Dansco 7070 Question

ASE's, they might been a little above melt/spot price. If you don't get key dates, maybe between $40-60

I forgot about the 40 percent bicentenial coins, very glad you brought that up.

I have two old silver commemorative coins:
1926 Sesquicentennial of America Independence, and
1925 Stone Mountain Memorial (my avatar)

I am always working on my Type set. I try to get the best coin I can afford to fill the holes and upgrade as often as I can. Having your birth year, heritage and interests is a great idea, I would keep it up. In my set I try to get either the first or last date for the coin slot. I do not have any Pictures of my set because I am still learning how to get great pics. If you are able, join a local coin club for great deals, or frequent a coin shop and look at the bid boards. Hope this helps.
James

I've been working on my 7070 for about 6 months and have it half filled. I'm at a point now where all that's left is the harder coins so I'll be lucky to fill a hole every month or two. The 7070 is no easy undertaking for sure.

You can get a 1990 mint set for pretty cheap (under $10 I think) to fill the modern coin spots, and a 1990 Silver Eagle should set you back no more than spot + $5 or so (right now around $40 - $42).

I'm going for the highest grade coin I can afford for each of the series. But you do what you want!

when I started my 7070 album I didn't really care about if they were key date or even semi key dates, I just wanted them to all be in problem free condition and grade at least AU-50. Now I did chose one date over another on certain coins just because I like a certain date over another for various reasons but that wasn't my goal when I started the album

My 7070 coins range from one AG (Seated Half) to Proof at the moment. I placed the best example of each I had in the album. With the less expensive moderns, they are all Unc to Proof, year not important, but I always went with silver. The rest are problem-free as defined by me, which means the Seated Liberty dollar with an old cleaning makes the cut. I generally wanted full rim and mostly legible examples. but there are exceptions. The 3 cent nickel is probably G w/schmutz, but it came from my grandfather, so it's never leaving. You'll finds some types where the cost doesn't increase much or at all for lower mintage examples, and in those cases, I opted for lower mintage years. Dad was a Marine, so I picked the 2005 silver dollar. I didn't have a single coin pre-1800, so I went with a 1798 Draped Bust Large Cent. Didn't have anything W mint, so it was a W mint ASE. I don't have any CC coins, so I'm going to upgrade the Seated Half to a better grade CC example. There really is a reason behind most in the album, but it's only evident to me. So there are no rules or make your own. I'm considering skipping the commens since I'm not into them. Might substitute other halfs, I don't know yet. Just enjoy the challenge. My only regret? Not returning the 1875-S 20 cent piece that looks like a kid took a wire brush to it (OK, it's not quite THAT bad). I've finally learned that if I'm not happy with a coin at first sight, I never will be. A $40 mistake there, but someday I'll upgrade and someone here will get a chance at a hole filler. 6 holes to go for me. Like I said, enjoy the trip.