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Valued Member
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I'm new to this. What's ment by 7070. Once you tell me, I say "oh yeah! I knew that"!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It is the Dansco U.S. Type album.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Hi Spud -
It's the number of a Dansco album for a US Type set. It contains most major US coin types minted between around 1800-2000 and is a pretty popular one to collect it seems. You can see my example in my links below.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I started my own 7070 album after I joined this forum and learned how cool they were. They don't make the album anymore so you will have to look for a used one or an older one that hasn't been opened before. I got mine for $14 at my LCS and it's in decent condition. They can be purchased also on ebay. On a side note, Dansco been promising to update and start manufacturing the album again but they've been saying this for years so I'll believe it when I see it. |
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United States
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the Intercept Shield Type Set Album is better than the 7070 and can be easily found still
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Valued Member
 United States
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Very cool! Ken Kat, nice collection. I'll half to think about doing this
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United States
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Thanks for asking the question about the "7070," spud...I was wondering this too. A question...KenKat -- I was looking at your 7070, and noticed something. Looking at your Seated Liberty quarters, you have one under the "1853-1855 arrows" slot, that on the reverse shows "rays" extending outward from the eagle. However, I have an 1854 Seated Liberty quarter, with arrows, but the reverse does NOT have those "rays;" instead, it has the same reverse as the "1838-1865 no motto" version...i.e., without the "rays." What's up with that? Steve |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Only the 1853 quarter and half has the rays along with the arrows. The 1854 has arrows only.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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steve goss, go read the reason for the "rays". its genuine American History
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United States
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Thanks, Johnny.
dsfreeworld -- will do...I'll see what I can find...
Steve
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United States
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dsfreeworld --
Can't find much about the "rays" specifically; the arrows I knew about -- and if that's what you are referring to, i.e. not the rays specifically but the reason for the "arrows and rays" change that occurred between 1852 and 1853, then yes, that is INDEED fascinating...(people hoarding and melting the larger, pre-1853 silver coins, producing a major coin shortage in the U.S.)
The one thing I did find interesting was that the reason the rays were discontinued for 1854 and 1855 was that it was harder to prepare the dies with the rays, and the dies wore out more quickly, thus costing more money...)
Steve
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Hi Steve - You are correct; 1853 was the only year for the rays on the reverse - they were dropped in 1854. Since Dansco left that slot open to either, I chose to put an 1853 in there because it is one of my favorite designs. I never really knew why it only lasted one year, so being curious, went to Google and found this article: http://www.parkavenumis.com/liberty...d-rays-1853/Quote:
To save the cost and time of an extra operation, the new Director, James Ross Snowden, decided that the reverse rays would be dropped from following issues. |
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Ken -- yep, I found that link also...and another that mentioned the dies with the rays would wear out more quickly, thus making the "rays" quarter more expensive to mint, overall...
Definitely a beautiful coin!
Steve
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