I Started my Dansco US Type Set!

Nice looking coins

 

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Very very nice.

 

nice set you have going there! :thumb:

i have a dumb question... how many coins go in a 7070? i have contemplated starting one myself.

 

A type set is so much fun.
That's the main part of my collection.
You'll enjoy watching it grow.

Have fun.

 

Before buying a 7070 make sure you look at the Intercept Shield Type book if you haven't yet. I prefer it to the Dansco and am surprised more people don't have one. Last I checked it has all the same slots as a 7070, minus the gold page (which you can add), and the latest version includes everything up to the 2010 cents. I don't really understand why the 7070 get so much hype, almost seems like other options are ignored solely because so many people have a 7070. That alone is a reason to go with a different book, IMO.

 

I've built my type set based on the 1793-1964 NGC Registry Set.
That of course means I've ignored everything since 1964.
Just my personal preference.

If you look at the 1793-1964 NGC Registry Set you will see that it requires a LOT more coins for the same time period than any of the albums.
For instance, it requires 3 SLQ's, one more than most other listings.

And since I try to buy better coins, all mine are in NGC or PCGS slabs.
So I use Eagle Certified Coins albums.
Bulky, but the best I know of at this time.

 

I've never heard of the Intercept Shield folder. Having looked into it online, I can see it does in fact have more places for modern coins, but all set to an off-putting green color. I have no idea what their quality is like either.

The Dansco sets are just easily available I guess. Very high quality too.

 

The intercept's materials help preserve coins better.

 

If you stick with this set you will have an enormous amount of fun. I have been building mine for over a decade and am about half way finished.

 

I think you are doing a great job to start with, just make sure you like what you buy and not buy a coin just to fill the hole. That was a mistake I have made more than a few times.

 

Just ordered one! Thanks for the tip. I have a couple sets going in IS albums already. Never thought to look at their type set album which looks extremely nice. The Dansco one looks great too but the IS albums protect MS coins better. Looks like there's some more modern slots and I ordered the gold page too.
I've thought off and on about getting one of these going. The OP finally pushed me over the edge! Thanks and good luck with yours. It might take me two or three decades to complete it but every great journey starts with that first step.
These are really neat. Should look fantastic as it gets filled out and would probably be the most educational set to show a non-collectror trying to get a grasp of what all is out there. Most people have no clue.

Wasn't there somebody here who had one going and decided to quit? I know they got pretty far into it. I'd like to see a link to that thread again. Something like they didn't feel right about breaking out highly graded coins out of their slabs to put in the album anymore.

 

Found it!

Here you go guys. This was an interesting read from a while back about "Cracker's remorse" concerning illini's 7070 album.

http://www.cointalk.com/t70588/


I guess the moral of the story is, unless you're independently wealthy or just plain don't care, it's best to temper your expecations for grade levels of certain types that will be going in this album. Even if you can wing $1k for a high grade slabbed Barber for example, it probably doesn't make sense to crack it out and stick it in this album.

I will go as high grade as I can possibly go and 'still feel comfortable with'. Even if it does mean cracking some slabs. But I will temper my expectations for many of these issues in an effort to actually complete the album.

 

My only frustration with the Dansco (and ll other albums for that matter) is that there is no album that has slots for 18th century coinage. With the exception of the 1793 half cents and large cents along with the 1796 quarter and 1796/97 half, the cost of 18th century coinage is not astronomical (that is many thousands or tens of thousands of dollars).

If someone made a quality album with openings for the 18th century coins, I'd buy one is a second. In the meantime, I used scissors and two clear plastic 8x10 holders to make slots for the type coins missing from the current Dansco 7070 album (a picture of a coin means I have it, but it is currently in a slab).. Eventually, I hope to fill all but two of the missing coins.

 

The old blue Whitman Classic type set albums included virtually every type. This is a two album set that has slots for all the 18th century pieces as well as three slots for silver three-cent silvers, slots for large and small sized CB coinage and even the Gobrecht dollar. These albums have not been made in many years, but you can find them sometimes at larger shows or on ebay.

 

I had the old blue Whitman Classic album, which had a few extra slots for the Heraldic Eagle dollar, etc, but nowhere near the coverage of 18th century coinage I'd like.
Someone mentioned that Dansco will make custom albums. Does anyone know if this rumor is true (and what them might charge)?

 

I decided to take the plunge and order the Intercept shield type album myself today. Here's to years and years of enjoyable coin hunting!

 

I am doing my type set differently.
Since I'm buying better grade coins, I buy them slabbed and keep them slabbed.
So I use Eagle Certified Coin albums to hold them.
Plus I wasn't interested in types issued after 1964 so I'm missing many of the coins other people have.

I started by going through the Red Book and using it to guide me to what I thought a type set should be composed of.
Then I went to the NGC Registry Set and compared my list to theirs.
I found I had missed one (Type 2 SLQ with Recessed Date - 1925-1930).
I added it to my list.
But I also found that I had included one that NGC didn't (Large Cent - Matron Head Modified - 1837-1839).
So the basis of my type set is the NGC Registry Set (1793-1964) plus one.

I'm missing only one 20th century coin, the 1907 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle, High Relief.
I'm also missing many 18th century varieties.
As nearly as I can tell, these gaps will remain.

 

Wow this thread got bumped!

I actually finished the modern US coinage page.



I got a proof 1980 SBA, the silver Bicentennial set, and the '84 dollar. Why these choices?

1. I was born in 1980
2. The silver bicentennial set is prettier I guess
3. '84 was the year my future wife was born, I live near LA, AND the dollar also has one of the very best eagles to appear on a US coin.

All of these are reverse-up (except the Sac) because, in the case of the Bicentennial set, the obverses will have already been up in the book, the silver eagle's obverse already seen in the Walker half dollar, the state quarter and the SBA are reverse up (no explanation needed), and the 84 dollar's eagle is awesome as I said.

I think I may replace the Sac with a proof 2005 version. 2005 being the year I came to the US. Plus it'll match the row then.

 

Looking great D.H. I like how you chose to go with the reverses up on several of them. I agree, it just makes sense and I was considering the same for many types.

The silver commemorative looks great! I didn't even know which one that was at first. Never paid much attention to the Olympics commems but that is a good one.

This is a great thread. I hope others will share their 7070's here as well. I'm excited to get my album now. So many possibilities and options!

 

Another thing I was considering was mounting a vintage postcard of the Philadelphia mint (or another old mint) on the opposite side of the cover. I'm kind of thinking of this set as a presentation as a whole I guess.