Dansco 7070 Type Set Average Cost Per Hole

Please believe me that this reply is in no way meant to brag, but is only meant to share with others. I know this group can appreciate the beauty of what I spent decades accomplishing, having finished my slabbed Dansco 7070 set with gold about three years ago.

Since many will want to know, my average cost per coin for the 83 slots with gold is a tiny bit over $4,000. Lucky for me most of these coins were purchased between three and twenty years ago. Today, the cost would be higher.

1. About This Set: Out of the 83 coins, 68 are eligible for a CAC. All coins eligible for a CAC have one.

2. There are 69 coins in this set where the coin can potentially be graded with a "+" (coins graded 69 or 70 are ineligible to get a "+"). Of these 69 eligible for a "+", 44 of my coins are graded with a "+" (63%).

3. This set contains one Flying Eagle cent and three Indian Head cents. Not only do each of those four coins have a CAC sticker, but all four each have the Eagle Eye Photo Seal from Rick Snow.

Ranked ahead of my set is the absolutely phenomenal set of D. L. Hansen, followed by his daughter Diana's set, followed by Black Cat. It's impossible for me to get my set anywhere near their gorgeous sets.

A hotlink to my set appears in my signature line below.

Steve

Winesteven, thank you for sharing the statistics of your type set. It isn't often that us smaller guys can get useful and interesting information about bigger-time collections. Very well done on your collection, I always enjoy clicking your links to view your coins every once in a while.



Who knows? We are in a completely new society than what has ever lived in the past. People have more extra money and credit card debt than ever before. The coin hobby has been flourishing because of these events. Who can tell exactly how long this will last? When a stock has an exponential increase, does it stay that way forever? I am not trying to intentionally differ, but just bring up different points of discussion. Me personally, I think the coin hobby is going to continue to flourish for at least my lifetime (60 years). Coin values and interest has been steadily increasing since the dawn of the United States. If something drastic happens, then numismatic premiums could diminish very quickly. Coin collecting has been around for as long as coins were being made, so I certainly can't see it going to zero. No need to get into politics, but a political/environmental/economical disaster could change everything.

You're absolutely correct! When I started out about fifty years ago, I fell in love with the concept of a Type Set of U.S. coins, and that's how it started for me. It was truly low budget, yet the truth is, I got just as much pleasure from it then as I get now, including the pleasure of showing it to others, as well as the hunt!

Thanks for your kind words. Regarding my sets, although it's not yet quite complete, I'm most excited about my special Indian Head cent set!

Steve

After reading this thread. I may just have to start a 7070 set. I know, I would be able to fill many holes with coins I already have.

@Winesteven what an amazing type set!

@Raised on rock, this is how I started my type set as well, as I'm sure many others did too. I hope one day I'll be able to upgrade to a much nicer, slabbed set. But it's fun to hope and continue trying to fill out the set the best I can along the way.

Mark, that's a REAL nice set! Enjoy!

Steve

@Slerk, I wish you well.

Steve