Now I've Gone And Done It!

My 7070 type set comes before all other sets. I use the best examples I have for that set with everything else going to the date sets. But that's just me.

I find myself putting my better coins in my type set. Of course you can always move a coin back to your regular sets if a different set comes along.

I really like the 1998 S matte proof coin .. I might have to do the same thing, putting one in the silver kennedy hole.

As for the commemorative dollar it is very hard to choose, right now I have a Jefferson UNC. I choose the Jefferson becuase I am trying for all president coins for my commerative slots .. Half dollars Washington, Madison, Lincoln and Grant then Jefferson for the dollar.

Again what ever you choose .. you can always change it later.

So for my walking liberty should I crack out the proof



Or take this from the date set?

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.