I REALLY like this from PCGS

[CSdot]

If I were PCGS I would be more concerned with copying the trade dress of the Whitman blue and Dansco brown albums they are virtually recreating.

 

If I were an attorney for either company I would have already filed suit and worked out a licensing fee for each Registry Album created by users. This little PCGS invention will obviously impact sales of their albums.

 

I wouldn't think the virtual album would cause any negative financial impact on sellers of physical albums. How many collectors actually crack their slabbed coins and place them in a physical album? Not many at all I would think. In fact, I would suggest that the virtual albums might introduce collectors to the physical album concept.

[brg5658]

If I were PCGS I would be more concerned with copying the trade dress of the Whitman blue and Dansco brown albums they are virtually recreating.

 

If I were an attorney for either company I would have already filed suit and worked out a licensing fee for each Registry Album created by users. This little PCGS invention will obviously impact sales of their albums.

 

I wouldn't think the virtual album would cause any negative financial impact on sellers of physical albums. How many collectors actually crack their slabbed coins and place them in a physical album? Not many at all I would think. In fact, I would suggest that the virtual albums might introduce collectors to the physical album concept.

 

I think you'd be surprised. There are a LOT of collectors who crack out coins to put in albums.

[BROADSTRUCK]

If I were PCGS I would be more concerned with copying the trade dress of the Whitman blue and Dansco brown albums they are virtually recreating.

 

If I were an attorney for either company I would have already filed suit and worked out a licensing fee for each Registry Album created by users. This little PCGS invention will obviously impact sales of their albums.

 

I wouldn't think the virtual album would cause any negative financial impact on sellers of physical albums. How many collectors actually crack their slabbed coins and place them in a physical album? Not many at all I would think. In fact, I would suggest that the virtual albums might introduce collectors to the physical album concept.

 

I think you'd be surprised. There are a LOT of collectors who crack out coins to put in albums.

 

I was looking at Air-Tite Albums yesterday after seeing this

[coinman_23885]

If I were PCGS I would be more concerned with copying the trade dress of the Whitman blue and Dansco brown albums they are virtually recreating.

 

If I were an attorney for either company I would have already filed suit and worked out a licensing fee for each Registry Album created by users. This little PCGS invention will obviously impact sales of their albums.

 

+1

[scubafuel]

The design PCGS picked is definitely interesting. Probably they have a licensing deal already. When we were building CollectiveCoin , we considered adding virtual album dress, but in the end thought it looked too kitschy. It does bring some nostalgia value though.

 

If anyone is looking for a registry-like option for displaying a collection, but has been stymied by coins in multiple company's slabs and/or raw, we'd be happy to host.

 

Being able to display a high quality album online (registry or not) while the coins themselves are safely locked away should definitely be a boost for the hobby.

 

Matt (scubafuel)