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<p>[QUOTE="aubade21, post: 1660547, member: 44104"]Those books are what I had when my father started me collecting 25-30 years ago and it was a lot of fun.</p><p>My books were of lincoln cents and buffalo nickels. To start, however, I didn't go for the uncirculated stuff, so taking </p><p>them in and out of the album to look at them with sticky fingers was no big deal. </p><p><br /></p><p>But if it were me, I would say go for it. Along the way, she will learn how to handle coins carefully to keep them </p><p>in uncirculated condition (hard when pushing coins in these album though). In my opinion, for the money you would spend on a </p><p>new, higher priced album, you could plug up several of those holes with Roosevelts. I would, however, keep on eye out for used </p><p>dansco/littleton albums at coin shows. I grabbed a couple of them in nearly new condition for 4 bucks each. </p><p>Having one of these, as pballer stated, would help keep the coins in UNC condition and avoid the fingerprints and coins randomly falling</p><p>out of the cheaper albums.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="aubade21, post: 1660547, member: 44104"]Those books are what I had when my father started me collecting 25-30 years ago and it was a lot of fun. My books were of lincoln cents and buffalo nickels. To start, however, I didn't go for the uncirculated stuff, so taking them in and out of the album to look at them with sticky fingers was no big deal. But if it were me, I would say go for it. Along the way, she will learn how to handle coins carefully to keep them in uncirculated condition (hard when pushing coins in these album though). In my opinion, for the money you would spend on a new, higher priced album, you could plug up several of those holes with Roosevelts. I would, however, keep on eye out for used dansco/littleton albums at coin shows. I grabbed a couple of them in nearly new condition for 4 bucks each. Having one of these, as pballer stated, would help keep the coins in UNC condition and avoid the fingerprints and coins randomly falling out of the cheaper albums.[/QUOTE]
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