...and an update.

If you have been following the continuing saga of my registry sets, you've probably noticed I put the full set of Morgans back. I just couldn't do it, the one per year set, and leave out the Philadelphia issues. If a rule were made that we could only collect one series of coins, the Morgans would be mine. I know there are prettier coins (Walking Liberty halves and the Saint-Gaudens Double Eagles), but to me, the Morgans are right up there too. Besides, whenever I look at one, I'm a kid again looking at the ones my dad saved. Speaking of dad, you might have noticed I started a memorial set for both of my parents. There's no hurry to complete them, as the gold will be the stoppers. But I'll enjoy whatever coins I do buy for the sets.

Things are going better for me. Friday morning I paid off my bank loan. It really feels good, the payment cut a good third off of my debt. Hopefully by the end of the week, I'll know how much for sure will take care of my credit cards, and I'll be able to pay them off a week from tomorrow. I am assuming everything goes well, so we'll have to see what happens. Just being a third better off lifted a lot of weight from my shoulders.

I received the Proof Canadian nickel I won a week or so ago in a Teletrade auction. Of course, since it's a proof, I'm having a little trouble photographing it, but I'll keep plugging away. Last week I bought 3 more coins (ones I could afford), 1 was a So-Called Dollar that will go into my Wild West signature set. The other 2 were the proof and mint state baseball 50 cent Olympic commemoratives for the respective set of those. What's the best is, I bought the 2 commems for about half what the price guides say they're worth.

My Wild West sig set is another goal for me this year. I plan on redoing it (as to what coins will be in it) and starting to work on the descriptions. Wish me luck that I finally get a finished set to work on.

Well, my coin pic for this entry is a 1964 Montana Brass Centennial medal I bought in a Stack's auction. This coin is earmarked for my West sig set. The photo is the reverse (I think) at least that's how NGC has it in the holder.