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Message:: [QUOTE="Just Carl, post: 386713, member: 4552"]This might be dumb idea but why not keep posting all over the place on forums like this for possibly not wanted coin albums. Possibly there are those dealers that would just give them to you for postage. The reason I mention this is my own experiences with coin dealers and albums. I've been going to coin shows for many, many years and never thought of asking until a few years ago. I asked some dealers what they did with any albums they may have purchased for the contents. Most said they did purchase albums for the contents, placed the coins in 2x2's or sent in for slabbing and actually threw the albums away. Two dealers told me they just kept them and expected to throw them away someday but if I wanted them, they would just give them to me. One dealer at the next coin show brought me two large boxes of albums of various types and brands. I took them all and for free. I only use Whitman Classic Albums so I gave away the Danscos, Littletons, etc to other collectors I know. I now have well over 100 such Albums and probably only purchsed 20 or so myself previous to this method. If you constantly mention your interested to coin dealers, you too may find someone that will just send them to you for postage. Nothing to loose by asking.[/QUOTE]