How many people who participate in the registry, have way more sets started than they probably shoul
rgCoinGuy
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I ask this because as I have for the last 6 months or so been transitioning my collection to a less scatterbrained collection, to something with fewer coins but that made more sense, I recently did this with my registry sets. I had at one time had 3-4 pages of sets under "My Sets", but recently cut that down to sets I legitimately want to work towards completing, and now am down to 14-15 sets. My interests now as far as the registy are mostly type sets and some birth year sets. I will now start working on imaging some coins and getting them uploaded so my set is more than just a place to keep track of the PCGS price guide value of my coins. 
Anyway, I was just curious how many other people when they first joined the registry and you are able to "Create New Set" just go hog wild and start anything you think you may someday complete, instead of keeping it simple?
Edited to add: To each his own, and I mean no disrespect for the scatterbrained set holders, as I was one up until very recently.
Anyway, I was just curious how many other people when they first joined the registry and you are able to "Create New Set" just go hog wild and start anything you think you may someday complete, instead of keeping it simple?
Edited to add: To each his own, and I mean no disrespect for the scatterbrained set holders, as I was one up until very recently.
Quid pro quo. Yes or no? 0
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<< <i>I spent $2,000 within a month of joining the registry...nuff said >>
What coin did you get?
<< <i>Anyway, I was just curious how many other people when they first joined the registry and you are able to "Create New Set" just go hog wild and start anything you think you may someday complete, instead of keeping it simple? >>
I did this when I first got involved with the registry because I had just switched my collecting focus to early American and colonial era coinage and I wasn't sure how that would evolve. Since then, I have greatly reduced the number of sets I'm working on.
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<< <i>I spent $2,000 within a month of joining the registry...nuff said >>
What coin did you get?
Now that is funny!!
I also went a little hog-wild when I started registry sets in 2005. Now I'm slowly trying to "down-size" so I can concentrate on my pre-1964 sets. I'd rather have 2 or 3 really fine sets (or even 1) than have 15 mediocre sets. Took me a while to realize that, though, because coin hunting is so much fun and addictive!! However, when the bills roll in, reality does too!!
My Registry Sets
-Randy Newman
My Sets
42 Total Sets
0 Sets with changes
32 Complete Sets
10 Incomplete Sets
My Inventory
853 Total Coins
60 Unassigned Coins
2 Coins that don't match my sets
<< <i>I've pared mine down some.
My Sets
32 Complete Sets >>
WOW! That is pretty impressive, at least to me!
I am not looking to be number one in any of my sets, but I find this as satisfying (if not more) as filling holes in albums. I have several complete Dansco's, and was working on a 7070, but decided since I do not have the knowledge on all series as I probably should, a certified type set (or sets as is my case now) would be smarter financially and practically for myself. I am just looking to add quality coins to my sets, I would rather have a coin like Wide AM SBA in MS 66 than whatever coin is the highest point value, as I am looking for a different appreciation than Set Registry potential, but that is my collection goals, and obviously will vary from a lot of other peoples objectives.
Thanks for the responses so far! I was just curious how other people who discovered the set registry and decided to participate had their thoughts on it evolve over time.
Oh yeah, and RWB, I was LMAO at your response, I know a lot of people have a lot of opinions on registry set collections, but that was funny!
Good luck in the search.