Commemorative Slots In Your Dansco 7070 And Other Type Album

Looking good!

Here is my row, which I feel looks much worse than yours. You may noticed I edited in the Monroe Doctrine half rather than take a new photo.

@jbucK: Four openings, only three types. It seems like it's time to replace one of those '82 Washington half dollars with a different type!

Mine represent significant points in US history - Columbus discovers America, Pilgrim settle, Revolutionary War and westward expansion.

Looking good everyone.

@jbuck - I have to agree with commems, your set would be improved with the addition of a 4th type coin in there.

Nu-uh! Two "types," proof and uncirculated.

(It is like that line from The Blues Brothers, "We have both kinds of music. Country and Western.")

I bought those direct from the mint in 1982, my very first "not a proof set" Mint purchase. The OGP are tucked away in my storage box and I still have the brochure they sent to goad me into buying them.

I dont have a dansco but I do have an intercept shield album.
The newer washington is just a place holder for an Albany commem, But I do like the toning.
Same with the columbus half.. Just a place holder until I find another one I like.
Was born in wisconsin & I though it looked nice.
The texas commem actually has a really nice golden tone thats not captured very well on the photos, One of my favorite designs!

Seeing what others have included in their albums has triggered my thought process. I'm not working on a Dansco 7070 , and I already have a complete Type Set of the coins, so it's more of a theoretical / What If? scenario for me.

Here are the four I would include in the album:

1. 1892 World's Columbian Exposition Half Dollar: It's not the most artistic of the classic-era commemorative coins, but it was the first and, with my enjoyment of the history behind things, I would have to include "Chapter 1" of the US Commemorative Coins story.




2. 1926 Oregon Trail Memorial Half Dollar OR 1927 Battle of Bennington / Vermont Independence Sesquicentennial Half Dollar: I'm a fan of high-relief, historical art medals and these two half dollars have always struck me as having the most "medal-like" design aesthetics. I like their relief and overall bold design approach. The Frasers (James Earle and his wife Laura Gardin) did a great job with the Oregon Trail coin and Charles Keck did a fabulous job with the Bennington-Vermont coin. I would be happy with either in my album



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3. 1837 Roanoke Colony Memorial: A coin that commemorates an early English attempt at colonization in the New World - one that predates Jamestown and Plymouth - is a strong justification for inclusion in my set - the facts that I like the coin's design and that it is associated with the history of the state in which I currently live are nice bonuses!




4. 1982 George Washington 250th Birth Anniversary: For similar reasons to those I listed for the 1892 Columbian, I would also have to include the 1982 George Washington half dollar - the first coin of the modern series. I like to start stories at the beginning! And besides, I think it's a great-looking coin - Elizabeth Jones did a terrific job with its designs.




And there you have it, my theoretical Dansco 7070 Album "US Commemorative Half Dollars" Set.