Finally Starting My 7070 Type Set =)

I just started mine recently. I'll probably end up buying each coin in a budget condition and then worry later about upgrading each coin. Some of the coins get pretty pricey beyond VF/EF. Many years down the road, I hope it would be filled with all AU/BU coins.

I've also recently started a 7070. Going for a higher grade album, VF+ for all but the most expensive coins. Of course that's relative to who your talking to, but for my budget they are expensive coins. All my modern coins are proofs. Going to take a loooong time to fill all the holes, and I'll probably never be finished upgrading. But so far to me it is the most eye appealing album I'm working on, and the most fun. I just like to pull it out and enjoy the coins.

I used some proofs in mine on the modern coins like the commemoratives and even some of the others like the Kennedy silver half and the Franklin half, I even used some proofs for a couple of the Lincoln cents and the State Quarter is proof as well


I am keeping my album in Au or better, that way the proofs don't look to bad with the other coins in the set. If you were going to put some lower grade coins in the set then a proof may look out of place in the album to some people but I find the proofs esthetically pleasing and in my opinion doesn't kill the look of the other coins in the set. I did use the uncirculated bicentenial set just because I didn't like the look of those proofs in the set ,I had proofs in there at first but bought the silver uncirculated set to replace them

I'm with trdhrdr007, I don't like the idea of putting proofs in my 7070. I would rather eventually have all my coins with a consistent mint luster as opposed to some of the coins with mirrored fields. I'd only put proofs in it if they could all be proofs. ;)

Another question...for those of you who crack open slabbed coins to put into your 7070 album, I know a lot of you tape the tag onto the back cover (which I think is a brilliant idea)...but what happens when/if you decide to upgrade?

I made up my mind when I started my 7070 album that I would put AU or better problem free coins in it and once a coin was in there it will always be there, no upgrading so I do put tape over my labels for a laminated look but if that wasn't my plan, I would just have stuck them on the back cover with glue or what ever and if I upgraded it, it should be rather easy to remove and replace with the upgrade label of any other coin that took its place or another's place down the road

I have one proof in mine, the 1982-S Washington Commemorative. I bought both 1982 Washington Commemorative Half Dollars (uncirculated and proof) from the mint in 1982. I decided they belonged in the 7070 together.

The question I have for everyone on this is: Do you collect common dates or hard to get dates? It seems that if you are doing common dates then it would not be that bad for about half of the collection but if you are going for hard to find dates, this set could be next to impossible to do.

Personally, I am doing the nicest coin I can find for the best price, so some are proofs that I have got for almost nothing. My older coins are lower to mid range in grade and I love to see the difference in color and grade as I flip through the book. I know that I will never be able to buy higher grades of a lot of the 19th century coins and have no problem with that, so buying proofs of the more recent coins works just fine for me.