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NGC Journals

Bammer's Journal

A Menagerie Of Subects

Franklin set, points discussion, registry set suggestions and the Mint missed the boat... First though, a personal note to Mr. Thompson. I sure will be thinking of you, as I think all of us will, and hoping things turn around for the better for you. I can't believe it's the middle of March already. Where does the time go?? I know, we all spend it looking at our coins, searching for coins, preparing submissions and on and on. My main goal for the year, as I mentioned in an earlier journal a
Art B's Journal

"Skinny Chickens" results are in!!!

My recent submission has finally been shipped... Due to recent financial upheaval (which seems to be alive & well among Collector's Society members ) I had to reduce the numbers on my recent purchase of the 2008 Bald Eagles. I was only able to purchase 30 of the $1's and 10 of the .50's. I was a little disappointed when I did a visual inspection of the $1 proofs and 5 of the 30 went straight to EBay to be sold raw. My coins were received on Feb.29 and they were finalized & shipped o
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leed-migration's Journal

Response to Rankings

It depends. All of this with the rankings just depends on why you are in the Collectors Society. I personally don't really care about the rankings, I just love to collect coins and paper money. No one else in my family gives a hoot about my coins or money but I have slowly been certifying my collection anyway. I have many more coins to go and with the cost of grading it may take me years. My goal has always been to certify these coins and have them recorded in one place with a relative val
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silver dollar's Journal

To continue the discussion...on rankings

Just a thought for consideration...and one for Mr. T If your intent is to compile a record of your coins for either insurance or your heirs..as opposed to gain a ranking posistion..why not enter all your coins as a signature set..this would not put coins in the ranking system and allow for the set to contain what ever caught your fancy.....I think? not positive about the value part..as my only sig set is Cuban coins early to mid 1900's Mr T. I have been up and down so many times, that I re
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audrop's Journal

The Road of Life

You don't have to join the Marines to build character. Just want to add my words of encouragement to what jayh749 said. We all have our 'crosses' to bear and the biggest rainbows follow the biggest storms. Two sayings I remember well during my trials and tribulations. Look on the bright side, you really made a difference in the lives of those young basketball players. You are a true hero!! If you hadn't coached them who would have? All in all, it could have been worse: your wife might h
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T. R. Higginbotham's Journal

This registry/point/set vs individual coin thing...And hang on Mr. Thompson

I thought this site was about coin collecting... Not about set building. Hey if you can afford to go and build certain sets good on you, but don't look down on people who may not have as deep of pockets and who may collect coins as individual pieces. Yes I do "dream" of building a complete Morgan set, but I know the economics of being a U.S. Marine and building this set don't add up so I pick up what I can when I can. Yes, I also have a one coin set, because I think the Indian Head Quarter
T. R. Higginbotham

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jayh749's Journal

Don't Give Up Mr. thompson!

Try to have some hope. Hi! Mr. Thompson. You write a mighty sad journal. Listen, don't give up. Yes, maybe you have to liquidate a few of the straglers and non favorites from your collection. Don't go full hog, untill you really need too. We all go through bad and sad times. Hey, I just got autited by the tax man for two years. They came up with a very corny amount, and I never did anything wrong, Just their gross negligence. I'll get a lawyer and work it all through, even though I just want t
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Mr. Thompson's Journal

Is this the end?

Looks like it's over for me. Well, live and learn I always have been told. Let me share (briefly) where I was in life 9 days ago. I was working in the most rewarding job I had ever had, was actively collecting my beautiful coins, had a super new house, had just coached a team of undesireables to a third place finish in a very difficult basketball league, crappy marriage but that's been in the tank since we got married. Today, I lay on my back having been thrown under the bus by my employer,
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W.K.F.'s Journal

"Points, Sets, Collections, Rankings, Obsessions, Addictions"...

I think most have a slice of "all the above" I have been rather quiet, journal wise lately with all that is going on in my life, daughter home from school, trying to take pics of coins, washing the house ect. and really should be tearing drawers apart looking for "deductions" to offset the horrible fact that I may need to sell something to "pony up" to what Uncle Sam says he wants in exactly one month rather than sitting here at the computer. I should have included the word "despair" to the ab
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mpsamus1's Journal

Response to Rankings

I'm one of those people that have several one, two or three coin "sets". I really don't collect coins with the idea that I am going to complete a bunch of sets. That is not to say that I don't want to complete a few. I just don't want and can't afford a collection that is based on a bunch of sets. So I buy my coins because, for one reason or another, I like that coin. I like Type coins most of all and again with my budget I can't afford to complete any sets unless of course all of the coins ar
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jayh749's Journal

response to "Points"

You've got a good point To respond to "audrop". Good observation. I've done the deed that you are talking about. In defense of the double sets. I record/ register 2 Canada Pl quarter sets. I do this for two reasons. First, the value of some of these, I feel should be secured. By photo, and registry, if something happened, like fire, or theft. I would be able to claim these with insurance easier. Secondly, I really want a top NGC set. However, sometimes I can only find PCGS slabbed coins. Now,
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audrop's Journal

Points, points, may I make a point?

No double-dipping No matter how many sets a particular coin is in you only get credit for the points once. It would be nice, in my opinion, if collectors would only start sets on the registry that they are or have been in the process of trying to complete. When I look at other collectors registry pages and find that they have numerous 'sets' with one or two coins and the same coins in a dozen sets it seems to me to be redundant. I appreciate NGC allowing me to register my PCGS coins in its
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When I’m Wiser and I’m Older

Being called "Obsessed"

It's bad enough when they say it to your face... Just yesterday, while I was out of the room, one of my family members turned to the others and expressed concerns that I'm "obsessed" with my coins. They also underestimated how well I can hear and I came into the room and made no secret about hearing them. Now, I've always thought to "obsession" as taking something to a clearly unhealthy level and I don't think I'm anywhere near that. I still work a part time job, I still bring home mid to hi
Revenant

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jayh749's Journal

Reponse to " Rankings"

The real value of points I have to say that I pretty much agree with "silverDollar". Even though it would hurt my standing ( way back in the peanut gallery ) There should be, in my view, a more cautious approach to awarding the points. Maybe, only allow the points to show when a collector has a mininum of 35-50% of a set. This should show that a person really is working a set, thus awarding the hard efforts of the people trying to build a set. I, myself have some "straggler" coins. Yes, I have
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silver dollar's Journal

Just a thought on rankings

I do own the coins...but won't own the sets after seeing my overall ranking drop by two places..461 to 463, I had a thought. I have over twenty high scoring coins that I could add to sets (single coin in most instances) having no intention to ever complete or even add to that paricular set. Just for the purpose of adding total points to my personal total and raising my standing in the overall rankings. Is this an action that would be legal? Ethical? Or even, nice? I would have to say, ju
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neverman's Journal

A Passion Reality Check

Also, A definition on what a "Skinny Chicken" is, and the origin of the description. Good day!! Well, just like many of you I have been consumed lately on getting my set ( in my case the Silver Eagle set ) completed, and with silver prices on the rise, I felt a sense of urgency as I believe the pricing on the rarer Eagles ( 94, 95, 96, 06W) would be out of my reach. And I acquired the rarer coins within my budget, and actually got great deals, as I have posted here previously. In that same
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When I’m Wiser and I’m Older

The Points vs Rank Curve

Something funny the look at/think about. AJ Biddles noted earlier the Gardner is in a league of his own but I've long thought it was interesting that the relationship between points and rank followed a really nasty exponential decay model. Only the first 4 people have over a million, only 19 have over half a million, and only 357 (less than 10% of all registry members) have over 100,000. This is a crazy drop-off. The thing that I find interesting though, is that when you take this data and sev
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Yevrah1's Journal

The Cure is here!

Sure fire way to break the habit! Send me all of your gold, silver and platinum! Once you realize what you have done, you will swear off the habit!!! email me for the address to send the gold!!!!
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T. R. Higginbotham's Journal

I couldn't help myself

I was in San Diego Coin and Bullion today... and I couldn't help myself. Before I knew it I was walking out the door with a 1908 Indian Head Quarter Eagle graded MS-62 by NGC. Now I really had no reason to buy this coin other than the fact that it's cool. I love the incuse technique used on this coin and it's big brother the half eagle. Can someone please find a cure!!!!!!
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kjohn's Journal

New 24k gold coin being minted in 2009!!

You'll need lots and lots of dollars!! Hope we can afford the gold by then. The gold June Call (futures) are at $1,200 an ounce. With the Federal Reserve lowering interest rates, providing a $200 billion liquidity facility to the banks this week, and now offering a similar liquidity facility to Bear Stearns though JP Morgan today(as technically Bear Stearns cannot borrow from the FED as they are not a bank), expect the dollar to become weaker, with oil and other commodity prices to soar, cou
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jxs525's Journal

USMINT Press Release (as of 3/13/2008)

New 24k gold coin being minted in 2009! The press release reads,"United States Mint Director Ed Moy announced at a meeting today of the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee that the agency plans to recreate what many have called the nation's most beautiful coin ever minted-Augustus Saint-Gaudens' original ultra high relief Liberty $20 Gold Piece. The design will be featured on a collectible 24-karat coin intended for sale to the public in 2009. In preparing to mint this coin, the United States
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