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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;E Pluribus Unum, post: 3112704, member: 74265&quot;]I have much of my collection in Dansco coin albums.&nbsp; I started a long time ago with Dansco so I continued to buy them.&nbsp; Now I am beginning to think about getting rid of them.&nbsp; I don&#039;t care for that 70&#039;s style brown covers and, especially, the gaudy (gold-leaf) font titles.</p><p><br /></p><p>Recently, I have been preparing collections of modern US coins for my three siblings: Lincoln Memorial Cents, Jefferson Nickels, Roosevelt Dimes, Washington Quarters, Franklin Half Dollars, Kennedy Half Dollars, Eisenhower Dollars, and 20th &amp; 21st Century US Type collections.&nbsp; For these collections, I decided to use Whitman albums instead.&nbsp; I like the dark blue covers and the more classic &quot;Times New Roman&quot; looking font album titles.&nbsp; But I have a few issues with the Whitman albums.&nbsp; For example, the 20th &amp; 21st Century US Type album and the Eisenhower Dollars album do not hold the coins snugly.&nbsp; The coins rotate around their ports which is an eyesore.&nbsp; Also, the Lincoln Memorial Cents album spans from 1959 to 2007.&nbsp; Seriously?&nbsp; The album does not accommodate last year 2008 for Lincoln Memorial Cents (or even 2009 bicentennial coins)?&nbsp; I can add pages, but 2010 marks the beginning of a new series and these coins should be stored in a separate album designated for Lincoln Shield Cents.</p><p><br /></p><p>One alternative is the CAPS albums.&nbsp; They are much more elegant.&nbsp; I wish the pages were darker colored instead of white as I think a darker colored background makes the coins standout more.&nbsp; On the plus side, I like the ability to customize pages and album titles.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another alternative is the Lighthouse binders, but a small series (such as Ike Dollars) would leave half of an album empty.</p><p><br /></p><p>With that said, I am left to three possible choices:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. I could keep the Dansco Albums, purchase blank binders, and find someone to custom print the album name on the binder with the font of my choosing.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. Or, print custom labels with the font of my choosing and cover the existing print on the albums (cheaper alternative).</p><p><br /></p><p>3. Buy all new CAPS albums.&nbsp; Considering the number of Dansco albums I have, buying all new CAPS albums and ditching the Dansco albums would be costly.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I am curious to know what others here think about their coin albums.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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