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Steamwalker
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I just started a US commemorative type set and wanted to show the first coins I got for my Dansco 7094 album. I am starting with the least expensive coins. The coins actually look better in hand than the pictures show.
1893 Columbus:
1925 Stone Mountain:
1951 Booker T Washington:
1952 Washington/Carver:
EDIT: Put up better pictures. Edited by Steamwalker
08/12/2008 12:49 am
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Pillar Of The Community
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Looks interesting. I might start one myself...  |
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United States
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I have a few in my 7070 album and this makes me want to expand even more than that. Is a 7094 album in my future?
Thanks for sharing!
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
Mark Twain
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Question about that album- does it have one slot per commemorative type or slots for all of the date/mint mark combos?
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United States
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The 7094 is the type set (50 coins) and the 7095 is the full year/mintmark album (144 coins).
Edited by Steamwalker
07/31/2008 01:05 am
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Pillar Of The Community
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Just bought this album on the internet. Thanks for the "inspiration"!  Edited by Sir Ferrari
07/31/2008 02:19 am
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Thats a good challenge for a set but when it's done it sure will look pretty all filled up.
Good Luck
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Nice photos and good luck on your endeavour!  |
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I only have 10 or 12 Comm.'s ......and have never really persued them until the last year and a half or two with the new ones. I've bought some older ones at auctions and my dad has given me a few over time. Just picked up the John Marshall and the Lewis & Clark Proofs recently too.
I've always got so much "other" work to do and persue on my coins, that I just never really thought about doing this.......might have to ponder it !
I do like them and respect the challenge you're going to do and hope we get to see the progress as you go along !
Nice pics and coins so far there !
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There are definitely easier ones to complete because of the cost but few coins have the kind of historical value and low mintages of early US commemoratives.
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 I may not pursue the album for awhile, but I'll still continue to nab them when I see them. Problem is, I don't like "all" of them.....most of them yes....but some I just really don't care for. That's what keeps me from doing the album I think... 
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Thanks for sharing.
I have always liked the Stone Mountain one.
I wish I was back in the states so I could buy this one plus other coins.
CCF member Member Since: 07/27/2008
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Kena.....Ebay allows you to buy "worldwide" whatever and whenever you want !.....doesn't matter where you live !...
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Problem is, I don't like "all" of them.....most of them yes....but some I just really don't care for this is my feelings also, there are a few I like but a bunch I dont care for at all, it seems the ones I like are the more expensive ones the ones I don't like seem to be a dollar a dozen. I really want a Roanoke Island (just because I'm from NC) and a California, and a Oregon trail commemorative but the rest are not a design I have to have even though there are some I like but not as good as the ones mentioned. I could probably just get the 4 designs I really like and put them in my 7070 album in the places I have my modern half commems and be happy with that but as I said the ones I like seem to be the more expensive ones
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Yes, I am aware that eBay allows people to buy no matter where they live.
I miss visiting the dealers or going to shows to see the coin in person before I buy. Looking on eBay is not the same.
Hit or miss on finding sellers who want to ship to the UK and not charge a over the top for it.
Of course, now since I found this web site, there is lots of good advice and suggested sellers.
CCF member Member Since: 07/27/2008
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The 50-piece type set is much like collecting the 50 state quarters. I collect them for completeness sake rather than the ones which have a design I like. It may not be the most apt analogy as some commemoratives are dirt cheap while others are well over a thousand dollars but I like the fact that each has it's own story.
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Posted 07/30/2008 9:17 pm
