Finally got 100% completion on JFK Proof Registry

andy007 · September 21, 2002 4:02AM

Here she is, #18

I dragged for the past year on finishing the set up because of other interests, but I'm glad I finally finished the rest of them off(thanks to a few from Semicycler and TheNumish for the upgrade) albeit short of the 2002's, but I know where to get them and there not hard to find anyway. I guess I dragged around completing it also because I had all the tough dates out of the way, but I'm glad I bought them a few years ago, that AH Kennedy and the 71-S and the 65 SMS are a lot pricier than they what I paid for them, which I thought was expensive then. Next, I'll have to work on a couple that don't quite have the frost thick enough or deep enough mirrors for myself.

fcloud · September 21, 2002 4:13AM

Nice set. Congratulations on completing it.

CarlWohlforth · September 21, 2002 4:23AM

Nice work andy007!

merz2 · September 21, 2002 4:24AM

Andy
You are to be commended for the excellent set that you have put together.As a fellow collector and friend,I can say that is truely amazeing.You need to post more pics though.I know how picky you are,so they must be eye candy in person.Kudos old friend.

braddick · September 21, 2002 5:24AM

Congratulations! That is one attractive set when it is laid out and viewed.

truthteller · September 21, 2002 6:16AM

Hurrah for andy.

TRUTH

RGL · September 21, 2002 6:25AM

Congrats ... looks like a beautiful set!

LucyBop · September 21, 2002 6:39AM

Way to go!!! I bet its so cool to view the entire set in all its glory!!!!! One day Lucy will complete one.... I find I can spend hours just staring at the few I have in my fledgling Franklin set.

ClarkOfKent · September 21, 2002 8:18AM

Congratulations!

I'll have mine finished up some day... got a loooooong ways to go. When I finish mine, I'm gonna lay them all out on the floor and roll around in them!

Clark

FC57Coins · September 21, 2002 8:53AM

Congratulations Andy - quite the accomplishment!

Frank

semicycler · September 21, 2002 9:19AM

Fantastic accomplishment Andy! I know what's it like to finally finish the JFK series. You have a very respectable set there - you should be very proud!

Of all my sets that I ever completed, I got the most satisfaction from the Kennedy's. Congrats!

Russ · September 21, 2002 10:09AM

Andy,

Congratulations! Clearly, you are a collector possessed of sophistication, breeding and excellent taste.

Russ, NCNE

Monstavet · September 23, 2002 5:30AM

Great job, Andy! I know you have been working on that set for a while...feels good to be finished, eh? And I see you are currently resting one position above my retired set on the all-time finest list....dangit! Hard to believe my set used to be #9....now I am at 26...oh how the mighty have fallen...okay not-so-mighty. THis series has really taken off!

dpoole · September 23, 2002 6:29AM

Andy, we're proud of ya, boy! Don't you feel grand? Nice series, too.

andy007 · September 23, 2002 10:06AM

Thanks everyone for all the comments and compliments, it feels great to finally finish something, heck, I have been buying a little bit of everything for the past two years and really strayed away from the series for that time. I guess after I bought all the keys early it was so easy to complete the set that I lost interest in it and could have easily finished the set and been as high as #7 at the time that I had just the few coins left to buy to finish up the set. Russ is definitely going to make me buy another AH Kennedy just so I don't feel so bad only having two

David, thanks for all the kind words over the past couple years, you are great person. But I'm not gonna tell you about those Washingtons that I have been putting back

Don't worry, you know I'm still only 24 and can't afford those 4 keys to the series yet(32-D, 32-S, 35-D, 36-D)

dpoole · September 23, 2002 11:01AM

Obviously my kissing up has been to no avail.

mongoose · September 23, 2002 1:07PM

Way to go Andy!

goyankeez · September 23, 2002 1:55PM

Congratulations!!!

And now for the upgrading.

DHeath · September 23, 2002 9:07PM

Congratulations Andy,

The good of the many outweighed the need for the one!

What a nice collection. I love the consistency of the SMS coins. Have you decided to display them? Will you add the MS coins?

Russ · September 24, 2002 12:35AM

Andy,

You better look over your shoulder, I'm sneaking up on you.

Russ, NCNE

andy007 · September 24, 2002 8:55AM

Go for it Russ, I'm too happy with my set to upgrade anything else, I've been offered MS66-67 DCAM's for all the SMS coins for a couple years now and a DCAM PR69 1964 and the AH in DCAM, but have passed on all. The dollar amount asked for these coins is too high to justify when I would rather buy Bust Dollars with that type of money. And the PR70's, ha, what a joke. I have saw a few that I could see laying claim to PR70 DCAM(even though it is impossible to have a perfect coin) but the vast majority are from bulk submissions a few years ago and are at best nice examples of PR69 DCAM's.

DenverCoin · September 24, 2002 9:20AM

Congrats Andy, even though you bumped me off the first page on the registry.

John

Russ · September 24, 2002 9:33AM

Andy,

I completely agree about PR70DCAMs. Even if I believed they actually existed, (I've seen enough to feel otherwise), there is no way I'd pay the kind of stupid money they bring. As it says in the comments section for my first set, I may never own a 70, but every coin in the set will be premium for the grade.

Russ, NCNE

GQ · September 24, 2002 10:24AM

Congratulations.....how many times a day do you bring the page up to see your "100%"? What a great feeling.

GaCoinGuy · September 24, 2002 10:40AM

Nice set! Congratulations on completion!!!!

Finally got 100% completion on JFK Proof Registry

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