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*** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. ***I was wondering, what is the difference between the two? It seems everyone prefers the Dansco's, so, what makes them so much better than Whitman's? Right now most of my coins are in binders but I may start buying more albums but I want to use the best that will keep my coins. I have 4 Whitman;s, 2 for Linc's, one for Rosie's and one for State Quarters.
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I believe that it is mostly a personal preference. In my opinion, the Dansco albums are constructed better, but the Whitman albums are not bad (still better than others). The other difference is the colour, brown versus blue. Again, a personal preference. Another thing may be availability. I do see more Dansco albums for sale at the coin shows than I do Whitman.
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I use both and prefer the Whitman. But recently the quality of the Whitman forced me the change to Dansco. The blue paper covers of the Whitman are separating the the underneath cardboard. The reason I like the Whitman is the choice of coins they include the series vs the Dansco. JBuck made a good point that Dansco's are more available. Either way I know you will be satisfied with upgrading to albums. Best of Luck. -- Terrell
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Good point, Terrell. I should have mentioned that they each included/exclude different coins in/from their albums.  |
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I started converting my Whitman folders over to Whitman albums. I had gotten a few albums, but the next Whitman albums in the series started to include spots for proof coins (which I don't collect). Dansco albums have versions with or without spots for proof coins. So my future albums will be Dansco.
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03/23/2011 6:43 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The only problem I have with Whitmans is that you have to force the coins into their hole. Whereas in my Dansco albums you gently plop them in.....plop being a technical term....
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The only problem I have with Whitmans is that you have to force the coins into their hole. Whereas in my Dansco albums you gently plop them in.....plop being a technical term.... I don't know. I have had some Danscos where I have had to push pretty hard to get the coin in. I f your interested in using Whitman Albums talk to justcarl, I think he must work for Whitman or get a commission for every album sold!  |
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United States
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I love Whitmans because they remind me of my roots, the folders that I used when I was just starting my lincoln cents collection. I only wish that Whitman had options for modern coin albums with no proof holes.
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The blue paper covers of the Whitman are separating the the underneath cardboard.  , I have had that happen too, even with brand new albums. They replaced one, but decided enough was enough. Dansco for me. |
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I prefer Dansco over Whitman for one reason and one reason only...Looks! I think both are great for storing coins, but something about the gold-leaf foil on the brown album jumps out at me and says "Hey, put your coins in me!"
It's kinda like being in a committed relationship. I love Dansco, I kinda flirt with Whitman, but I'll never cheat on my true love!
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I'm still hung up on Library of Coins, have too many of them going way back. In fact bought used Library of Coins albums off ebay and relabled them to give me some consistency. They had Whitman classic back then but I don't know about Dansco, or at least the coin shop I dealt with didn't do Dansco. |
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I've not had the chance to view either of these holders. But, my question is do both offer a protective cover. Or do the coins stay open to air?
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albums have protective covers over the coins, folders have coins open to air.
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Thanks! Those albums can get expensive. Any suggestion who offers the best price online. Or maybe I'd be better to go to a coin shop. Live about 45 min from one, so I do a lot of online searching and shopping.
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I have been getting Dansco, because I like their options for what coins are included (e.g. with or without proofs, divided or not into different subsets of a series, etc.), but I actually don't care for the brown/gold color scheme, and I hate that ugly, overused, brush-script font. They seem the most future-proof, so I like them for current series. After all, it's about the coins, not the font on the album. If I decide to get the really expensive coins in a series (e.g. 1909-S VDB), am I going to put them in an album though, risking exposure and contact marks from the sliders? Or will I write "1909-S VDB" on a common wheat for the album and keep the pricey one safe in its slab? I always imagined if I started putting together a collection of classic coins (I'd like to collect Mercury dimes or Peace dollars down the road) I would get a different kind of album, but then it wouldn't match the ones I already have. *shrug* |
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