Most veteran numismatists won’t hesitate to help new collectors learn about our hobby and I’m no exception. I frequent a lot of coin discussion boards on the Internet and have witnessed the struggles and frustrations of the so-called “newbies” as they begin their journeys into this complex and intimidating past time.
From my observations, one of the biggest hurdles that a lot of new collectors face is that age old narcissistic dilemma of “How do I make myself look like an expert when
Although I have a complete set of silver Presidential Medals in NGC/PCGS holders that state Coin and Chronicles on the labels, I still think the U.S. Mint should distinguish these medals when they're issued again as part of the current Presidential Silver Medals program. Below is the text of a letter that I sent to U.S. Mint Director Gibson concerning the matter:
11/19/23
Mint Director Ventris C. Gibson
United States Mint Headquarters
801 9th Street, NW
Washington, DC
We all set goals in our collecting pursuits, and when we successfully reach a goal there is a sense of overall achievement. The NGC Registry sometimes recognizes these accomplishments by awarding a user’s set with the designation of “Overall Achievement.” But usually, a collector’s sense of achievement is solely personal, since his/her set is sometimes lost within the rankings of hundreds of other sets - or the complexities of the set is lost on everyone but the person who built it.
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I keep getting rarer and rarer Sac dollars, while my rating sinks lower and lower.
This month I got the last Proof-Like Sac dollar I needed for my registry set.
I've been wanting a Proof-Like Sac for each year of the series (the PL's are all Denver mint coins, of course).
Even though my set is 100% complete and contains seven Proof-Like coins (2000-2006), my set is still ranked as number 66.
Why you ask? Well, because every coin is an MS-66 (even though the 2003-D and 2004-D Proof-Like c
Imagine my surprise when I entered my Georgia D state quarter into the registry...
Last week I bought a 1999-D Georgia state quarter, which was graded MS 67 "W" by NGC, from an eBay seller for $34.06. I bought it to add to my Statehood Quarters 1999-Date registry set, which I simply named "W."
After I submitted the information to the registry, I was shocked that my ranking shot up by four steps. I went back into my set and was even more shocked to see that Numismedia values this coin at $88
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