Have you ever completed a 7070?

Swampboy

Have you ever completed a 7070 type set?

Did you;

Keep it as is?

Keep it and upgrade it continually?

Break it up immediatley or at a later date?

Or?

Just curious...

MajorDuty

Not yet but I plan on it. I've already upgraded some coins. When it is completed, it will NEVER be sold off, not by me anyway.

See Baley's 7070.

mirabela

Twice.

Once with gold, broke it up & sold most of it off, only keeping my very favorite ~10 coins & a handful of legacy pieces that have been in my family a long time.

Began rebuilding almost immediately with coins I liked more, not necessarily in higher grade but all really choice in one way or another and for the most part better matched to one another than the time before. Amazingly, it's full again not counting gold. I upgrade once in a while.

Barry

See sig line below. After completing it, I upgraded probably 6 or 7 coins to find better examples to match the others. I think it's done, but one never knows...

Goober

Are the gold pages addons for the 7070? I just bought a new one and it doesn't have pages for the gold types.

Barndog

I had a "complete" one for more than a year, but will upgrade from time to time when I find a suitable candidate.

ccex

It took me five years of resisting hole fillers, but I completed my 7070 last yearr (including the gold page). I have upgraded three coins since completion, and am far from done with it.

I enjoy rotating the the commemoratives every now and then.

speety

The gold page is an optional page when you buy the 7070. As for mine, it's only about half way done not including the gold page.

billboat

My 7070 is my pride and joy--it will be the set I keep forever-long after all my Morgans, Peace, CBHs, miscellaneous US, Mexico and ancients have been sold. I'm going to add the gold page and complete the entire album in EF--except for a few AU58s--20 cents, 3CN, 3 cent silver--which I have. I need these for the detail they provide, and they don't detract from the overall EF look. When is all is said and done I'll have a nice EF run of American coinage 1800 to date. Am looking for about 7 tough coins right now--except for the gold, which shouldn't be hard --except for the money involved. My goal is to have a complete 7070 that I can look at and enjoy. At 65, I'm starting to push it just a tad!

BTW--I always up or down grade--just pulled a 1853 AR quarter in AU for a cameo grey EF45--just for the look.

Ambassador

What would you think a reasonable budget would be to complete a nice F / VF 7070 no gold would be?

mirabela

F/VF, no gold?

Let's see --

$4K-$5K ought to get you there with some room to spare although you may have to drop the grade expectation down into the VG10 range on maybe your draped bust cent and/or classic head cent, or else go for a coin with slight surface problems. In real, honest-to-goodness Fine (or heaven help you, VF) these can get really expensive.

Ambassador

Oh boy, ok maybe G / VG might be a little more realistic.

Fjord

Yes. I purchased the final coin last week, it should arrive any day now. I'll gradually upgrade over time.

I'll post images and let out a yeeehaw when the coin arrives.

This does not include the gold page, only 2 coins for that page so far. The gold page will take much longer.

I went pretty cheap on the Draped and Classic large cents, but a little cuckoo on some other issues. My total cost was probably closer to 7K; had I gone cheaper on the the seated lib dollars, seated lib halves, and commems, I'd have kept it around 4-5 k.

First on the upgrade list - the seated libs halves not in AU, one of the commems, the Barber half, and the TII Standing Lib quarter.

RYK

<< <i>I had a "complete" one for more than a year, but will upgrade from time to time when I find a suitable candidate. >>



Same here. I do not seek nor purchase upgrades with the same fervor that I seek coins for my core collection, but I certainly enjoy this set every bit as much. I have also "downgraded" a few coins' conditions to buy more interesting coins of the same type (ie. 1870-CC dollar in F replaced a common date in VF/XF, No Stars dime replaced a higher gradecommon date With Stars dime).

Boothill40

Just started and have a long way to go (34 spots filled)

garymc

I still have a ways to go to complete mine, but I intend to complete it.

mirabela

<< <i>Oh boy, ok maybe G / VG might be a little more realistic >>



Most of the big money is tied up in eight or ten coins. You can certainly have nice coins (VF, XF, AU or even Unc) for not all that much money in more than half the slots in the album. There is not rule that says they all have to be the same grade. Especially if you transition smoothly, i.e. choice Good draped bust cent -> VG classic head -> Fine coronet -> VF braided hair -> VF flyer -> VF 1859 -> XF CN Indian -> AU bronze IHC -> Unc 09-VDB -> choice Unc wheat cent -> gem steel cent -> gem Memorial -> AU 2c -> XF 3CS -> XF3CN and so on, a mixed set can look really nice and keep the budget within reasonable tolerances. You would probably enjoy such a set more than a straight G/VG set. I mean, who wants a Peace dollar in Good? A Franklin half in VG? No need to do that to yourself ...

Swampboy

Thanks for all the replies. Great to get a bunch of different perspectives. I never thought to ask how much money
would get tied up in a set; now I have an idea.

I'm not ready to start a Type Set yet but I spend a lot of time looking at Type sets in the registry and sets like Barry's whenever I can. Barry, your set is outstanding.

MajorDuty, how do I find Baley's 7070?

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Baley's Type Set

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I completed one about 5 years ago but have not upgraded it.

AuldFartte

I completed one, then sold it about 18 months ago. I've started my second 7070 with an eye towards better quality than my last set.

NowhereMan

I am working on the type set, but doing it in PCGS plastic rather than putting them in the book.

I also like to "make my own rules", as I don't exactly agree with the 7070. For example, I would include a 21 Morgan, a 44-46 Lincoln, the US Philippine issues, and several others all as seperate types in my set.

I have thought of actually buying a 7070 book and filling it all with body bag coins! I think I'm about halfway there!

Rex

BobGreene

Can anybody please list here the coins required for a complete 7070 set? I don't have one of those Dansco albums yet but I would like to get a start on completing one. Thanks!

toners

Completed mine about 5 years ago minus the Gold. I am always trying to upgrade, also the set is half filled with Toned examples. It is by far my favorite set.
Allen

JoeLewis

<< <i>Can anybody please list here the coins required for a complete 7070 set? I don't have one of those Dansco albums yet but I would like to get a start on completing one. Thanks! >>



Here ya go!

Robgetty

I finished one up (without the gold page), and actually cracked a few coins to fill the last spots.

I sold it off after a few years to get money to continue to work on my complete US Type set for the PCGS registry.

It was a very fun project, but I've already replicated most of the coins in the new set in better condition. It just isn't as quick to pull out and look at.

mgoodm3

I've never done one, but I am tempted.