coins will be late for the registry deadline

Well it seems as if my impatience has turned to resignation. I finally got around to making a submission to NGC on Nov. 6th...and my coins were received on the 10th....The current turnaround for World Coins in my tier is listed at 10 days so I figured I'd have plenty of time to get them back, take photos and add them to my listings before the Dec. 10th, year-end cut off. Well Monday will be December 1st and my coins are still stuck at "Scheduled For Grading"...at this point I am resigned to the fact that there is no way that they can graded, encapsulated, mailed via registered mail and arrive to me before the 10th.

Really there is no big deal or hurry, the only hitch is that 9 of the coins were for a set that would have pushed me up to the #1 ranking...oh well, stuff happens and in the grand scheme of things it is not a big deal--no ribbon icons for me this year.

On the bright side, I think I've found a new interest for collecting. I'm not sure I need a new interest with 1 Walker and 5 Mercurys still to buy to complete those sets (not to mention looking for upgrades)...however it is always fun building a new set.

The series I'm infatuated with is the $2 Canadian coins (called twonies). The design with the polar bears is very attractive......they are bi-metallic....there are special issues that are more elusive (adding the challenge of the hunt)...for instance, the 2000 proof comes in 3 varieties--a base metal coin(cuni & gilt), an issue made from silver and gold plated center and a silver with a solid gold center ( a bit pricey and small mintage of only 5,000). There are also a few commems in the series and dual dated 10th anniversary coin in reverse proof ( with reverse metal also/ gold outer ring and silver inner ring)

Anyhow, I'm sure that it's obvious that I've been doing more than just passively thinking about collecting these.....

Here's a picture of the coin that got me hooked on these $2 coins...not yet slabbed, my 2008 gold edition from the limited edition proof set ( it had the silver/gold Champlain and sailing ship coin in it)