First Album Completed

As an extension of my other poll...

What is the first album you have completed 100%?

 

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Just got a Philly 1960 Memorial Cent left and my 59-09 album will be done!

 

Wheat penny is the closest to being finished just missing eight coins...and the cash needed to obtain them.:crying:

 

Why do you continue to start 2 of each forum topic?
Please stop and only post one of the same topic.

 

There are two polls that I saw - one for the first album started and one for the first album completed. They may not be the same. I know I started a penny album many years ago - wheat cents(I think 1941 to 1975 which is still not complete). About 2 years ago I started memorial cents, nickels, dimes and quarters - all modern all pocket change. I completed one cent and nickel album about the same time. So I could have picked either one, but went with the cent album. I have albums from the 70's that my father, me and my brother started that are not complete. If the local shop had some low grade wheaties then I would complete them - one of these days.

 

Sorry about that. It seemed my other poll went in this direction, so i decided to make this one and let the other fade out. This one is more interesting anyways. I have no intention of spamming.

 

Like I said in your other poll, the first one I *completed* was the Franklin halves. It was really cool to have every hole filled. I've since gone through and replaced some of the lower grade ones with nicer coins. I've also done that with my Mercury dime set; however, I still do not have the holy grail of that set, the 1916 D.

 

Halves for the first. Very nice.

 

mpcusa, according to poll, the first album you completed was not one listed. What was it?

Perhaps one of the assorted? (1 Washington, 1 Lincoln, 1 Buffalo, 1 Kennedy, etc.)

 

It would be Kennedy Halves, but I used a 70S in place of the 70D.

So far I have finished the Frankies and the second half Kennedy (through 2003).

I have also finished the second Jeff Nickels (starting in 62) Whitman album with my son.

 

My folders never lasted long enough to complete. Of course I have a 1962 folder that would be complete if the years didn't keep coming and making it incomplete that I got from my father.

I never did know whether I should leave the Memorial Cent spaces blank after they came out with separate folders for them or if they would eventually have a folder that just continued the sequence. I guess I was busy about 1975 when that transition occurred. Oh Yeah. College.

 

Though this may seem elementary to some people, to others it might be new information. I see some people talking about coin "folders," which implies the paper folders with individual holes cut for each coin. The obverse side is left completely open to the air, and the reverse is held against the paper backing.

Some of you might not know these types of folders can damage your coins. The contact with the paper is the worst, because chemicals in the paper and its ink will cause coins to corrode over time. Exposure to the air can be bad, too, especially if you live in a smog-polluted city. Chemicals in the air will corrode your coins, and this can also include household cleaners.

I *strongly* suggest you upgrade these folders to the notebook style-coin books. The cardboard pages are made of materials that will not harm the coins, as are the clear plastic covers over the obverse and reverse. You can also see both sides just by turning the page; the reverse's cover is clear plastic, as is the obverse.

 

The 70D isn't all that difficult to find. You'll never get one in circulation, but ask around at coin shops / shows. I think I paid about $10 for mine.

 

I recommend the Dansco albums. the way sit on my shelf in their slip covers look great. They are numbered and organized. When you open them up, you see the fronts and backs in their leather case and it looks incredible. For the empty slots, you actually see thru to the following page, so it looks like every page is full! On the other hand, its hard to check what you are missing because of that. I even plan on cracking coins such as 1909 VDB S (once I get it) out of their holders to put them in my albums. (I care moreso about completion than i do grade.)

Danscos are great!

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/1970-D-KENNEDY-...em&pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item4cf0161ccf

 

Why pay for it? All the others are found/rollsearched; I'll wait 'till I can find this one too.

 

If it is the last one needed, I would not hesitate to cough up $10-15. I don't think I could wait till i found one to complete the album 100%.

 

It wasn't released to circulation; the chances of finding one in circulation are about nil. Someone would have had to buy it from the mint, then spend it.

 

Happens all the time, check the rollsearcher thread.

After all, I found the '87's :hail:

 

So none of the yn's started off with the state quarters? I find that hard to believe, and it's actually the one and only folder I've ever bought and completed.