as long as its NGC or PCGS ....

First, congrats to all NGC Registry Award Winners -- WELL DONE !

In the IT word, when you are technology agnostic it means that you are open to buying computing components that work with each other without any special adaptation. In the coin world I consider myself HOLDER AGNOSTIC as long as the certified coin is housed in a NGC or PCGS holder, with the lone exception being that I will also purchase the old ANACS small holder coins when opportunity knocks.

I thus consider the NGC registry to be agnostic on the US issues as it allows both of the two major brands to be listed with equal registry value, this being a big plus for me, as 1- I can see how the entirety of my sets are scored and 2- it fits with my philosophy of buying the coin, not the holder.

At the FUN show I was in attendance when PCGS previewed its new search engine tool that was positioned to allow for more efficient searching for collectors, and was clearly aimed at PCGS registry set participants. True, if all you are collecting is PCGS holders, but for me the tool covers half the marketplace.

I fully realize there are many loyalists to both brands and that is certainly the choice of each collector to collect only one of the brands, but for me, I am buying coins, not holders, and certainly not registry rankings and points.

Happy collecting and much success in 2015 to all !

Rich

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