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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11951 Posts |
I have been trying to fill some of the empty holes in my Modern commemorative dollar albums. This is a three volume set. I am very close to having the labeled holes filled for Vol. 1 and Vol. 3. I still need the proof Medal of honor and proof U.S. Army.
I really try to buy these coins at the best price possible. These last two seem harder to find for less than $30. Someone once told me .. We don't collect coins because it is easy, we do it because it is hard ..  Here are some pictures of my latest additions           |
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
11951 Posts |
Volume One I have had one empty hole in Vol. 1 for almost a year. I was try to get one closer to $20 than $30. I gave up and bought one on ebay for $30. But that does complete Vol.     |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Volume 3 As I posted above, I was trying to fill all the labeled holes for Vol. 3. I have not gotten the last two proofs. I might switch my focus to filling the empty holes in Vol. 2, but pick up the Medal of honor and U.S. Army if the come into the LCS. Vol.3     |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
591 Posts |
I love these, really great purchases. I also collect modern commemorative dollars, but pretty much just the UNCs and only the ones that really resonate with me. I have a one-page blank Dansco (12 slots) design I'm working on (not by date, sort of by theme).
I have the first three of these (UNCs). Great designs. I love that Franklin especially, and the Lewis & Clark reverse! Do you have your own tried and true technique for cracking slabs? I recently picked up the somewhat pricier 1996 National Community Service for $53...and will have to crack a slab.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11951 Posts |
I should ha e went out to the shop and got the dremel tool.
Use that to cut the edeges...
I ended up just taking a good pair of pleyers and cracking away the edeges
until I could slide the coin out.
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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That's a lot of lovely silver in gorgeous Commemorative format.  When I knock a few other things off my numismatic to-do list, I'll surely add this! Love it. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Gotcha, I'm sure there are lots of ways to do the crack outs.
I like how you filled those two empty holes with the Eisenhower bicentennial dollars. Are those the silver-clad versions? Some sort of label maker you have on clear stickers?
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Rest in Peace
United States
17900 Posts |
A beautiful, memorial collection. They look so very impressive displayed together.
I've nearly persuaded myself to collect the moderns. I'm still missing 5 of my classic, which has been my excuse not to go to the newer issues.
I probably won't have any excuse at all once my CSC are complete.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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This set is so under the radar, it's not even funny. I will probably put a nice Dansco set like you did. Well done!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Thanks all ...
When this set is complete it will be one of my top three favorite Dansco sets.
I still need 16 dollars to complete Vol. 2. I will be watching for deals
to fill those empty holes.
I hope in the future Dansco will put out Vol. 4, and put out a replacement
page 4 for Vol 3, above.
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I did add the 40% Ike's to the first Vol. My thought is, the Bicenntenial
Ike's are the first modern commemorative dollars
I made the labels with a P-touch label maker, clear tape black letters.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It's great to see your progress with the proof dollars. I have all the proofs but only a few of the uncurculated examples. I'm happy with just one example of each design but your endeavor looks challenging.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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It is quite a challenge muddler .l. At least for me.
I do think I am getting close.
Right now I am just counting the labeled holes.
For the 3 albums there are 134 labeled holes. I have 116 filled.
18 more coins I will be pretty happy.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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My last ones were the Atlanta coins. I waited for a set I liked instead of buying the individual coins.
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Moderator
 United States
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Nice additions. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I still haven't figured out how the baseball commem is going to work out if dansco does an update. It's a challenge to get some of them for under that $30 mark isn't it.
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Moderator
United States
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Great progress GR58. Looking forward to more additions from you.
Edit to add ... my strong advise to anyone wishing to pursue these coins is to purchase them after-market and not directly from the Mint during the US Mint release timeframe.
With practically no exceptions, every commemorative dollar issued from 2010 to date, both Proof and UNC versions, sells for less now than the original issue price.
PM on the way to GR58 to see if I can help fill a few of those holes.
David
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01/22/2017 08:30 am
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