Dansco 7070

Hi CCK , I've never looked at a 7070 as I was under the impression its generally high end value coins that go in there.Gold and so on.
Best of luck with your endevour,nothing like starting early.Some of the large cents are affordable and I think they have a place in a 7070..not sure.
3c nickels are also obtainable in reasonable conditions.One area that prices seem low is halfs,frankies,walkers and even barbers.

I bought the blank danscos for dimes,dollars,halfs and World coins..they fill up faster than id anticipated.Good luck

You should be able to fill 40% or so of the holes easily with BU coins inexpensively. Generally high grade type coins from about 1931 and on will be inexpensive. So with limited income, I would fill these slots first. Earlier 20th century type coins will be more expensive in higher grades, and they get more and more expensive as you travel back to the early 19 century type coins.

I agree, there is a small amount of the coins that are actually over 200 dollars even in relatively higher grades as long as you are not doing the Gold page. One thing about the albums is you can work on it for years and dont have to be in any big hurry to finish it. You can start with the least expensive coins now in high grades and then when you get older (working on it all through the years obtaining other coins for the album) and have a job and more income get some of the harder to obtain coins that you would never to be able to obtain right now and still get years of enjoyment out of the album. The Mercury dimes are very affordable in high grades (I bought a MS-67 for like 8 bucks last year) so the sky is the limit on the grades you would like to have for the album. If you would rather focus on lower grade coins for it then you can just about finish the whole album
rather easily as long as you aren't going to be looking for totally problem free coins. I have seen a totally finished 7070 album with nothing but coins that were holed (had holes drilled in them) and others that were problem free with a minimum grade of MS-60 so anywhere in between(what ever looks best to you or you think would achieve the goal you want the album to look like when its finished) so in no way is there any set in stone way to do a 7070 album, it is all about what the collector is trying to achieve with the album. I will tell yoiu this, I had really gotten burnt out on collecting all together until I got my 7070 album and it really lit the fire back in my belly for collecting in general because its not like looking at different coins that look alike (like I collected at first with Morgans) and is a very enjoyable set to try to finish


That is so not true, I have seen completed albums that the owner said they had less than $1000.00 in the complete album including the price of the album itself and I think everyone that enjoys the history of the coins and the different designs should atleast have one laying around because it is a very beautiful set when you flip through the pages of history

The best advice I would offer is to go about it slowly with great thought. I would suggest you pick a coin, for example a Seated Liberty dollar, study the series, read books, ask questions of other collectors (like here on the forum), go to coin shows and view the coins and then save up the money until you can buy the coin you want. Even if you only fill a couple of spots a year, in the long run you will be happier with higher grade coins that you "know about from study" then with a bunch of holes filled with low grade or problem coins that you purchased just to fill the holes. There is no race to try and finish quickly. If you are 13 you have years of collecting fun ahead of you. I also think you should go for the hard coins first, they keep getting harder to acquire.

It is probably harder to do it now than it was 10 or 15 years ago, but may be possible if you settle for low grade coins, or holed coins like Bryan mentioned. I can't see a thousand dollar type set having much eye appeal though.

Also, the gold page is completely optional, and most dansco albums don't come with it.




I would probably leave this one in the slab. You can find a nice cheap raw MS wheat to put in the album. your call though.

Thanks for clearing up the gold page thing Johnny54321 , the early ones are still a killer,draped and capped.Gives me an idea for a contest if I can come up with a worthwhile prize.

I am working on one now. The best advice I can give you is to take your time and buy the best coin/grade you can afford. Since your budget is quite limited right now I would go for the less expensive moderns, walkers, franklins, kennedys. Most of the 20th century coins can be bought inexpensively. I would wait on the Seated dollars, trade, classic large cent, ect. until your budget grows. With you being 13 time should not be a concern. Even if the set takes you 10 years to complete you will only be 23. You have a big jump on the majority of people trying to complete this set.

I think you would get much more enjoyment out of the set if you patiently wait for the right coin to come along unstead of stick the first thing you see into the album.

thanks for all the advice guys gettin realy excited, wish it would get here already!