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Valued Member
United States
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So after contemplating with the idea of starting a US type set, I made the decide to go out and buy the Dansco 7070 album. However, as I stated in my previous post, trying to find the album has become like searching for a needle in a hay stack. Which has brought me to my latest idea.... I am going to try to collect all the coins listed in the Dansco 7070 album but I am only going to purchase certified coins that are birth years of family members. I have begun collecting the birth years from my family and I am trying to get all the way back to great great grandparents. I know its going to be difficult for some coins but it sure will make a pretty cool collection to pass down to my son. So with that being said.....Let the journey begin!!  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I started buying the coins before I picked up an album. There is always time to get the album when they become easier to find.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
561 Posts |
GREAT IDEA. I love the use of family members birth years. Good luck on your journey.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1054 Posts |
Looking like a great idea. Good luck with that fascinating endeavor.
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
12819 Posts |
 Man, that sounds like fun. Great idea! Good luck. |
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Rest in Peace
United States
7075 Posts |
That's a very good idea. Good luck!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
524 Posts |
When Dansco comes out with the revised 7070 I think there will be a flood of old ones on the market. A lot of people will move their collection to the new version and sell off the old one.
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 United States
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Good idea, jcd390!  Quote:
A lot of people will move their collection to the new version and sell off the old one. I will not.  The last time they revised it, I just ordered a replacement "bicentennial page" with the changes, which added the Sac Dollar, Statehood Quarter, ASE, and Commemorative Dollar holes. Everything else in the album stayed the same, except for some changes to the descriptions (for example, mine says Turban Head, where the current ones say Capped Bust). |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I agree that revised is not usually better. I don't think that Statehood Quarters, prez dollars, territory quarters, or ATBs really belong myself. Then you have to add the Westward Jeffs, 2009 cents, the 82 variety cents, it goes on and on, ad nauseum. |
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United States
187 Posts |
Great Idea for the type set! A nice collection and some family history. How about a family photo album to go with it?
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07/15/2012 5:36 pm
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Valued Member
United States
349 Posts |
Coin collecting and genealogy, my two favorite things! Great idea!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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yea purchasing the coins is whats its all about - finding an album is secondary in my opinion - I dont even use albums for my complete coin sets
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Pillar of the Community
United States
593 Posts |
I think that's a terrific idea! The Dansco 7070 is intended for loose coins. It's probably OK to crack open one or two slabs, but if you intend to collect the whole thing slabbed then consider this: https://www.eaglecoinholders.com/os...oducts_id=65I love their products, but invariably throw away the table of contents page and make my own to fit my particular needs. The pages are GREAT for storing slabbed coins. I really thing cracking open a bunch of slabs is an unwise move financially. If you want to use Dansco, get loose coins. If you want to collect slabbed coins, use Eagle or some other variety of slabbed coin holders. Just my humble opinion. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Someone I know made their own type set. They used 2x2's and those pages that hold 20 of the 2x2's. This way he could add or remove or rearange coins as he feels like doing. And since in a 3 ringed binder, can make it as large as he wahts too. Something to think about.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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jcd390 What you are doing here is building a family heirloom collection.
Lets hope the rest of your family appreciate the significance of this as much as you do.
One way of ensuring this is to press the slabs into rebates in a custom made board, something like a Dansco album, and include space alongside each slab for a photograph of the family menber to which the coin refers.
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Valued Member
 United States
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Ok guys, I just have to say, this is why I love this forum. I presented an idea and so many of you have made some great suggestions that I never even thought about! Thanks again and now I really can't wait to get started!!!
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Posted 07/13/2012 3:14 pm
