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a question about registry sets
TwoSides2aCoin
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Once a desired series is put together, is your objective to upgrade and try to get the best of each year, or do you just relax and say "ahhhh, that was fun, next series" ...or did you burn out and sell it already ? ... or did you even start on one ? or is it so extensive you will go to your grave having it incomplete ?
I think I'd be happy just to have a complete set no matter where it ranked. That would be an accomplishment.
I'm close with the Sacagaweas, and then the $5 Gold Indians... Those two are my driving force in numismatics. (mostly cuz they are short series and they have a few UNATTAINABLE pieces that help me keep the fire burning and dreaming)
Please keep this post alive like the GOLD and SILVER thread. At least until I get the MS61 1929 and 1909 O Gold Pieces..... along with the Goodacre and Millenium pieces in MS67.
P.S. I own PCGS graded coins, they are not in the registry program.
I think I'd be happy just to have a complete set no matter where it ranked. That would be an accomplishment.
I'm close with the Sacagaweas, and then the $5 Gold Indians... Those two are my driving force in numismatics. (mostly cuz they are short series and they have a few UNATTAINABLE pieces that help me keep the fire burning and dreaming)
Please keep this post alive like the GOLD and SILVER thread. At least until I get the MS61 1929 and 1909 O Gold Pieces..... along with the Goodacre and Millenium pieces in MS67.
P.S. I own PCGS graded coins, they are not in the registry program.
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P.S. I own PCGS graded coins, they are not in the registry program.[/q
Why not?]
My Complete PROOF Lincoln Cent with Major Varieties(1909-2015)Set Registry
1 of my sets,the upgrades dont even exist at this point in time !
<< <i>Once a desired series is put together, is your objective to upgrade and try to get the best of each year >>
Yes. But, alas I am poor and any upgrades for my little set are VERY expensive and rarely become available.
Russ, NCNE
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P.S. I own PCGS graded coins, they are not in the registry program.[/q
Why not?] >>
Steve, primarily the reason I never entered into a registry program was that my intention was just to collect them, protect them and add value to them. Also, I wanted to test my skills at grading, so I joined and started sending dozens of coins in. From new to old, proofs on down.
I'm contemplating some gold commemoratives and platinum proofs for submission, but this was never for a registry game for me, rather protecting and hopefully adding value via a trusted source of skilled numismatists putting them into plastic and assigning a proper grade. I will say I've been humbled, and yet, I've learned a great deal of what to look for . I was just wondering how those who do the registry set game approach it.
I have multiples of the same coins, too. I think that would look wierd in a registry set .
edit to add:
This collection has been a labor of love for me. It is not the finest set out there, but to me, it is complete to date and it is mine. I love it. Steve
<-----humbled once again. I just read about your set. That is cool ! Very cool. Thanks for the opportunity to see what I've not been reading on this website, like a million other things.
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And like you I am now looking at some of the smallers sets (mint sets) and trying for top 5 on them. Started with my and the kids birth years now thowing in some odd years that catch my eye.
<< <i>...or did you burn out and sell it already ? >>
Yes...three times.
<< <i>or is it so extensive you will go to your grave having it incomplete ? >>
Yes....for two of them now. One other set will be completed by this time next year or sooner.
Actually I guess I am not real serious about registry sets now. Its just something to do.
Ken
<< <i>Russ is poor
and if Russ got a nickel for everytime he made me laugh, Uncle Sam would be knockin' on his door
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Russ, NCNE