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My Dansco 7070 Type Coin album has slots for 4 $.50 cent and 1 for a $1.00 Commemorative. Why are they part of a Type Set? I cant find any reason for them in the Album because they carry no significant date or image changes from previous coinage. Did I miss something in that are there certain coins that are supposed to fill these slots? To me Commemoratives are just extra ways for the mint to get more money out of us. Hope I didn't upset you Commemorative collectors. Just my personal opinion. Will fill those slots with some nice extra halves and an other Morgan for the dollar slot. Let me know how you guys feel about the Commemoratives in the albums.
edgman
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To take up some of the additional space, or to provide balance? You never know, they (Dansco) may be taking those spots out during their upgrade?
I only have one Commemorative Half in my slabbed 7070 so far (Texas, but I am looking at a Pan-Pac and San Diego) and I chose the Dolley Madison for the Commemorative Dollar.
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09/14/2012 1:04 pm
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Maybe a suggestion for you as all commemorative coins have a face value why don't you get circulated examples. That way the coins will be more comparable to the others in a 7070. The bullion ASE is also a non circulating coin but it too is in the 7070. Edited by muddler
09/14/2012 1:20 pm
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I don't understand what you mean their images and dates aren't different? They all have significantly different designs and look nothing like other coinage
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baseball21
What I mean is that they dont follow a previous dated coin and the images dont follow previous images of the same numeric valued coin. Dont think I got that right. They dont follow a lineage. Think of monarchy. The Tudors and Winsors are different but still the same Rex and Regina.
edgman
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To fill space and to represent coins of US history in my opinion is why they do them in the type set. They all have a face value and you could spend them as US legal tender like any other coin and it gives you a glimpse into practices of the mint and commemoratives without overloading you with filling an entire album (there is 48 early commemorative halves and 16 modern ones, one early commemorative dollar and 65 modern dollars, so 64 and 66), Heck you can even make you type set fancy by adding some rare commemoratives in there. Add the Lafayette Dollar and my personal favorites which can be a little pricy the 1915 Panama Pacific, the 1925 California Jubilee, a 1926-1939 Oregon Trail Memorial (find the rarest date ;) ), and the Baby Bridge San Fransisco.
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Starting to see your point. Keep the replies coming. Started topic with will never put them into my album. Now down to maybe if they are the right ones, etc. Do they have any MacArthur or Patton! I have a set of Disabled Veterans.
edgman
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No MacArthur or Patton yet but I have heard rumors of a five star general coin for the future. There is an Eisenhower tho.   |
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Interesting topic by edgman ... all honest views welcome here for discussion. I readily admit that I am a fan of the USA commemorative coins ... and appreciate the opportunity to share my thoughts on the topic. I can not speak to the logic of number of holes in the 7070 for commemorative ... that is a marketing decision. I can however speak for the desire to include commemorative issues in your type set ... IMHO the US commemorative series presents the best opportunity for collectors to 'customize' their 7070 based on themes that resonate at a personal level. You do not have many choices when it come to selecting a Jefferson war silver nickel ... or any other coin in the 7070 for that matter. Sure ... you can choose date, grade, etc ... but by and large the type is what it is and your job is to find an example that fills the hole and meets your needs. Now comes along those pesky 5 commemorative slots ... and an enlightened collector will realize this is where they get to choose amongst many coins to assemble a theme that means something to them. There are numerous 'themes' that can be pursued based on the unique and tremendous variety of potential coins available. Are you a fan of the history of the Civil War edgman? If so ... you could fill three of the half dollar slots with the Stone Mountain, Gettysburg and Antietam halves. Many States and locales have commemorative coins .... you can choose based on location. How about the story of the American experience told in coins? Columbian (discovery) ... Pilgrim (settlement) ... Patriot (independence) and pick from any number of great coins to represent a modern event that matters to you. Anyways ... hoping my words convey the idea that IMHO you should celebrate the freedom those 5 slots give you to customize your 7070. The USA commemorative coin series is unique in our coinage history in that each coin represents a historical record of some specific event .... and as such we as collectors have a tremendous opportunity to pick and choose amongst them to enjoy forever coins that resonate for us personally based on our life experience and views. Long reply ... that's my story and I'm sticking with it.  David |
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I think the simple answer is that the Dansco 7070 album is a ‘Type Set' album and the coins of the US commemorative series are distinct ‘types' of US coins. Those "extra" holes in the album have always been about adding a bit of variety (and additional history) to the standard circulation set. While the intent of US commemoratives coins has always been more about creating a souvenir of some sort rather than as circulating coinage, circulated examples of all of the early series issues (1892-1954) exist, as noted by others, and thus illustrate that they were used just like any other coin produced and therefore very much a valid "type" coin. Also, these early coins were not an "...extra way for the Mint to get more money out of us..." They may have been struck by the US Mint, but they were privately sponsored and were used as fundraisers by the sponsors. The same is true for the modern issues, though the US Mint serves as the primary coin marketer and distributor now and sends the surcharges collected to the sponsor after sales have concluded. I hope you do decide to add a few commemoratives to your type set, it will certainly round out your collection! Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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As an addition to nicklesearcher's Civil War thyme your fourth coin could be the 1995 Civil War Battlefield preservation coin. It's in my 7070.
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OK, guys you made sense to me. Guess a few Commens whold brighten the set up. Since I am a Veteran I will look into that area. I do have Disabled American Veterns medal so that could be one. Guess I'll be getting into the Commemoratives area a little. Are there any Korean War Commemoratives that anyone knows of? A month ago I was a Morgan and a Lincoln Cent proof collector. Then it was into Type Coins which now leads to Commemoratives. Wow. edgman |
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There is modern cUS ommemorative silver dollar marking the Korean War, it was released in 1991.
Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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For your consideration. 1991 Korean War   1994 Prisoner of war   1994 Vietnam Veterans Memorial   Or the Marine Corps   There are several military themed Commemorative dollars. |
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That's the spirit ... at least consider expanding your horizons to consider commemorative that mean something to you. Korean War ... as Commems stated a 1991 issue ...  Truly ... discover your theme and enjoy the commemorative collecting experience. David |
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