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Is the PCGS registry the Whitman coin album of the 21st century?

MarkMark Posts: 3,542 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Many of us started collecting when Whitman coin albums were the holder of choice. I can remember when I was a kid the pleasure I had slipping another coin into its place and then admiring how close I was to finishing the album. I just realized that I get much the same pleasure when adding a coin to one of my registry sets. I find myself looking at the set, admiring how close (or, nowadays, how distant!) I am to finishing this set. And, just like when I was a kid and would look though my albums frequently to gaze at their state of completion, I also find myself looking through my registry sets frequently for the exact same reason.

Am I alone in these feelings, in which case I must worry about my mental state, or are they shared by others?

Mark
Mark


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  • Steve27Steve27 Posts: 13,274 ✭✭✭
    As long as you don't start comparing your set to other sets, then yes I would agree with the analogy, but the way PGCS has it set up, it's all about competition.
    "It's far easier to fight for principles, than to live up to them." Adlai Stevenson
  • CocoinutCocoinut Posts: 2,512 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Mark,

    I guess I hadn't really thought of it that way, but you're right. I get a sense of satisfaction from adding to most of my sets, and eagerly look forward to completing them, even if they're not in ultra-high grade.

    The Whitman folders and albums were a way in which to show others your coins, and the registry accomplishes the same thing, but with a much wider audience. The competitive factor existed with the Whitman albums to some extent, but it's amplified with the registry.

    If this causes you to question your mental state, I'm sure you have lots of company. image

    Jim
    Countdown to completion of my Mercury Set: 1 coin. My growing Lincoln Set: Finally completed!
  • kieferscoinskieferscoins Posts: 10,017 ✭
    I sure think it is. You can have your coin collection in two places: 1. at home to admire and 2. on the internet for yourself and everyone else to view.

    The pleasure of adding the coin to both sets is always nice. I think registry sets will not take the place of small time whitman folders, but will with the larger sets.

    Cameron Kiefer
  • braddickbraddick Posts: 24,148 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Excellent thought. I think you're right!
    It's still fun though to have a couple of those "Old School" albums to toss a coin or two in every once in awhile. Just to remember our roots.

    peacockcoins

  • FrattLawFrattLaw Posts: 3,290 ✭✭
    It's funny, now that I have completed my Ike registry set, I'm left unfulfilled. I have know moved on to toned Ikes, not as a collection, just as various pieces, but also I have started a Whitmann Ike folder dollar set. I am actually looking for an older original folder so that the set can have a look of authenticity. Just sumtin' about the blue folders brings me back to my childhood collecting days.

    Michael
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  • fcloudfcloud Posts: 12,133 ✭✭✭✭
    Nice comparison. I didn't look at it that way, but I was only going to collect the silver proof quarters and the registry sucked me into getting the clads, too. I normally don't do sets, I like to get coins in which I enjoy and don't normally worry about trying to build a set. Again, nice comparison.

    Tony

    President, Racine Numismatic Society 2013-2014; Variety Resource Dimes; See 6/8/12 CDN for my article on Winged Liberty Dimes; Ebay

  • shylockshylock Posts: 4,288 ✭✭✭
    Clever analogy Mark. I think that's exactly why the Registry was such a clever idea and is a rousing business success. The technology may be sophisticated, but it all comes down to the same enthusiasm you had as a kid over filling in those slots.
    Paul <> altered surfaces <> CoinGallery.org
  • JJacksJJacks Posts: 759 ✭

    I agree that it is! Unfortunately I never did very good at filling in many Whitman books, and coin collecting kind of got less popular as I was getting older (I'm 30 now), but the PCGS Registry does fill in very nicely. However, I should go buy some albums for nice, circ stuff......image

    JJacks

    Always buying music cards of artists I like! PSA or raw! Esp want PSA 10s 1991 Musicards Marx, Elton, Bryan Adams, etc. And 92/93 Country Gold AJ, Clint Black, Tim McGraw PSA 10s
  • itsnotjustmeitsnotjustme Posts: 8,779 ✭✭✭
    I had never though of that, but I think it is... that's where I track what I have and whote (virtual) holes I'm trying to fill!
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  • SpoolySpooly Posts: 2,108 ✭✭✭
    Yes!


    Just like this "message board" is the "coin collecting club" of the 21st Century!

    Coin clubs.... drive across town to a coin club meeting? Why?

    I can talk "coins" here! I can stay on top of issues here! I can trade coins here! I can buy coins here! I can talk to some of the best collectors in every series..... here! I can meet other collectors here! I can see coins on the major dealer sites and buy them! I can bid on auctions .... here!

    Computers.... have made this hobby!

    Si vis pacem, para bellum

    In God We Trust.... all others pay in Gold and Silver!
  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,689 ✭✭✭✭✭
    ... and when you're ready to "party" at two in the morning there are usually a few people around!
    Tempus fugit.
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