DrDarryl

https://money.org/collector/drdarryl/blog/the-unsung-first-day-issues The Unsung First Day Issues blog at the ANA

On 4/19/2020 at 9:51 AM, Revenant said:

I feel the need to point out that any work of original authorship can be registered with the copyright office and they give you that letter / certificate. All you have to do is pay the $35 fee. Copyright registration does not have any bearing on the accuracy or scholarly merit of the work. It really just makes it easier for you to sue someone for stealing your work.

Interesting post though and nice pictures!

Yes, you can't trust a riffraff waving a single copyright paper. The best picture below is the letter from the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library (the Richard M. Nixon Presidential Library also has a copy of the blue book). Thank you very much, I have a published book in two Presidential Libraries. My next goal is to increase it by one (targeting to add the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library) with my next book. The second best picture is an email snippet from John Dean (numismatic author of the book National Commemorative Medals of the U.S. Mint). All other images are related to Special Government Medals (with a razor sharp focus on The White House (yes, its a U.S. Government agency) medals. This will be my 7th year (began in 2013)  researching these medals (started  with the Eisenhower appreciation medals, added the Kennedy appreciation medals, then expanded out to the other U.S. Government agencies. 

NGC graded/encapsulated my POTUS sGm research collection. More information about the POTUS sGm series can be found at https://potus-sgm.com/

You just have to love the American Bison design. These are currently all the Department of Interior honor medal types. The catalog designation are my doing. C=Class. The two on the right are in gold.

FYI-My submissions are Early Bird/Standard.

16 hours ago, Mk123 said:

@DrDarryl Does your tracking still say "Received"? Mine said received on 4/30 and then today I got a email that say it was "received" again with an updated date of 5/2/18

I did receive a "received" e-mail on 3/27. I also received a NGC email indicating payment was made via my credit card. I failed to mention that my 37 medals are spread across three invoices (each with received status).

Submitted 37 US Mint medals on March 23 at the Whitman Coin Expo in Baltimore Maryland. Acknowledged "Received" on March 27. Today is the 41st day of submittal (or 27th business day). I check my status in the morning and evening. I know my medals are in good hands at NGC. I know I got them stumped with my submission as I wrote the book on these US Mint medals and offered to send pdf of my two earlier books (no reply so far). In addition, I know of three types of medals in this newly formed medal series have been previously graded/encapsulated. I also request a special label to identify my collection (previous email reply indicated it was ok). I also have a few medals with paperwork showing provenance (unbroken chain of ownership starting with President Eisenhower and ending with me). Google POTUS-SGM to see more related to my discovery, organization, forming, and naming of this series. I also discussed this series at my blog at the American Numismatic Association website.