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In my opinion, the Intercept Shield is probably like buying a Lincoln or Audi, when you can get a comparably equipped Ford or Volkswagen for less money.
The IS albums appear no different than the Dansco, other than the colour and the fact that the slipcase is not optional (it comes with the album). They supposedly have a chemical advantage as well, but I do not know enough about them to know if the additional cost is warranted.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Just Carl,
Could you post some pictures? I'm still young into collecting and I'm sure I can be pursuaded away from Dansco (it's what my local dealer told me to collect). I just don't want a binder full of pages made to look like it's exploding.
Here's a question - how about Intercept Shield albums? I know they're expensive, but does anyone here use them?
Pictures of Albums? They would be just pictures of Albums. My Whitman Albums are mostly sort of oversized binders and they just come that way. Not even sure why Whitman makes them like that. For example a Mercury dime Album could easily contain about 8 pages. Most of my Mercury dime Albums contain two sets. The first comes with the Binder and then I added addtional pages. One problem with this is there are to many slots in the blank pages so I add Roosevelt dimes at the end of the last page in the last set. My Lincoln Albums all contain 9 or 10 pages and all set for the far, far future, hopefully. As to the Intercept Shield Albums. I've only had a few of them in the past and with the case just took up to much room so gave them away. I got them free and heard they really cost a lot so don't bother with them. There are other manufacturers of Albums too. For example Littleton also sells albums but not to popular. |
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One interesting note about Whitman. Started out in 1915 and boughtgt by someone called Western Publishing Co. They bought by Mattel in 1982 and sold off in 1984. Purchased by Harris Coin Co. in 2003. I suspect that all the changes in ownership has made their quality control sort of slip. Which is why Dansco is so popular today.
However, since they still do make such a large variation in products and I have so many, I'll still stick with them for now at least.
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One of my concerns is keeping the coins for a while. I'm only 25 and hope to be around for a while and then after that pass them on to children. So a good investment now would go a long way.
Is there a point where any of you buy new albums to put the same coins in?
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Is there a point where any of you buy new albums to put the same coins in?
Not really. My two oldest Dansco albums will be 26 years old this December. Actually, just the pages are 26 years old; I replaced those two binders about 14 years ago (I was not too kind the first couple or years I had them, although the pages remain in good shape). I suppose the oldest complete album (binder and pages) just turned 24 years old last spring. I take good care of them now, so I cannot see any reason why I would ever need to replace them. |
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How have the coins changed over those years? Pretty good? The only coins I have to judge are my fathers who were not taken care of. Boy do those suckers look rough.
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They look as good as they did when they were put in.
The key is keeping them in the right environment: stable temperature and low humidity. Air-conditioned room is good, damp basement and attic are bad!
It might also be worthwhile to keep them in large plastic store bags (Ziploc, for example). Many members here do.
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One of my concerns is keeping the coins for a while. I'm only 25 and hope to be around for a while and then after that pass them on to children. So a good investment now would go a long way.
Is there a point where any of you buy new albums to put the same coins in?
I have no idea of how old many of my Albums are but since I've been collecting for well over 60 years, some are really old. I remember way, way back the Albums were with non removable pages. Then somewhere in the past Whitman came out with the Albums with removable and addable pages so I moved all my coins to those. As far back as I can remember I've always place my Albums in plastic bags. After the invention of Zip Lock Plastic Bags I contacted the manufacturer of possible harmfull ingrediants. None in those that can effect coins so that is what all my Albums are now in. My Super sets, ones that are completed and all MS grades, are in 2 of those Zip Lock Bags. Doubled like what they do in grocery stores. I don't think any of my coins look different than they did when I first got them a long, long time ago. |
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I think you should ask yourself why most of the collectors here use Dansco albums. Most members here could buy any brand they want, even switch if they wanted. For me , I have had two intercept shield albums, Indian Head cent and Mercury head dimes I ended up replacing them with Danco's and giving the IS albums away. I did not like how the coins look in them. I think the color of the pages have a big impact on how coins look. In the past I have had several Whitman albums same thing I did not think the Whitman albums have the same quality look, that Dansco does, of course this is my opinion. Here is a few of mine.  |
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Nice to know about the Dansco, thanks. My BUs and slabbed Morgans and SAEs are in Eagle brand 2x2s, pages and binder.
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Bedrock of the Community
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southsav
To me that is a different thing 2X2's or Airtite type holders.
I was just comparing albums. If I was wanting to protect a high dollar coin
I would agree the best way, would be to use a hard type holder.
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Pillar of the Community
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Man that's cool... Lol! I can't wait to have a binder collection like that. They do look good all spread out like that.
I'm using 2x2's right now for some coins that I don't have a binder for, but the most expensive coin I own is only worth maybe a couple hundred and that's in my Dansco.
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For sure on the high value ones. Mine are generally MS 63-65.
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My sets are far from high-end. Most of the business strikes come from circulation finds and most of the proofs are from sets that I already had; that is, no cherry picking. They are what they are.
I would definitely use AirTites or some other hard plastic if I were to ever start a high-end set.
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