Just Completed My Dansco Washington Quarter Album!! I Think

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Spud Valued Member United States 308 Posts	Posted 04/21/2015 6:20 pm It's complete! Took me 3 1/2 yrs. but I have a couple questions I would like all your advice on. First my book only goes to 1980, do most of you think I should buy a new book the goes to 1989 like the series did? Second question is that I have three coins that I got that are in slabs. 1936s ms-64, 1937s ms-64, and the last coin I bought 1935d Au-58. Should I crack them out and put in the book or leave in the slabs? One more question, when a book says (proof only issues). Does that mean that all the spots for the philly mints should be the proof of that yr. they didn't make any Washington quarters proof coins before I think 1938. Mine only go back to 1955, after that they get mighty spendy. Report this Post to the Staff

jbuck Moderator United States 187914 Posts	Posted 04/21/2015 6:21 pm Congratulations! Do you mean 1998, not 1989? Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
ChildOfTheWheat Pillar of the Community United States 5828 Posts	Posted 04/21/2015 6:31 pm Good work Report this Post to the Staff
Spud Valued Member United States 308 Posts	Posted 04/21/2015 6:44 pm Yes, 98. Sorry Report this Post to the Staff
Mikeymus Valued Member United States 110 Posts	Posted 04/21/2015 6:49 pm ummm what is so counterfity about that coin it looks like a plain jane old 1944 plain War Nickel to me. Report this Post to the Staff
Mikeymus Valued Member United States 110 Posts	Posted 04/21/2015 6:51 pm oops sorry somehow I posted in the wrong thread I thought I was replying to the counterfit nickel thread. Report this Post to the Staff
Spud Valued Member United States 308 Posts	Posted 04/21/2015 7:23 pm Lol! Report this Post to the Staff
KenKat Pillar of the Community United States 4085 Posts	Posted 04/21/2015 7:45 pm Congratulations - major accomplishment - that's not an easy set to collect. As for whether you should get the 81-98 coins, it's kind of a toss-up in my mind. It would be nice to have the whole series complete - but you can always collect them later - there's nothing rare so you can always add them later. Is it possible just to buy extra pages for your existing album? As for the slabs, I looked up the values of those three (I don't collect these so only somewhat familiar with them). Since they are only in the low hundreds range each and I don't think heavily counterfeited, I would probably crack them out since I like seeing my coins together in the album. But it's a personal call - cracking slabs is not really the smart choice financially, so you' ve got to think about that too. My 7070 US Type Set My 7100 Lincoln Cent Set (now with updates!) Report this Post to the Staff
GR58 Bedrock of the Community United States 11951 Posts	Posted 04/21/2015 9:12 pm Congratulation On completing your set. Sounds like you have a nice higher grade set of coins. My opinion on some of your questions. Should you go with a album that has dates 1932 through 1998. I would vote for yes. You are so close now. Most of the coins you would have to get, to take you to 1998 are not that expensive. The 1992 - 1998 silver proofs will have the most cost, but no where near what the 1930's quarters costs. You mentioned "proof only issues" That means the album manufacturer provide a port/hole for coins that were only issued as a proof for that year. For example, in 1973 the San Francisco mint "only" made a 1973 S proof quarter. They did not make both a business strike and proof. So the port/hole in your album 1973 S is for the proof coin. But in 1964, Philadelphia mint made both a business strike and a proof 1964 quarter. They leave it to the collector to decide if a business strike or the proof will go into the one port/hole provided. As for should you break the coins out of the slabs. I have done both. I broke a $10.00 MS 63 gold Indian and put it in my type set. But for my 1909S vdb, I put another coin in the spot and labeled it. Report this Post to the Staff
Bertensgrad Pillar of the Community United States 1192 Posts	Posted 04/21/2015 9:30 pm I plan to keep my 1916d merc in a slab should I ever get it. I just put a 1916 barber in the album slot for jollies. For other keys plan on keeping them in slabs and just placing common coins from around the same year in but in reverse. Report this Post to the Staff
Spud Valued Member United States 308 Posts	Posted 04/21/2015 10:56 pm Thought I'd shows some pics of the early yrs Report this Post to the Staff
aardspeed Pillar of the Community 921 Posts	Posted 04/21/2015 11:14 pm I wouldn't crack the slab just to put in the album. You know you have the coin that goes in the spot especially after it took you 3 1/2 years of collecting to fill the book, you accomplished the task, which is commendable! What other albums do you have to complete & how close are you to completing them? Report this Post to the Staff
Spud Valued Member United States 308 Posts	Posted 04/21/2015 11:20 pm Thanks GR58 for the info and everyone else for your comments. Glad I don't have to replace the older Philly's with proofs. Sorry the pics aren't all the best. The first page has some AU's, BU's, and an EF or two. Like the 32d and s. But the rest of the book is pretty much BU's. I was really disappointed at one time cause I got an offer from ANACS once for free grading and sent in what I thought was my best just to see if it made the grade of MS66. That was my 1938, it's a real beauty in hand. But it came back as MS60 details CLEANED, I just don't see that at all. I know from experience the there are a couple in this book that have been cleaned, but not that one. I'm pretty sure my 32s that an AU has been cleaned, but I don't care. It's still a nice coin. I'm proud that I even filled it. I settled with an AU-58 1935d because I believe this coin is over priced in today's market and had a had time justifying spending $300 or more for a MS-64 on a coin that had over 5.5 million minted. Maybe someday when I'm rich! Lol. Report this Post to the Staff
CelticKnot Bedrock of the Community United States 12815 Posts	Posted 04/22/2015 12:09 am Wow... quite the accomplishment, Spud! Congratulations! And your pictures are just fine. Report this Post to the Staff
acloco Pillar of the Community United States 3540 Posts	Posted 04/22/2015 12:15 am NICE SET! Congratulations! Report this Post to the Staff
Neo13x Pillar of the Community United States 604 Posts	Posted 04/22/2015 09:25 am Nice set , all appear to be worthy to fill those holes. Congrats Report this Post to the Staff
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