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Anyone Consider Doing Every Type Set?

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 Posted 11/19/2013  8:59 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add sirdizzy to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Ok I have been doing my 7070 for the better part of a decade and I really love the set. I think its my favorite set and I'll be sad when its done. Recently I started doing the Whitman 20th Century type set for my little boy and found that has been a lot of fun to fill. I mean its only 39 slots and no killers (most expensive hole is the T1 Standing Liberty quarter). That set is nearly done with 7 to go. I have done a lot of it as downgrades from my 7070 or coins found from circulation (the washington silver quarter, the Indian Head cent, the Buffalo nickel, the Mercury dime were all pulled from circ). Once done with that I was going to start a second set for my new baby boy so more chances to downgrade.

But it got me really wanting to do a set of my own, so I am thinking of doing a third set when done with the first 2. I was also thinking of doing the Whitman 20th and 21st century album which is 40 slots and even easier than the 20th century with your most expensive coins being your Morgan and Peace dollars. Heck its another chance for me to have an excuse to own another morgan or Peace dollar and I am not a big 2x2 fan or stock boxes I like my coins in albums and I don't think I'd ever do those sets because of the unlikely hood of ever finishing them (well I guess the Peace dollar sets not too bad with the only toughie being the 1928). So its a win win (plus I get other favorites like owning multiple Standing Liberty quarters and Walking Liberty halves).

So that got me thinking man it would be cool doing every type set offered. Littleton, Dansco, Whitman, Intercept Shield and I think the US mint has one too. Littleton is interesting as it has a 19th century album and a 20th century type album with them being 57 and 29 coins each so 86 coins more than the 7070. But they also offer just a type album as well, haven't been able to see what are in the three sets. Whitman of course has there 20th century and 20th and 21st century albums which I plan to do one of each. But they also offer a basic type set that is much easier than the 7070. Its only 43 coins and basically is one of each so only one Half Cent, one large cent, one Indian Head cent etc. Great set to do for upgrades on the 7070 as if you upgrade say one of your Seated halves you can just drop it in the basic whitman type set problem is since its just one of each downgrades run out quick.

Then of course there is the intercept shield type set that is actually closest to the 7070 and almost identical except for a few exceptions. The intercept shield adds the 2010-current Lincoln, the 2006-current Jefferson nickel, and the 2009 quarter. But drops the 4 slots for the commemorative halves, all three bicentenial coins quarter, half and dollar, the commemorative dollar and the silver eagle dollar making its set as 70. The gold page for that one is weird two as it adds the type II dollar coin and the indian head making its page 12 instead of 10. But I am not even sure if I will do the gold page for the 7070 was thinking it would be a great excuse to get maybe get a 2 1/2 dollar indian or a gold dollar though.

So has anyone considering doing every US type set offered. I know the 7070 is the most popular but I have had a lot of fun with the Whitman set.
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I suggest taking a look at the type set in the NGC Registry.
It's a lot broader in scope than the 7070.
And I have no idea what the PCGS Registry type set looks like.
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PCGS has one thats a show stopper. 137 coin monster with gold. Only 3 people have ever completed it and one of those people was Louis Elisaberg's collection which was actually in 2nd place for the nicest. You need at least 7 1700s era coppers for that set just to give an idea of what its like
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PCGS set registry has a lot of type set ideas. I rather enjoy looking at the design type options to get ideas. PCGS also breaks down sets into denomination sets (ie nickel type) or by design (ie barber type or seated type). There is also a basic type set which is less in depth than the 7070 but has more moderns and is easier to put together. Of course none of these have an album to go with them though.
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LOL I have no desire to do a PCGS set then considering only 3 people have completed it. Its taken me nearly a decade to the do 7070 I wouldn't live long enough to do a PCGS set (granted I sold the majority of my set once and completely another time so I have started over twice now). I just think it would be fun to have the different albums and the different sets and you can upgrade the 7070 and use the downgrades to fill other sets, eventually that would turn into a pretty sweet 7070.

I am down to 18/19 coins on the 7070 granted a lot of them are the bigger ticket items but I am hoping I can finish the set by the end of next year and then I need to decide what I want to do next. I was thinking I would rebuild a franklin set in ms63 or higher and I am thinking the short set of Walking Liberty halves. That Peace dollar set doesn't look too daunting either maybe an Ike dollar set. I do want to find a blank album for my governmental bullion of the world. I have an eagle, a panda, and a maple leaf. Was going to grab a libertad next week and then a philharmonic and a Kookaburra. I like type coins :) If I could ever find albums I liked I would do a Canadian and British type set too.
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Lol dizzy the monster one is their crowning achievement one. They have 100s of different ones though that have a lot of interesting ideas. They have everything from the moster which is 1 of every single type of every, to ones where its just one per design.

They have some where its just for that century, or even just for that type of coin like a seated liberty type set.

Id definitely recommend browsing through them for anyone looking for set ideas.
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