989) I was happy with moving all the coin to the new book, I would have to say those coins were preserved very well. Just my opinion.

I too use Intercept albums even though I don't like the green color. I think they're still too new to really comment on whether they achieve what they claim to be.

I agree, the brown copper doesn't look the greatest, but I dont think they look that great next to the brown Dansco page either. The Silver coins do standout nice against the green and so do the gold Presidential dollars. Red copper like the 2009 pennies in the type set look good too




I agree it would be a hassle but its not really expensive. Most people would have to replace it 4 times max in their life time (5 if you started it really young or live a real long life) but I wouldnt say 120ish dollars over 60 years is expensive.

I will disagree because I really like how my brown copper coins look in the Dansco. But to each their own, right?

If you really do not like them, you can take them out of your Dansco and send them my way.

Its not my favorite color contract but those empty holes have by far the worst look of them all.

Does seem to work out that way a lot. No reason to break the streak now

I cannot decide if you truly do not understand the Intercept Shield technology or if you just wated to sign up for the purpose of ragging on Intercept albums It prevents toning of coins through a technology that is analogous to a sacrificial anode on a boat. The material used is in the albums is more reactive than the coinage metal so it will consume any harmful gasses before they have time to interact with the coins in the album. Under heavy oxidizing conditions, the material in the album will eventually lose its effectiveness at preventing toning over time. If you store your coins in an inert environment, that 15 years could end up being 50 years or longer. The perception that Intercept uses "inferior materials" has no basis in fact and has nothing to do with the 15 year guideline.

Regarding ebay, how can they possibly force sellers of Intercept albums to add a silly little disclaimer regarding a worst-case scenario that most likely will not even be read by the buyer? Do you also support ebay requiring auto sellers to add a disclaimer stating that oil changes and other regular maintenance be must done, lest your engine seize up and die? It is the manufacturer's responsibility to create disclaimers about their products, not the retailer distributing the items. ebay already imposes too many requirements on sellers, we do not need another useless one