It's been an eventful week

Two good things, actually.

Good thing #1. After months of searching ebay, Heritage and other auction sites, several coin store visits and two local shows, at last I found the last PCGS FBL Franklin I needed to complete my set. This was only the third 1963 MS-64FBL I had seen in over six months, and the previous two went for way more than I wanted to pay. I entered a bid on it. Within hours after this one came up for auction, another one also appeared. Several bidders got into a bidding war for the other one, and it also sold for way more than I would pay, but my bid held up and the coin arrived early this week.

Good thing #2. I also won a couple more MS-65 Morgans, and they put my Registry point total over the 250,000 point mark. Doesn't mean much but it's a nice round number and at least looks impressive.

Now for the bad. When I tried to enter the 1963 Franklin in my PCGS set Wednesday morning, I got the dreaded "Another user has this coin in their set" message. If it's sold, paid for, shipped, and you have confirmed that the new owner is satisfied, release it already.

And the "huh???" I have given up trying to make sense of the Registry scoring system. I just gained about 2,000 points in my Morgan set without making any more changes. I looked at the details and found that the scores on several of the most common dates jumped. They now have scores higher than much less common dates in the same grade. My 1921-P, one of the most common in MS-65, now has a score of 551 while my 1921-D, which is much less common in MS-

65 has a score of 507.

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