Starting A US Type Set

I completed the Dansco 7070 type set several years ago, and then decided I wanted to repeat the process, just this time with high grade (MS63 and better) PCGS and NGC graded coins. I set up registries on the NGC and PCGS websites. The NGC registry is more user friendly, and even allows you to collect coins graded by both services. The PCGS registry only accepts PCGS coins.

When I started I kept my graded coins in an NGC box (holds 20 coins). Like the registries, the NGC boxes accommodate both PCGS and NGC slabs. NGC slabs will not fit in PCGS boxes.

When I filled two boxes, I decided I wanted a better way to view my collection, so I started an album using high grade Ultra Pro baseball card sheets and the nicest leather bound three ring binder I could find. While flexible when empty, those 9 slot baseball card sheets become almost solid when you slide 9 PCGS/NGC slabbed coins into the slots. In a 2.5" binder, I can easily fit 6 sheets of 9 coins (54 coins). The Dansco 7070 type set holds 86 coins, and the NGC and PCGS registries accommodate a similar number of coins, so I will eventually need two 2.5" notebooks to hold my entire type set. As an added bonus, the notebooks fit easily in a safe or medium size SDB.

All things considered, I am very happy with this set up. I have shared the idea with members of my local coin club, and would recommend it to coin collectors looking to create a high grade collection everywhere.

I have a album made by littleton that holds the slabs and I have to say its not bad but every once in a while the slabs can fall out and I have found a couple on the floor because they slipped out.

I would get the older Whitman 9434 and 9435 albums. They are pretty comprehensive and fun to put together.

Well, it has been three years.

OP Last Visit: 09/19/2017

What the ...!?

I noticed my post where I mentioned storing my type set in Eagle Certified Coin Albums.
I haven't done that for years.
Then I noticed the date on my post was in 2014 and I understood.
So my set is slabbed and in Internet Shield slab boxes and mostly in a bank safe deposit box.
As I said my type set is based on the NGC Registry Type Set, 1793-1964.
I'm within about 5 coins of completion.
A few I'll won't get in an acceptable grade (to me) unless I hit the lottery:
-- 1796 Quarter
-- 1796 or 1797 Half Dollar/Small Eagle Reverse

The post has arisen from the great beyond just in time for Halloween!

Take a look at CAPS albums for 1800's Type Set and 1900's & 2000's Type Set. Includes many more coins. I have completed both albums.

CAPS has three types for Standing Liberty, three types for Three Cents, type for low and high relief Peace dollars, but still only one type for Mercury dimes! OUTRAGE!