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Valued Member
United States
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I have a gripe against these people who design these coin albums. How they decide which varieties are in and out of the albums? Case in point something a lot of people can relate to. Lincoln cents: ok there are 1960 large & small date variants and even more for 1982 with the metal types changing as well. But 1955 double die? that one seems to universally be in every album and its technically an error coin as unlike the large and small date varieties which were deliberate this one was a mistake. Why should it occupy a spot in my album? (and a permanent hole!) and if you were going to remain consistent I thought there were other double die dates even more prevalent than the 55 yet that is the only one in there? Mercury dimes: OK I can see the 1945 Micro S, but the 1942 over 41 is yet another error as it technically wasn't supposed to be that way. and when you get to Barber dimes the rules seem to change - as the 1905 Micro O seems to be pretty common yet there is no spot for this coin. So back to my original question who decides this stuff? Makes me wish I could just get a blank album and decide for myself and label it as I wish. /end of rant/ hope you all make it through the hurricane unscathed. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1150 Posts |
I agree.
And I'm still looking for an album that includes my 1913 liberty head so I can stick my example in it. ;)
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
3692 Posts |
If I buy an album, then I stick to the kind that is unlabelled and just has holes. :P This is why when I restarted collecting I stuck to 2x2 mylars to put in vinyl pages. This way the only thing holding me back is the 20 slots limit. :)
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12437 Posts |
Like it or not, album slot selections are based on popularity and that popularity typically comes from being listed in the RedBook for decades. |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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And I'm still looking for an album that includes my 1913 liberty head so I can stick my example in it. ;)
Older Whitmans have holes for 13 v nix. I'm still trying to figure why type sets have a hole for the 1909vdb, but not the 1918-date vdb. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I'm still trying to figure why type sets have a hole for the 1909vdb, but not the 1918-date vdb. I am guessing it is because it was the first year of the design change on the 1909 and that is why they listed that one. The 1918 is just another of the same design without a composition change or anything else, just a variety change and the album is not for variety changes, its for type changes. This is just my reasoning behind it but it may not be the reason |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
797 Posts |
I found some old Buffalo nickel dansco pages that were in nice shape and they did not have the holes for the costlier errors/varieties like the 3 legged buffalo and such like the new danscos have. It still has spaces for the 1913 with and without the mound varities, but I already have those so it works out well. I grabbed the pages for fifty cents a page and bought the empty buffalo Dansco binder and created my buffalo album that has all the holes labelled and looks exactly like the current issue, but without the costly varieties. Unfortunately, that isn't an option most of the time. I don't like empty holes, so I wish they offered an option where you could get the pages with or without the varieties (especially if the variety is rare and costly). |
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Valued Member
 United States
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That brings up a question and I don't even have a "new" album to check if composition changes are also covered (eg. cents changing from copper to zinc)
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Moderator
 United States
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flotsam
That brings up a question and I don't even have a "new" album to check if composition changes are also covered (eg. cents changing from copper to zinc) my Dansco album that I purchased last year, and the Whitman folder I moved from, both have the seven spots for the 1982 cents varieties for metal/MM/large & small date. |
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Valued Member
United States
115 Posts |
thanks that answers that questions. I suppose I don't have an issue with those types of variations as they were deliberate. Its the inclusion of "error" coins that bugs me. (ie. double dies, overstrikes etc.)
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Valued Member
United States
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I'm seriously considering buying a blank Dansco cent page, labeling it by hand, and swapping it into my Lincoln album so I can get rid of the slot for that 1922-plain that drives me nuts. Might do it for the 1970-s small date, too. It'd leave a blank hole at the end of those pages but I could just put a generic coin with the reverse showing in it.
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Moderator
United States
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Hmm. Now you have me thinking.  I might just settle for relabeling my nemesis hole from "Plain" to "Weak-D" and call it a win.  |
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Posted 08/27/2011 09:13 am
