What Dansco complete sets do you own?

braddick · March 4, 2021 8:56AM

7070 Type? Completed? How about Mercury dimes, either nicely worn or mint state? I'd be curious who completed a set of Dansco album coins and what you moved on to next.
Thanks!
I am currently working on completing two Jefferson sets (complete MS/PR from 1938- 2016) and a short set of Walker's. I have two typesets, but what is left are coins that kind of bore me (like the half dimes).

ndeagles · March 4, 2021 10:15AM

Completed:
Lincoln cents
Shield cents
jfferson nickles old style and new
SBA
mercury dimes including varieties, franklin's
kennedy's
walkers with spare holes mostly filled with classic comments
silver Washington quarters (32-64, 92-98 silver proofs and the bicentennial 40% quarters)
Silver state quarter date set
silver parks quarters date set
presidential dollars

In progress:
Silver dollar date set
Large cents
7070 type with gold page
Buffalo nickles
Indian head cents
Foreign coins in a generic "coins" dansco.

Been at it for about 30 years now.

I am interested in starting some barber coin albums, I have no interest in Rosie's, but may add some pages to my mercury dime albums for the silver foodies.

coastaljerseyguy · March 4, 2021 10:19AM

Peace and WLH, but in the LOC albums, if that counts. Peace is primarily UNC except 21 and 34S. WLH's are primarily Good pre-27 but original and matching, and VF to MS64 dates after. My Morgans Dansco is 98%+ complete with 99 coins, including adding another page and the different 78's and some of the major VAMS. Not sure I want to break out an UNC 81 or 85CC, or the 93S, from their slabs to fill those holes. Didn't think twice breaking out 82-84 CC's in MS63 slabs, or an 03-O, but any coins in slabs valued over $400 makes me nervous that I'd lose too much value making raw. So the Morgan set is as complete as I guess it will be.

dbldie55 · March 4, 2021 10:22AM

Lincoln Wheat
Lincoln Memorial
Liberty Nickel
Buffalo Nickel
Mercury Dime
Washington Quarter 1932-1998
Washington State Quarter
Washington DC/Territory Quarter
Washington Park
Walking Liberty Half
Frankliin Half
Eisenhower Dollar
SBA
Presidential

(the Jefferson, Roosevelt, Kennedy, Sac $ are all current, but not complete as they are still making them)

I do have a complete Canadian Small cent and Canadian Nickel set (but they are in Whitman albums, as Dansco does not make any for these series)

dagingerbeasttt · March 4, 2021 10:32AM

None sadly

oih82w8 · March 4, 2021 10:37AM

I have completed the 7070 twice...sold some...working on it again.

nwcoast · March 4, 2021 10:44AM

Completed:
Lincoln cents
Jefferson Nickels
Washington Quarters in circ.
Franklin Halfs- mostly Unc
Peace dollars- unc
Morgan Dollar- One of the two books completed
(Edited to add Roosevelt dimes- not seriously though... most from circulation as a kid)

In progress:
Mercury dime - minus the 16-d
Other Morgan book- just minus a couple keys
Buffalo nickel- only need the overdate
Walking Liberty halfs in circulated grades- need a handful
Indian cents - not seriously chasing these
Barber dimes- nor these

Actively upgrading my buffs, Walkers, Franklins and a few others

nags · March 4, 2021 10:49AM

Barber, WL, Franklin, and Kennedy halves.

Lincoln cents.

Have a 7070, but have a couple holes that I still need to fill.

braddick · March 4, 2021 10:57AM

You guys are way ahead of the game. Neat sets here. Do you purchase your set coins raw or sometimes break slabbed coins? I have a few BU coins in my Dansco 1941-1947 Walker set.
I just purchased this one this morning:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1947-D-1947-Walking-Liberty-Half-Dollar-ICG-MS62/133679904942?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649

I think it is a good match for this one:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1943-S-50c-Walking-Liberty-Half-Dollar-Toned-Graded-NGC-MS62/324385282811?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649

This one arrived a few days ago too and I am happy with it:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1942-Walking-Liberty-Silver-Half-Dollar-Uncirculated-Toned-DoubleJCoins-111539/184668789065?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649

This one also arrived yesterday.
I like the originality of it:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1945-Walking-Liberty-Half-Dollar-Toned-90-Silver/174647626631?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649

Meltdown · March 4, 2021 10:57AM

The 7070 type set was my favorite and most expensive album project. I've also completed an MS Franklin set, WLH's (mostly from 90% picks) and a 3 sets of ASE's.
That's it for me...

privatecoin · March 4, 2021 11:48AM

Jefferson nickels
Roosevelt dimes
Washington quarters
50 states and territories
National parks ATBs
Liberty walking halves
Franklin halves
Kennedy halves
Eisenhower dollars
Sacagawea dollars
Silver eagles (no 95w)

kiyote · March 4, 2021 11:55AM

Statehood and ATB quarters PDSSS
About 80% through modern BU commemorative Silver dollars

Tom147 · March 4, 2021 1:09PM

Completed in Dansco's
Lincoln 41 to date ( 4 )
Jefferson Nickels 38 to date ( 2 )
Roosevelt Dimes 46 to date ( 5 )
my favorite

Washington Quarters 32 to date ( 1 )
65 to date ( 2 )
Franklins 48 - 63 ( 2 )
Kennedys Halves 64 to date ( 3 ) minus the Gold
Silver Eagles 86 to date ( 1 )
Oh yea !! Almost forgot. Complete Ike, Sac. & Presidential dollars. 1 of each.
Yea, I'm a modern guy. Budgetary constraints.

yspsales · March 4, 2021 1:15PM

Not Dansco, but three 1941- Library of coins BU Cents and a similar Whitman

Got a Dansco IHC about half finished in XF/AU

U1chicago · March 4, 2021 1:31PM

I completed a Franklin Dansco (business strike only) and found all of them raw at my LCS and eBay. My next Dansco was the 7070 type set. That was a combination of raw coins and cracked slabs (I mainly focused on problem slabs containing coins with nice details-this helped keep the cost down while still being able to enjoy the designs). I've toyed around with the idea of doing a foreign Dansco, but the albums are hard to find and often pricey. Maybe I will be inspired one day if I run into an affordable album.

PwrHsePro · March 4, 2021 1:46PM

I just have the Mercury dime set completed... although the 16-d for that set is actually in an NCS AG3 slab... I also have about 30 DDO, DDR, RPM etc with those

ndeagles · March 4, 2021 1:56PM

@braddick said:
You guys are way ahead of the game. Neat sets here. Do you purchase your set coins raw or sometimes break slabbed coins? I have a few BU coins in my Dansco 1941-1947 Walker set.

I typically start with rolls of coins, so for mercury dimes and walkers I bought a couple AU rolls from apmex, then a few circulated rolls. For key dates a lot of the time I will crack them out of a slab. My favorite LCS sells a lot of ANACS slabbed coins, I like to crack those because they are easier to open and the sticker from them can usually be peeled off and placed on the dansco page.

My walker short set is all AU or better, but the rest of the collection is circulated, older coins are more worn than later. Same story with mercs, the late 30's forward are mostly AU+ but older coins are all circulated.