PSA registry to pass PCGS soon?

calleocho

I just noticed that the PSA Registry has over 12,800 sets while the PCGS (coins) registry has 12,900 sets.

for as long as the registries have been online PCGS has always have a superior number of sets at some points as thousands more sets than PSA.

Given the coin collecting is widly popular and probably has twice if not more collectors than sports cards, what does this mean?

are both registries reaching a plateu of sets?

are coins getting to expensive for people to even begin a set? is competition with NGC splitting the pool of sets?

are cards gaining popularity as a solid hobby in par with coins ?

wolfbear

Probably more odd ball card sets than odd ball coin sets,
and maybe us card guys are just more creative in coming up with new ideas for different types of sets.

LordThanos1969

You asked some excellent questions I wish I had answers for. I couldn't substantiate it, but I wonder if coin collecting is really twice as popular as card collecting? It's certainly more of a traditional, established hobby, but with the MS grading system driving off many people in the 80s and 90s as well as the investor boom/bust, it's certainly lost some of it's luster.

kennylow

Is it possible that baseball card collectors are more interested in sets than coin collectors? I mean, every baseball card is really part of a set. So when you have any card, you are already on your way to a set. is that the same way with coins? it seems that coin sets are pronounced as sets years after the fact, but baseball sets are clear cut.

mikeschmidt

With coins - you can generally only register a coin once.

Over here, you can register one card in many places: Regular set, Player Set, Team Set, Master Set, etc.

tripoli

Some coins, by themselves, are worth way more then most of the sets on the PSA side.....you're comparing apples and oranges....and not everyone can start minting coins (currency), unlike sportscards.