I have met quite a few people down through the years, but none of these "so called" friends come close to the friendships I have developed here at the C.S. There are several of you that I consider being in my top 5 of all time "best friends".

Greetings Collectors,

My last journal entry was on June 7th 2011 and wow it doesn't seem like it was that long ago. It was a posting of a coin I bought at the annual Jacksonville Coin show that has always been the last weekend in May. I plan on attending this year as admission is still free, although I'm not a member of the Jacksonville Coin Club anymore. I still know all those guys and it will be good to lay an eyeball on all of them again. I'm sure there will be questions as to where I've been but several of the guys already know my situation and know that I have had to tighten my belt considerably over the last year. Many of them I'm sure are just as bad off, if not worse.

I have been up many times in my life and I have been down many times as well. And I am fully aware of the old saying that "It's always the darkest just before the dawn". But as my ex-wife who has not been the least bit concerned, and to hear her say her normal thing, quote, unquote. "Kerry you're a survivor"! I've seen you down before and I have seen you battle back and replace all that had been lost and be in actually a better situation, than you were before several times, and have heard of many other times when you have done the same thing. But she has never really known the whole truth as I never wanted to burden her with all the morbid details. Besides all that would do is cause undue stress on her.

The purpose of this post is to thank Mike (Moondoggy) for his post and his gift, Kent for his purchases, his gift and several personal phone calls. Also gifts from not only Mike Moondoggy, but Gary (Gherrmann) and Don (Amarillo) and again Kent's generous gift. And just Friday I got a note and a gift from Jack R. Thank you all again "VERY MUCH" I'm sure that there are many of you that would take one look at my numerous sets and say to yourself, how on God's green earth can someone feel sorry for the likes of WKF? Well for my many friends that actually like me and for those of you that I have rubbed the wrong way, I would like to to say first off please forgive me for any of the posts that I wrote, that offended anyone. You will never hear such controversial talk coming from me, ever again. On that you have my word.

And on the sets that I have, and the coins in those sets that I use to have, please know that I quit adding coins to any sets for the most part well over a year ago and that probably well over 50% of that which you see listed, I no longer own, but have just been so busy looking for work or a regular job, I saw no reason to spend the hours it would take to go through all of my sets and then cross reference all of my sales to delete all of that which I no longer have. Points as far as I'm concerned, and I have written on the subject many times are still way outta whack compared to true rarity of other coins that garner many less points. And as far as points go, I'll probably never add another point to my overall. Every coin that I have sold that has had a request to be removed from my sets, I have gladly and quickly done so. I have also removed all of my Walker Halves from the PCGS registry along with every Franklin half dollar from there as well. Those that have been sold and those I still own.

The only PCGS coins I still own and have listed at PCGS are the Mercury dimes that I was working on a middle set (1934 through 1945) that were all housed in the very old 1st generation Rattler holders which take me back to the first day I ever bought a slabbed coin. The story about those coins if anyone is interested is in my Mercury Rattler Set here. I don't think I have a coin in that set that is worth more than a dollar or two north of $50 and there are many that $30 retail is closer to the true value.

I hope to one day be back on top again, but thus far so much damage has been done to the sets or I should say the pieces of sets that I still own, the sun is setting on my collecting career and getting health ins and keeping the lights on without a complete liquidation, is foremost on my mind, and not the adding or the filling of more holes in sets that have for the most part been decimated.

I will say this, in that I have not had to touch my beloved Franklin #1 set or the Mercury dime set I just mentioned, as I still have some coins I can still sell before that dreaded day comes. Maybe I will get lucky and land a job with a large company, with good health insurance, that I can live out my life comfortably with, and possibly get to the point I can add a coin or two here and there. That little inexpensive Mercury Dime Rattler set in 65 or 66 full bands is a doable goal sometime in the not too distant future. At least that is my goal, and is one that does not seem insurmountable.

I want to wish the best of everything to all of you and hope that those of you that have good jobs will be able to keep them. and never take that security that those jobs give for granted. I also want to wish, or I should say "pray" that for those of you that as things continue to look bleak, will find a massive set of blessings just around the next corner. There are so many others out there that have it so much worse than I.

And of all things I just wrote about, my number one prayer goes out to Todd Peters who has an 18 year old son who will soon, and may have already been left at that very young age without his father. That whole situation just breaks my heart and brings tears to my eyes every-time I pray and Todd's name comes up in our family prayers. This is an awesome father & son that regardless of the outcome of Todd's health, this family needs our help much, much, more so, than any help I could ever need or wish for. Please let's not forget this family most of all. And one of you were helping him out selling off some coins. Please message me here or email me at wkfine@yahoo.com so that I can take every cent of the spillover that was bestowed on me and turn those funds over to T.Peters. I want to help him/them in any way I can. You that are spearheading that, let me know how I can contribute some mint sets or proof sets to them or to you to sell and then pass the proceeds along to Todd.

I wish all the best to each and every one of you. Especially the T. Peters family. May Gods grace and his healing power be granted to those that unlike me, those that really need a miracle to happen in their lives. I leave you with one coin I will keep unless my family needs food as it is an early purchase in my collecting journey that means a great deal to me, and I would be hard pressed to sell it until that necessity arrives. A 1956 type two Franklin Proof in 68 Cameo. Happy Collecting to all of you and may God open the windows of Heaven and pour out blessings so great, that you won't be able to gather them all up.

Sincerely, Kerry aka WKF

P.S. I was told just lately in the last week or two that I could have always posted to the message boards and was told I should have been able to post journals too with a non paid free membership. But I promise I tried several times to no avail and I tried more than several times to respond to personal messages sent by friends to me here. Again, all to no avail. Now what I'm thinking as I just got off the phone with NGC to get my regular premium membership back that had expir