Who first told you about the Registry? Who brought you to these forums?

Monstavet

I first learned about the Registry several years ago from an R&I advertisement in Coinage.
Bennybravo first told me about these boards middle of last year, and slowly convinced me to join in the, uh,....fun.

What are other people's experiences?

BowAxe

I have no idea what I'm doing still up at 3 a.m. (on the East coast) reading these boards, but since I'm still here I'll chime in and then hit the hay (I wonder why there is no selectable emotion for "yawn").

I had heard of the Registy but never investigated it until I learned of the first Registry Set Awards, which was around the end of 2001; it was about the same time that I discovered the Message Boards. So despite a 40-year collecting career, with less than 100 posts I am still a relative newbie around here. It's certainly entertaining and educational as well.

Dell

egsantos

I suppose that I'm the only foreign that visit and post here regularly.

Following a suggestion of an EBay seller, that now I consider a friend, I started to read the posts, and others sources to learn more about American coins.

After I registered my first set to understand better the mechanism, I continued following the threads.

It's very instructive.

Edson

IrishMike

I first became aware of it using the price guide page. Next I saw an ad by R&I touting registry coins. I wondered why he was able to sell his coins for much more than I thought was plausible, so I investigated the registry. That explained everything. I then read this thread four about 4 months before I joined. It's a wonderful marketing tool for PCGS and a money maker for certain dealers.

beorn

i also first heard of the registry thru magazines.i came here origionally to use the price guide and population reports.i thought if i placed a registry set it might give my shotgun approach to collecting a little more focus.i currently reside in the back of the pack of the 1964-1998 proof quarter set.the registry has added more fun and excitement to my hobby but the real bonus is the forum itself.i have learned a lot from the forum and i thank the veterns for sharing their wisdom and insight....fair warning tho....i plan on making my move to the middle of the proof quarter pack soon

CarlWohlforth

I first heard about the Registry from R&I. I started working on a proof Jefferson set. I obtained the printed copies in '98 and '99 and was shooting to make top 5 by 2000, which I did. Well that was the year PCGS went online if I remember correctly. So I entered my coins online. One day a link showed up from the online Registry to here and the rest is history

cladking

I read about the registry concept in Coin World back around 1996. I was most chagrined
to see that they were not going to include any modern coins. I just kind of forgot about
it until one day I was poking around the PCGS site to get some pop numbers when I saw
the icon for message boards. As soon as it loaded I knew what it was like an old hand and
registered almost immediately.

Russ

Was buying rolls of business strike 1964 JFKs on eBay. Kept coming across listings for "certified" coins and started wondering what the hell that meant. Started plugging "PCGS", "NGC", "NTC", "PCI", "ANACS", "ICG", "SEGS", "ACG" in to Google and surfing around reading. Ended up here, and the rest is history.

Russ, NCNE

dpoole

I think I actually hear about the planned Registry program here on the Boards, when PCGS launched it.

egsantos--where are you from? And what got you interested in U.S. coins?

goyankeez

I was looking at PCGS slabbed coins on ebay (I was told they were the best), and went to their web site. I looked at how to submit coins, price guide, and all the other features, but when I saw the Registry I didn't understand it. I gave up collecting for about a year, and returned to looking at coins on ebay. I saw a listing from R&I, and noticed they had the Registry formula on the bottom of the page. I revisited the Registry again, and learned what it was all about. Since then I've been hooked. Why?- It provides a purpose for collecting. Before I didn't have one. One could easily collect w/o the Registry, but I was new to coins and didn't have any direction.

I frequented this site to view the Price Guide and the Registry. I saw the forums, so I decided to join. I had no idea what it would be like, but I have been VERY PLEASED. So much good information.

Fairlaneman

Do not have a Clue how I got here. I think maybe I saw something about the Registries or possibly PCGS and then started looking around. Had been selling and buying stuff on Ebay so maybe that is where this all started. Just a guess because I really do not know.

Certainly glad this site and the NGC site was found. The Information and advice from users has been priceless. Heck even a Few laughs have been had and a Few Flames also. A very diverse site for knowledge and entertainment.

Ken

khayse

I used to chat on one of the internet news groups, rec.collecting.coin,
to keep up on what's going on in the coin world and talk about new
releases from the Mint. One of the people there turned me on to this
site. Now I hardly ever go back to r.c.c.

This site is much easier to use and I can talk about registry stuff on the registry
boards or general coin stuff on the U.S. coin boards or current events and political
discussion on the Open Forum.

-KHayse

Typetone

Pretty sure I read about it in an R&I ad (Sounds like PCGS owes Rick a big one). Ordered the original written version and figured I could do some top five sets. I like the registry because it helps when organizing a collection, particularly a type set. Sure you could put a st together differently, but the PCGS provides a logical way to do things, and allows you to easily share with others doing the same. Also can use it as an on-line checklist. It also helps you to see who else is collecting, and gives you a good source of collectors you can buy from and sell to.

Greg

BowAxe

Five people in this thread, including the originator, first heard of the Set Registry through "R&I". Pardon my ignorance, but what is R&I?

relayer

When I first came to the PCGS web site it was a year ago to read their coin guide and saw it mentioned. I only had a handful of slabs and most of my coins were from years ago.

I decided to build a #1 registry set for the 2002 awards. I perfer types over dates because chances are they look the same except a different date.

I started with Modern Commemorative $1 Proofs because they were all different and built a 100% set of PR69DCAMs using only the Internet. Then I added the 50cs and some gold. Then EBL III came along and registered his set and bumped me to #2. So I saw the only way to have a #1 set was to complete the gold and have the entire proof set.

I could only find 3 PR70DC's. A Gold for $12,500, a 1990 Eishenhower for $3,500 and a pair or PR70/MS70 Buffalos so I bought the pair and had I PR70DC.

Then PCGS started adding Specialty Sets that combined the proof and business strikes, so I started expanding into those. Which lead to the cross over to the Modern Proof Set. Oh yeah plus my SBA Proof set which I build somewhere along the way. Oh yeah and my Statehood 25c's and SAC's.

So I wound up with like 10 2002 Awards.

Since the main set was really a weak #1 with only 1 PR70DC (it's since been tied) I thought it would be a good time to sell it before it became #2 or #3 etc because the 70's need to upgrade it were in a different league where I wasn't going to go.

Since those took my $1, $5, and $10 proofs away I also took down my modern type proof set since it wasn't 100% anymore.

What I don't like about that set is there are TOO MANY IKE's . All you should need is one.

My favorite coin has always been the $2 1/2 Indian from when I was a kid. So I decided to build a gold type set of 64's and get in the top 5 for a pedigree and just keep that set. And I'll keep a state 25c set and a Complete Type Set which I'll never complete.

So in my case the Registry was good the the PCGS economy.

Typetone

R&I is a coin dealer owned by Rick Tomaska, located near San Diego. They specialize in high end cameo proofs from the 1950 to 1970 era. They also do proof moderns, proof type, mint state Franklins, Washingtons etc. Their motto is "Why not the Best". They sell the best and usually charge accordingly.

Greg

braddick

Rick Tomaska and I are 'mail box neighbors' of sorts. His box is about five away from mine.
It's a small world, after all.