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<p>[QUOTE="Urban_Lawyer, post: 1549147, member: 36361"]Personally, I like Dansco. They are well-made and look nice. I've tried Whitman, but they honestly are too cheap to be useful. I owned the Roosevelt Dimes album and either the holes were too small and the coins didn't fit or the holes were too big and the dimes rotated in the pages over time. Pretty lame.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the other hands, I have also tried Intercept Shield (for S.B.A.s and State Quarters). It is TOO MUCH protection. The holes were very tight, which isn't good because either the top or the bottom of the coin will eventually rub. Also, the plastic slides are too delicate and thin, leaving creases after a while. The albums do not come apart easily making it hard to work with. Plus the green exterior just looks cheap.</p><p><br /></p><p>Danscos are well made and the pages come out easily for putting in large amounts of coins at once. Plus you can buy replacement pages and blank binders to put together a custom book. If you were looking for Roosies 1946-1964 for example, just buy those pages and a small album. Bingo!</p><p><br /></p><p>They also have millimeter pages, which are great for foreign coins. I'm working on a date set of British pre-decimal pennies and the blank MM pages work well.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Urban_Lawyer, post: 1549147, member: 36361"]Personally, I like Dansco. They are well-made and look nice. I've tried Whitman, but they honestly are too cheap to be useful. I owned the Roosevelt Dimes album and either the holes were too small and the coins didn't fit or the holes were too big and the dimes rotated in the pages over time. Pretty lame. On the other hands, I have also tried Intercept Shield (for S.B.A.s and State Quarters). It is TOO MUCH protection. The holes were very tight, which isn't good because either the top or the bottom of the coin will eventually rub. Also, the plastic slides are too delicate and thin, leaving creases after a while. The albums do not come apart easily making it hard to work with. Plus the green exterior just looks cheap. Danscos are well made and the pages come out easily for putting in large amounts of coins at once. Plus you can buy replacement pages and blank binders to put together a custom book. If you were looking for Roosies 1946-1964 for example, just buy those pages and a small album. Bingo! They also have millimeter pages, which are great for foreign coins. I'm working on a date set of British pre-decimal pennies and the blank MM pages work well.[/QUOTE]
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