The attraction of customized albums

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I have always been for binders and 2x2's as they are flexible systems to hold type sets of world coins.

Every now and then I see complete or nearly complete customized albums go for very fair prices. Leuchhturm/Lighthouse Vistas are nice for euro coins and today I noticed this a bit cheap looking "The USSR and successor states" set for €40 (binder + 15 coin sets + 2 bills):

https://www.huuto.net/kohteet/the-ussr-and-the-successor-states-rahoja-kansiossa/476831838/kuvat

Most of the coins would be duplicates for me so I passed this, but would like to see if you have similar type of customized sets or albums to show?
Those are interesting, but not for me- looks way too tacky and tourist-oriented.

If I received that as a gift, I'd cut everything out.
Yes, I know the soft and thin plastic of these coin sets as I have bought similar looking sets (with different labels) probably from the same manufacturer.

At first think that I would take the binder and put all my soviet and successor states types there (in 2x2's as it's 4-ring binder). But then my current binder system would be broken and I don't like it. Same with those nice Vista albums.
I see no interest to buy any albums already filled with coins.

There are some customized albums for the USSR/Russian coins which seems to be much better if you like such albums: https://www.albonumismatico.com/for-usssr-coin (unfortunately in Russian only)

My personal list of scammers from Numista: erniemix, yvain, CassTaylor
Yes those are nice looking and made with better materials like American Dansco albums.

Buying filled albums takes away part of the fun of hunting indeed. Though sometimes you can find filled collections at a low price and then just keep what you need and sell/swap the rest. In the end the keepers may be totally free for you.

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