2009 was a great year for collecting coins fo me.

Hello to all my fellow collectors I hope 2011 was great year for all you're collecting. I started collecting back in 2009. I have come across some nice coins here in the U.S., Canada, and Great Britain. I fell in love with the ASE and started to collect them only to be shot down by the US Mints miss handling of the series. Now I do not know if the broken series is worth the hard work of collecting the full series. My first purchase was the 2009 Lincoln Proof and Uncirculated Commemorative Silver Dollar, the 2009 Ultra High Relief Double Eagle and the 2008 Martin Van Buren's not slabbed. I started to buy slabbed coins because I found it easier then sending coins to NGC for a 70 grade. I started collecting when a friend showed me his collection. I started as a hoby and I do not think I will ever be as good in collecting fine coins like some of the collectors here. I admire the serious collector's and their ablities to find great coins. I have to settel to just find them on auction sites. My reasoning is simple I am not that good at telling if a coin has been alter or cleaned. For example I sent to NGC 5 1986 ASE, (two proof and three uncirculate) and 4 came back as 69's and one improper cleaning.

Now that I have been collecting some coins for a few years, I have 3 competitive sets that have been ranked number one (although I am not at the top of the series). To me this is an accomplishment that I never thought I would ever be able to obtain within two years. My quest is to get ASE First Year Of Issue but to buy one from an auction is way too expansive so I will continue to find 1986 ASE and send it in hoping my eye did catch an ASE. 70.

Happy Collecting to all,

Ed

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