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<p>[QUOTE="CamaroDMD, post: 2576597, member: 5233"]So, I have been trying to come up with a new area to collect. Something that will be fun but be on the affordable side. One thing that I have never really embraced is commemorative coins. I have been thinking that a relatively inexpensive type are the modern half dollars. For the most part, they are affordable and fairly easy to come by. Plus, the variety in design would make it fun visually.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was looking at the Dansco albums online for them and it appears that the most recent version of the only is labeled up through 2001 and only has space for 32 coins. Is there a newer version? I was actually thinking about just getting a black album and putting 4 or 5 blank half dollar pages in it and creating custom labels. I think right now, there are about 40 coins in a complete set (including both BUs and proofs) and more will come out in the future. Four of five pages will last me a long time.</p><p><br /></p><p>Does anyone have any suggestions on how the label black pages in an esthetic way? I would prefer to print something out that I can stick onto the pages...perhaps even onto some kind of printable clear sticker. Does anyone have any experience with this?</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, has anyone tried to assemble such a set? Finally, does the baseball coin (which it's slightly curved design) fit into Dansco pages or is it too thick?</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="CamaroDMD, post: 2576597, member: 5233"]So, I have been trying to come up with a new area to collect. Something that will be fun but be on the affordable side. One thing that I have never really embraced is commemorative coins. I have been thinking that a relatively inexpensive type are the modern half dollars. For the most part, they are affordable and fairly easy to come by. Plus, the variety in design would make it fun visually. I was looking at the Dansco albums online for them and it appears that the most recent version of the only is labeled up through 2001 and only has space for 32 coins. Is there a newer version? I was actually thinking about just getting a black album and putting 4 or 5 blank half dollar pages in it and creating custom labels. I think right now, there are about 40 coins in a complete set (including both BUs and proofs) and more will come out in the future. Four of five pages will last me a long time. Does anyone have any suggestions on how the label black pages in an esthetic way? I would prefer to print something out that I can stick onto the pages...perhaps even onto some kind of printable clear sticker. Does anyone have any experience with this? Also, has anyone tried to assemble such a set? Finally, does the baseball coin (which it's slightly curved design) fit into Dansco pages or is it too thick? Thanks.[/QUOTE]
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