Just deleted my "showcase."
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I may or may not liquidate coins due to the CAC idiocy, but just to simplify whatever ...I... decide to do, I ...decided ...to dump the showcase just to make the process simpler.
IF there's any process to simplify.
Thanks to all who have contibuted to the various threads concerning CAC.
You all helped me make up my mind.
What little is left of it.
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I think you are over reacting but that coin is a Beauty!!
mark
Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
Don't let CAC push you out of collecting. Just ignore them like most of us do and continue collecting like you did before.
It would be a shame to lose someone over something this silly! REALLY!
What happened???
What, no sticker? I'll give you 40% back of bid...
I'm clearly joking.
Sorry. THAT one has a bean. I made an error.
I should have posted a junker.
I haven't and that was my decision.
I shall limp along stashing widgets and stuff.
And the "showcase" wasn't essential to my collection.
Dreck! Gak!
I'll take that junker!
I'd be happy to own your dreck any day.
Carry on.......and NICE Chain Cent!!!
Don't stop THERE !!!!
Do I get the part or not?
It is sad that you took down your showcase. I like your coins very much.
Readers' Digest Condensed version-
Don't loose sight of what is important by the sideshow distractions
Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.
I shamelessly volunteer to be a dumpster for your dreck!
"illegitimi non carborundum" (or something like that).
coincommando, I believe your time here with us will be very brief.
As was his last visit, and probably his next.
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All I can add to this thread is **Huh?**
If you really want the challenge go back to collecting raw and then getting them graded....what fun!
bob:)
I like the way you think.
Can't wait for the first pic!
bob:)
I'm not "pushed out."
Just adapting and changing a few things.
I still consider CAC to be a negative thing as it now stands.
Just vented my opinions on them.
As TDN said, I don't have to LET it affect my collection and I won't give them the power to do so.
I've seen a lot of changes in coin marketing and expect to see more.
Hopefully, better than they.
I too could care less if a coin has a little sticker or not. I will never pay more for a coin just because it has a silly sticker on it.
As others have said, ignore the latest fad and you'll be fine.
don't be such a Drama Queen
I'm slightly confused and not sure whether to be happy for you because of this epiphany or sad that you have been put in a tough spot.
The showcase should be fun. Where you decide the critera.
Regardless, the coins you've posted here are outstanding.
"If I say something in the woods and my wife isn't there to hear it.....am I still wrong?"
My Washington Quarter Registry set...in progress
Be happy. I am.
The showcase had some coins in it that I no longer own.
3 out of the 5 now gone were beaned.
Just housekeeping with some simplifying.
The five were just not coins I was crazy about.
I think the CAC only mentality has led to absurd results as suggested in the other threads; however, I do not think it is fair to pin the blame on CAC itself. The negative aspects are due to the reactions and behaviors of market participants. Blind overreliance on plastic is nothing new. This was one of the chief criticisms when the grading services started out. The difference now is that the overreliance is so widespread and the obsession has reached a new level of hysteria. While small grade fluctuations led to pricing disparities before, even smaller fractions of a grade on a very subjective scale are leading to even more disproportionate price increases. Even without CAC, this hobby was already on a bobsled ride to hades. If the coin in a plastic tomb is worth several multiples/a huge percentage increase of what it is worth in a different plastic tomb or raw, caveat emptor.
On a positive note, CAC has done a lot to combat doctoring, so not all of the consequences are negative. Ditto for collector education. John has gone out of his way to help collectors.
Okay.
Now let's have a drink.
I'll drink to that....
The last post...not the first..... 
Cheers, RickO
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I am in love with this coin. Topstuf indeed!
"Got a flaming heart, can't get my fill"
I hesitate to add, but you must not be from the farm, around here we also use baling wire!
What's a "showcase"? What's a "slab"? What do people mean by "sticker" or "bean"?
Those look like nice coins, topstuff! I'd like to get that kind of half eagle and cent for my collection
Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry
The "showcase" is a personal virtual "album." You can even turn the pages.
GAWRSH !!!
It has a cool thingy that will size the holes in the album to whatever coin is in the "hole."
You can find it here:
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/mysetregistry/eula
Annnnddddd.. I just accessed it and saw that it did NOT delete.
But on a second look it was gone.
You have to remove coins if you sell them so there's no conflict wiith someone buying a coin you sell and then being prevented from making their OWN registry album because your album is using the PCGS coin number.
It's easier than I'm making it sound. But I deleted it so I wouldn't be "holding" coins numbers I no longer own.
whew
You are confusing showcase with the album. Showcase is a place where you can build your own sets with whatever coins you want to put in them.
Your coins are awesome!
For what reason would CAC convince you to delete your showcase?
Some of those coins are now gone. It wasn't CAC. It was not wanting to use the coins and keep someone else from making an album.
I guess I will remove each coin from the showcase.
That should do what I am trying to do.