2009 Lincoln holes to fill

yes -- I own "XE3" (2009 Presidential $1 Coin Uncirculated Set). They are most definitively regular-ole' business strikes. I took them out of their packaging and put them right into my dansco album. Well, I looked at them first -- and was suitably uninpressed. Just your average MS, with bag marks and nicks, and etc.

 

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So whats coming in the P & D UNCIRCULATED SET (I ordered 2)?

Bruce -I'm so confused after reading this thread for the 2nd time.

 

Joe, you started this thread... it's all your fault. :loud:

And what am i to do with my 2008-2012 Dansco page that won't hold all the Lincolns, clad and Bronze.:crying::crying:

Bruce:hail: You'd better come up with all the answers.:rolling:

 

Purchase a blank cent page, and write in what you think needs to go there?

Which is (not on purpose) exactly what I happen to have for that last page!

 

Hey everyone, lets just go out and get a nice cold drink.... and we will pay for the drinks using Sholom's unimpressive Prez dollars. LOL!

 

Is this my thread? Heck I don't even remember anymore! :rolling:

 

I'm in, Where do we meet? I drink Doubles and twice as fast as I can when Sholom's buying with his throwaway coins. :hail:

Then, I may be able to purchase the blank Dansco pages. But Dansco owes me bigtime. I bought their solution before they knew how to solve their problem! Not cool.:hammer:

Bruce

 

We'll meet in DC . . . for drinks within a block of the US Mint store.

Oh, and, excuuuuuuse me . . . those "throwaway coins" which you disparage are worth at least $1.00 each!

 

I finally heard back to Dansco yesterday regarding my question about whether they'll make an edited page for the 8100 album with holes for all 20 varieties of the 2009 cents. Here's their reply:

Mr. Sproul,
At this time, our 8100 page 9 has four locations for the 2009-P, D S and proof coins, repeating itself four times. We asked distributors and general public what would be the best configuration for this page and this is what they came up with; even though they came out with different alloyed coins. Most distributors thought that people would leave the alloyed coins in their sets to retain their value.
We offer blank Lincoln cent title pages if you wish, but these would not fit into your album, so if you wished to store these additional coins, you would have to get another binder. Then you could custom print on the binder anything you wish. Two lines on the front and one on the spine.
We hope this information has been helpful.
Please contact us direct at 323-734-6373 M-F, 7am to 3:30pm.
Thank you for choosing Dansco and for your continued patronage.
Sincerely,
Customer Service
The Dansco Corp.
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I sent them a long reply basically making a few points:

1. If the decision to have 12 holes was made before it was known that there would be both zinc and copper versions, shouldn't it be reconsidered?

2. The argument that collectors would leave the coins in their sets to retain value doesn't really hold water when you're talking about an album that has holes for proof-only coins that can only come from sets.

3. I asked if they're planning on continuing the 8100 album with the 2010+ design. I know there are already holes for a few years in the current last page, but I don't know if that binder could hold any more pages. It seems like a reasonable place to cut it off to me. My point in asking this is that if they were to redo the last page with 20 holes instead of 12 holes for the 2009 cents, it would cause a need for two versions of every subsequent page (since the 8 extra holes would shift everything forward). But if the album were to end at this point, then it wouldn't matter, since there would be no more pages to add.

4. I asked if they'd reconsider their decision on this page if enough collectors wanted a version with 20 holes. I personally think it comes down to consistency. If they're going to have holes for both compositions in 1982, the same should be true for 2009.

Any thoughts?

Kris

 

POW! POW! KABLAM! Yeah, way to go Kris. I love point number 2! Nice response. I don't have Dansco albums so I don't have to worry about this issue. I have Whitman deluxe albums and I made my own pages for all the Lincolns. It is sort of time consuming with the rub on transferring dates, but looks nice in the end. Of course, if I did own Dansco albums, I would be throwing a fit.