found some new sets listed

I try not to post more than once a week at most but a few things have happened that I wanted to journal about.

The first thing I wanted to mention is that NGC has added some new listings for the Modern Canadian series. The reason this got me excited was that one of the series is the $20 Tall Ships series. I've mentioned a few times of how only about 25% of my collection is actually worth any registry points because of the obscure ( and even no longer existing) countries that many of my coins in my signature set come from.

Well this new NGC set happens to be for a series that I already have every coin, already slabbed and photoed. I was so excited to see it listed that I immediately filled all of the slots and now am #1 !! ( actually I'm more like the only one so far)... I just thought this was fun and felt like sharing the excitement.

Secondly, I remembered to renew my NGC/Collectors' Society membership. This is also good because I "got in under the wire" before the fees increase. Before anyone thinks I'm going to complain about the new fee structure--I'm not. Nobody likes to pay more for the same thing but I understand that it's business and NGC's perfectly within their right to do this. If I didn't like it I could exercise my right to find alternative ways to collect (going back to albums, buying only pre-slabbed coins, joining a competitor...etc) So next year I will do the same thing I do every year, assess whether what they are offering is worth the cost to me--it really is that simple.

Which brings me to something else I wanted to say. Great post neverman !! it is very refreshing to hear some heartfelt gratitude --having traveled and served in India and Guatamala doing work, I can say that most of us Americans have no idea how fortunate we are and how much we have to be grateful for.

a coin from the Tall Ships series.. very cool coins with some holograms that really work well for the theme of this set..