Dansco 7070 Question?

The smart way, ANACS and ICG are, and I hate to say it, not reliable enough.




This depends on the grades you're looking for. This is such a hard question to answer broadly.




FEC, 1859 Indians (with good surfaces), 1866 Shield (with good strike), 20c, Seated 25c (in MS-63 or higher), Seated halves (depending on a lot of factors), Barber halves, Seated dollars, Trade dollars.




Again, pretty broad question. It depends on so many things. What grade? What color for the copper coins? Toned or blast? How many imperfections are permissible?


Not to toot my own horn, but I'd like to think I know a thing or two about collecting MS type coins, so keep the questions rolling. If you want me to do a total breakdown, just ask.


Edit: I just looked through your set, it's looking good! I quite like the 1961 Proof Quarter, great original toning.

Mine is just an album collection, and certainly most of the coins are far from MS, but here's my experience with a 7070:

1) Show Stoppers: The Seated dollars and the Trade dollar are just unbeatable. For what is essentially a $3k collection of mine, the dollars probably make up about $1k of that.
2) Most Expensive: Capped Bust large cent, 3c Silver, Twenty Cent, Seated dollar
3) Hardest to Find: There were 4 spaces that sat empty in my album for a long time and that was the capped large cent, Seated dollar, Seated dollar with motto, and Trade dollar. Finding them at shops or shows here in the northwest was a huge challenge.

You were right, the answers really were the same for each. I'm working on a custom type set with draped bust silver, and other key varieties of normal types, that helped change up the answers

That makes things harder...

Tell you what. I'll be back in an hour, I think that'd it'd be easiest to explain everything in a video rather than paragraphs.

Okay 1 hour later not done. As snobbish as this may come off to people who don't really know me I don't collect circulated coins personally for the most part, some exceptions, but usually not. That being said, I'm still a dealer and a pretty established type collector. I just want this to be as complete, accurate, and informative as possible. I've actually wanted to one of these for a while, so thanks for giving me an excuse

@MOS0239,

I know ebay has everything but this is going to be done without ebay, I'm keeping the local stores active. Did you see my currency type set? I did that without buying anything from ebay, going to try to do this the same.

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Good for you not buying on ebay. !

Hfjacinto... I did a hybrid slabbed/Dansco 7070. A lot of people probably wouldn't like this but I couldn't for the life of me buy a nice slabbed coin ($300 and up) and crack it out as soon as I received it. My collection directions change from time to time and sometimes I like to upgrade. I stand a better chance of atleast getting my money back if I leave these coins in the slab. I went MS on all the coins I could afford to but I gave in to F or better on the tougher ones and they had to have good eye appeal. There are several you will be able to find in MS for under $300 but there are several your not going to come close to finding in MS condition for $300. I am content and happy with my set. If you want to see it just click the link below.

The good thing about 7070's is that they are all different. You have to do what you like and what you can afford. Have fun putting the set together along the way as well. I probably learned more about the history of the United States coinage while putting this set together.

@MOS0239

The link below is a thread on my currency type set. Nothing was from ebay. Everything was local 30% Allens in Ohio 50% and the rest from Vern Potter/Denly's and a shop in Long Island.

It's a long thread almost 35 pages. Basically my collection story.

http://goccf.com/t/373956