Returning to the hobby and wanted albums to fill. I wish the "Official U.S. Mint Albums" by Harris were still being produced, so I decided to go with Whitman albums. Do not like the Dansco brown, or the Littleton page turning difficulties, or 2x2's in plastic sheets. I did check all of them out to see what kind of coins I need to get, like proofs, errors, etc. It is very frustrating to see there is no consistency with how the dates are chosen (I know, my OCD!). Why some errors and not others, why some special non-circulated mint issues (proofs) and not others (no 2019-W Lincoln/2019-W Jefferson but Proof Filled S/Clear S are included)? Who decides these, and why didn't they ask me?
The years there are proof coins depends on the mint. The reason theres error coins on many different years depended on the mint. The reason theres W quarters and not W nickels depended on the mint. But the real explanation is; some years the mint couldn't produce proofs as they were too costly, like during WWI and the great depression. Errors happened because the mint malfunctioned and they didn't realize it. W mintmarks happened on only pennies silver dollars and quarters because west point didnt have the die's for nickels and dimes.
Thanks GH#75, but my question had to do with how the album manufactures decide what to put into their albums.
They didn't decide to put anything into their albums. They sell it to you so you decide what to put into their albums. think. I am probably wrong. Business decisions are annoying. I like capsules.
I think it is an act......you're nice to mention it, though. Your board manners are not to shabby, either.
I don't know what the rationale is behind different brand folders having slots for different dates/varieties/issues but I get around it by using blank folders, that way I can write whatever I want and I am not bound to collect only what is listed in the folder but anything else I want to slip in there...
