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<p>[QUOTE="gxseries, post: 2247665, member: 4373"]This maybe the first post I made in the US coin forum so please bear with me. I will put my hand up and say that I do not know much about US coinage. That said, I have been lurking around and do admire some of the early US coinage and looked at various type set albums in particular Dansco 7070. </p><p><br /></p><p>As I have been designing coin albums for a while, I'm up for a challenge to redesign what is established in the market. Personally, I do not understand the logic of arranging coins by denomination and then arranged chronologically. My idea is that I would like to see it arranged by era and then denomination. This is a type set that I have done for Japan - <a href="http://issuu.com/gxseries/docs/japan_type_set_1870_current" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://issuu.com/gxseries/docs/japan_type_set_1870_current" rel="nofollow">http://issuu.com/gxseries/docs/japan_type_set_1870_current</a> </p><p><br /></p><p>For instance, would it not be nice to see an entire series of early 1800s US coinage shown in one section? Gold can be included as well. Beauty of this is that I can rearrange it anyway I want. That also means that I can include some of the newer coins that has been released. </p><p><br /></p><p>As much as I would like to go ahead with the project, I do not own much US coins or even knowledge to start off with. I would like some assistance with this. To make this clear, this is not something that I plan to make a profit out of and I will give credits to the owners. </p><p><br /></p><p>I suspect this will be a project that will take more than a few months to plan and execute. I believe what is important is to have permission of using photos to not get slapped with copyright infringement. </p><p><br /></p><p>Ideas? Thoughts?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gxseries, post: 2247665, member: 4373"]This maybe the first post I made in the US coin forum so please bear with me. I will put my hand up and say that I do not know much about US coinage. That said, I have been lurking around and do admire some of the early US coinage and looked at various type set albums in particular Dansco 7070. As I have been designing coin albums for a while, I'm up for a challenge to redesign what is established in the market. Personally, I do not understand the logic of arranging coins by denomination and then arranged chronologically. My idea is that I would like to see it arranged by era and then denomination. This is a type set that I have done for Japan - [url]http://issuu.com/gxseries/docs/japan_type_set_1870_current[/url] For instance, would it not be nice to see an entire series of early 1800s US coinage shown in one section? Gold can be included as well. Beauty of this is that I can rearrange it anyway I want. That also means that I can include some of the newer coins that has been released. As much as I would like to go ahead with the project, I do not own much US coins or even knowledge to start off with. I would like some assistance with this. To make this clear, this is not something that I plan to make a profit out of and I will give credits to the owners. I suspect this will be a project that will take more than a few months to plan and execute. I believe what is important is to have permission of using photos to not get slapped with copyright infringement. Ideas? Thoughts?[/QUOTE]
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