But have been meaning to write this entry for about a month.

Happy New Year everyone. I hope you all had a joyous holiday season with family and friends.

I have been spending my holiday days off either enjoying the season with my family and friends; also by enjoying our wonderful hobby. That's why I've been meaning to write this entry for a month.

For starters, I have been trying to make more meaningful sets, either by tweaking my competitive sets, or by making more meaningful custom sets. I feel I've made a good start with this. One of my ongoing goals is to upgrade photos, descriptions to make my custom sets more informative. (And yes, it's been in my mind to try and make a custom set to have a chance at a "Best Presented" award. I've looked at some of the previous award winners in this category, and I must admit, I have my work cut out for me. There are some really awesome and VERY informative sets here.

However, I have also come to the realization just how much I like currency. So the bad news to all of this is I will be selling some of my coins so I can really start picking up some Mexican specimen notes especially, plus I really love some of our (US) early currency. So, if any of you are in the market for some nice coins, let me know. There are some of my coins (Morgans, Buffalo nickels, Westward Journey nickels etc.) that aren't for sale, there are a lot of others that are (especially the Canadian quarters, the Voyager dollars, my satin Lincolns and Sacs). Message me if you're interested.

I've changed direction with my obligatory journal entry photo. The photo today is a Mount Rushmore print put out by the BEP about a decade or so ago. I love these; and engravings are why I love currency so much. I invite you all to look at my Mexico Specimen custom set over in the Notes. I've started to add some scans, and I think the engravings on these older notes, along with the colors will captivate you also.