Some people are just never happy

I should be one of the last persons to complain about NGC?s registry set program in that in 2009 I was awarded the best overall Signature Set. But simply I have a problem in that my perception is that the ?custom (former signature) sets? appear to be perceived as second class sets. Those creating custom sets may be just as competitive as those that create competitive sets but because some collectors become creative about defining what goes into their sets and don?t take to filling the predefined holes in a competitive set does not mean they don?t take pride in what they have assembled as a set. To some extent this pride is demonstrated by the simple fact that they do post their set(s). I am sure that if someone decided to assemble a set of ?U.S. Rarities Only? that collector would really want that set to be considered as a competitive set. Such a set would be noteworthy, contain all high value coins and be extremely difficult to assemble but despite all these compelling factors it would be relegated to the custom sets.

What is the major difference between the competitive and custom sets? Competitive sets receive registry points and custom sets do not. Registry points are the impartial factor in this whole registry set operation. My custom set has a few US colonials, a few US Gold coins, a few modern US Commemoratives as well as a few examples of numerous other types of items. All my US coins have defined registry points but when you look up my registry custom set you will find Total Coin Registry Points ?0? Rank ?-?. Anything in an NGC holder should have an assigned registry point value. Why do registry points disappear when a coin goes from a registry competitive set to a registry custom set? Awarding registry points to custom sets would allow for comparisons among all the sets comprising the NGC Registry Universe. It would allow one to answer the question where do I stand in the universe registry collectors? What types of sets are ahead of me and what types are behind me? I don?t know what ?Rank? means because I have only one set and that is a custom set but for custom sets that ?Rank?, as I see it, would be the set?s position within the entire universe of registry sets.

When I get all my recent submittals back from NGC and load them into my custom set I am only going to have about 130 items in the set (until or if I can find funds with which to add to my collection). So believe me this is not some way for me to go on an ego trip, I know my set is not going to blow away the registry universe with some mega number of registry points. In addition some of my 130 pieces are trivial and I would be lucky to get any registry points for them.

What I am asking for here is that competitive sets and custom sets continue to be defined as they are and that awards continue to be given out as they have been, yes you could say I am arguing for no change but that would be wrong. I want every piece in custom sets to also be awarded registry points just like every piece in a competitive set is awarded registry points.

A recent post started off with this opening, ?I seem to have been stuck at just shy of 200,000 points for what seems like eons.? I would love to simply know what registry points my custom set would earn.