But what about Coin Collecting as a Competitive Sport?

I have read all your interesting comments about this Points issue and just wanted to throw in some additional thoughts.

For the most part the POINTS issue is only truly important for persons who are interested in both collecting coins and competing with their fellow collector for bragging rights. Some of us are ultra-competitive and some of us couldn't give a darned about the POINTS. Most of us probably fall somewhere in between.

Within a given set, the POINTS are fair as all that collect that set have an equal chance to garner those miserly or overly generous POINTS. The fact that some of us, me included, have multiples of a particular set could actually be a detriment, for that particular sets standings, as you are taking potential gains away from yuor highest ranking set to support 1 or more lower ranking sets.

However, this is where the competition really heats up, the overall POINT count is also very important to a small percentage of us. For example, if I had 5 sets of MS Sacagawea Dollars, I would garner many more points, at a cheaper price point, than my colleague putting together his set of MS63-66 Franklin Halves.

My SACs are less expensive and garner many more points. So now I

can boost my overall point total on cheap modern proofs while my Franklin collecting friend sinks below the top 500.

Bottom Line, the POINTS are unfair if you are trying to be competitive in the overall point total battle. The POINTS are completely fair within an individual set battle.

Personally, I don't care about the POINTS in either case and have no expectation that my efforts will garner anything more than personal pride and, hopefully, a fruitful passdown for my beautiful daughter.

I love this board!!!

Malcolm

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