Now I've Gone And Done It!

Wow! Wish I had that problem! Personally I would go with the 1916. Not because I am opposed to cracking that slob...but first yearr in that condition trumps the proof IMO.

I put a 42 proof Jefferson In mine and it developed a haze.

I'm with basebal21. If I need two of the same coin, the better one goes into the regular album. But if I had some really nice Seated Liberty dollars that magically showed up in my Type Set album I would go the other way. I try not to crack open cases too often. It's like throwing money away.

Personally, I would think that the 7070 would be better suited for the best looking non-proof example I could find to put into the set. I imagine if/when I do mine I would be looking for the most common higher grade examples to put in the 7070 because I want to eventually work on sets of the other series.

I can certainly see the side that wants to add the key dates to the 7070 and if I didn't have a desire to collect a set of the series I would probably be in this camp as well.

At the end of the day I don't think you can go wrong either way.

my uncle had a type folder 40 -50 years ago that got me interested in coins. if dansco was making the 7070 that far back, that's the one he had. one christmas I got him a philly vdb cent for an open slot, only a buck or 2 at local show, and it made me proud to be able to fill a slot in his amazing book. move ahead 45 years and I'm buying my own 7070. My childhood collection was the source of the first 15 to 20 slots. Over the next few years I filled up the book via coin shows, ebay and my local coin shop with everything from proofs to sure fire body baggers - even cracked a fair amount of slabs......common theme was not grade or eye appeal, but rather cost of acquiring..... then reacquiring as I upgraded earlier purchases. I started removing coins from my 7070 about a year ago and putting into 2x2's and then in bank vault - not so much because of their value but because of how much it would hurt if something happened to them. I miss looking at the book but have nice photo archive and a new plan for the empty 7070. that is to fill it back up with coins that didn't make the final cut of the first "edition". I'm thinking this will give me a 7070 set I can see and show the grandkids and another set safe and sound. better still, it will give me some new blank spots to fill.

I understand where just carl is coming from. I also hate to look at my coins through a plastic slab. Not being able to handle a coin or put in a slot in my Dansco takes away some of the fun of coin collecting. That being said, I have purchased, reluctantly, expensive key and semi key date coins in slabs primarily to protect my self from counterfeits, and I probably will not crack these coins out of their slabs.

I definitely understand and respect that everyone likes to collect different. I dont see anything wrong with people that prefer to have their coins raw in albums or how every they want, just like theres nothing wrong with having them in slabs.

My issue with saying "I collect coins not slabs" is it just comes off so arrogant and elitist like you arent a real collector if you dont keep them raw. Both are great ways to keep a coin and to each their own. Would just be nice if people didnt imply those of us who prefer slabs are only collecting plastic

When I started a Finnish type set I sold all the rest of the series off. I just got bored to look for similar coins page after page. Then started world type set collection (20th-21st century) so no "spare time" anytime soon. I have opened several mint sets but I if need only one coin from it I'll buy it separately instead of throwing money away.