Any Advice On Starting The Whitman Coin Type Album?

What album are you attempting to complete

If you can find a coin show, go there. You could possibly find almost everything for that Album there. However, just remember many of those will cost, cost, cost. Any type set st arts out easy to find many of the ones you want or need but some get way up there in prices.

The first thing I did when I realized I wanted to collect type coins was to find an album that I knew I could fill up. My first one was the Whitman 20th Century Type Coin folder, which in fact does allow for some 19th century coins (such as Indian cents, Liberty nickels, etc). Most of the coins I was able to find in circulation and in nice-looking condition.

Eventually I wanted to expand my collection, meaning I wanted to include older type coins. That's when I bought the Dansco 7070, which begins in the early 19th century with some 18th century types throw in for good measure. When I began filling this album, I decided I was going make sure every coin had eye appeal--in other words, I wasn't just filling up holes. I wanted my collection to be something I could be proud of and would enjoy showing off. That made the task more challenging and obviously somewhat more expensive, but so far I've been lucky in finding what I wanted. Most of the coins I've purchased have at least some luster and all of them (with the exception of the 18th century types and the early 19th century) are in at least XF condition. I spent a lot of time on ebay looking for just what I wanted at the price that I wanted. (I have never spent more than $125 for a single coin.)

The collection has been dormant for a couple of years as I've had to stop buying coins, but I don't have many empty holes left to fill.

Thanks jbuck.

You should have a great time filling this album chafemasterj. Some of the coins can be easily obtained at reasonable prices, while others might get a little pricey in higher grades.

After reading some posts right after the new year about this type album, I too started one. I had a number of the required coins in my collection as one off examples. I filled a number of holes using two mint proof sets. One, a 1958 set, was a group of coins in mint cello that had been cut up. These ended being extras as I eventually purchased a "complete " mint set. The other, a 1976 proof set, helped me obtain the bicentennial coins. These two sets together only cost me about 35 or 40 dollars. Of course, if you desire an album that contains all circulated examples, then this approach would not work for you.

Have fun hunting for the coins you want. As always, please share pictures as you progress!

That is where I am stuck. Last two holes for the Seated dollars.