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Had my own run in with this sort of thing a month ago. Four or more attempts per day. Even got to the point where I checked — independently — to see if any breaches had occurred. Best advice I can give is inspect each email with just a single click — to "see" them without opening them — and then delete them, followed by deleting them even further by deleting them in the Trash, too. Maybe even go further by keeping a Notes file of who, what, where, and when as that sort of information may later reveal how well you've been parrying the threats. The good news is… when the bot decides to "move on," you're eventually left alone. (I hope.)

Ever since NGC did its "maintenance" a day or so ago, I have been unable to view any of My Competitive Sets from the left-of-screen menu of the NGC Registry page. If I approach my sets from other methods — Browse Competitive Sets >> United States >> Type Sets >> Gold Type Set 1834-1933 >> two pages deep; Rank 70 >> Puzzle Box Gold — I can view the set. Any chance NGC knows about this problem, or can make the My Competitive Sets function work again with just a simple/single click, as it used to work? Anyone else experiencing this problem? (the title of this thread is what appears when I click on My Competitive Sets)

No. NGC is lightyears ahead of your effort. Just the color schemes alone that your BETA is employing is a semi-turnoff. Then too, with your site, users would be putting sensitive information under the purview and auspices of… "who knows what?" Basically, you're an unknown quantity trying to compete against a website that is fully developed, prides itself in further-perfection-enhancements, and all the while is making a profit from its sustainable business practice. Sorry, but "them's the facts."

It came ashore about 175 miles north of Sarasota at 7:45 am this morning. (Wednesday) Sarasota is well outside of the eye wall. Things that weren't secured, or in disrepair in general, can come loose and cause more significant damage. That's about it. My assessment is that Sarasota will be just fine. The one thing nice thing about a hurricane is that once it passes by, the air is much cleaner, and maybe cooler than usual. You get some buffeting of wind still, and random showers, but there is a general uplift in spirits if you were far enough away to not have had to worry significantly. I suppose Sarasota's nearby shoreline will see a slight storm surge, but it will be more of a curiosity than a worrisome threat. And there will be palm tree fronds littered all over the place… nonetheless, the page has turned and it is a new chapter.

These photos don't add up.

I'm a homeowner, and in the last three months I've learned that my house has an inherent roof leak when the wind and rain are blowing from the south. Otherwise, no leak! Have been living here for twenty years, and have had the roof replaced twice in this time. Yet no one knew. Weeks of experiment and deduction this past summer — and a test with a garden hose — finally obviated what needs to be done. Hoping to have the work undertaken in early September 2023… next week. Just a few thousand $$.

I've recently taken a renewed interest in my NGC Journal. I posted a new entry… my second entry in ten years of participation. As with any creative effort, "creators" like to admire their work, or like to edit their work to improve on it further. However, even when logged in, I notice that the Views Counter of my Journal updates by one View for each time I view any aspect of my Journal. This includes just clicking on the "General" overview page. (that everyone has, i.e. in my case: A journal by USAuPzlBxBob) Views are an indication of popularity on a Website, and by enabling spurious aggrandizement of everyone's Journals by their own viewings of their work… well, it just doesn't seem right. Is there any possibility that NGC might be willing — or able — to change this default Views counter so as not to update when the owners of Journals click/work on their own Journals when logged in?

Actually, on both photos I see the "funniness" going on. When I post photos of my own coins in my Registry Sets, full slab photos, there is no "funniness." By funniness, I'm referring to the semi-blurred "does not compute" edging around the label. Maybe it is to be expected when a post is made of an Internet image, to have the blurring edge patterns. This, as opposed to your own photos dragged into a post.

You don't see the "funniness" going on?

The one advantage of submitting with a paid membership is there is wiggle room. There were a few coins that I submitted many years ago that it could be argued should have had the grading fee % FMV applied, rather than have them fall below an individual value limit, where there is a set fee "tier" in place. Saved me some "serious coin," pardon the pun. Agree with VKurtB… … … Step up.

The Cert in your photo doesn't look right, btw. It looks photo shopped. I'd give everything a careful look.

Download the the NGC app.

The coin Cert is 2886178-012.

"Regular, I guess." "Instant grits?"

It has been 10 years since I purchased my first rare coin… And had I not kept records — mailing invoices, copies of written letters, NGC Submitter Copies — I would have scant recollection of what had transpired. This brings me back to my first rare coin — a rare gold coin — and I’ve always been bothered by my records not revealing if it really was the first rare gold coin I had ever seen or held. The mystery involves a tale between two dealers — Austin Rare Coins, Inc. and Thomas M. Pilitowski & Assoc. — and how their different Invoices could reveal — or obscure — the truth, forever. The two coins involved are an 1881-CC $10 Eagle (Austin) and an 1891-CC $5 Half Eagle (Pilitowski), and both were procured at roughly the same time: June 2013. I had always been certain that the 1881-CC coin was the first because I talked the dealer into throwing-in a free copy of the 2013 Red Book as part of the deal. But the Invoices left me in doubt ten years later. Here is what their Invoices reveal: Dealer Date Ship Date Additional Notes Austin Rare Coins, Inc. 06/28/13 Not Stated PRE-PAID BY CHECK; CHECK#: 1794 Thomas M. Pilitowski & Assoc. June 21, 2013 July 2, 2013 Due by: PAID From this information it would appear that I ordered the 1891-CC $5 Half Eagle first — a week earlier — but there was the possibility that the 1881-CC $10 Eagle was ordered first, and 06/28/13 was its ship date. Long ago, I had disposed of my payment records — written checks, credit card receipts — and all I have left are these two Invoices. Or so I thought… Although I do not have the cancelled checks anymore, or even my monthly statements, over the years I do retain The Secretary Register(s) for all of my checks. These are not little one-check-per-page checkbook Secretaries, these are 3 checks to a page checkbook Secretaries, the best way to involve yourself with check writing. Twelve pages deep on one of them, there I found written in dark blue ink, two entries among twenty-eight others: 1794 6/18 ARCI 1796 6/21 Thomas M. Pilitowski & Assoc. I would have written the checks, and mailed them their following mornings on the way to work. The Austin Rare Coins, Inc. Date is ten days after I wrote the check. The Thomas M. Pilitowski & Assoc. Ship Date is eleven days after I wrote the check. By keeping my checking book Secretaries throughout the years, I can finally put this mystery to rest: the 1881-CC Eagle was definitely the first rare coin, … and I still have it today.

If I were you, I'd inquire of NGC if the coin would again grade with the same grade as before, automatically. The damaged holder may void its original grade, and it may have to be graded anew.

Is this Pat McBride. Found in Charmy's 2022 Central States Coin Show Report.

Chris, I like your choice for the title of this thread: I am here to learn. I, too, am here to learn, and without question, NGC is the best coin website on the Internet to do exactly this. The more I visit here, the more I realize how engaging this place is. Since you're a Newbie, and also having to take it easy after your recent surgery, this affords you extra time to explore the various locations within this place. I highly recommend it. And one more thing, always do it from a computer or tablet. It's a much more rewarding experience than from a cellphone. Speaking for myself, I tend to come to the NGC Chat Boards all too often, and sometimes things are slow and unengaging around here. So, what do I do? I explore the different banner headings — their dropdown windows — at the top of the page. Once you get used to navigating around here, that's when NGC's website really begins to shine. For example, just this morning I clicked on the banner "News" and the window that opened up led me to a fascinating article: Jeff Garrett: The Most Exciting Moment of My Career. (A very good read.) Best of luck and enjoy your new hobby, Bob

Speaking of thunderstorms, boy did a doozie come through last night at 2:20 am. High winds making tall trees violently-sway way over, and then reverse direction, and lighting strikes too numerous to count, many right on top of the others, making for quite an event… with me collecting inside roof-dripping data to confront my roofing company from last year, when they come out on Tuesday.

Is that Ben Franklin (blue coat) in the background?

Now that's what I'd call an Unknown Comic!

I suppose the take home after all taxes will be about 600,000,000. Then there is the question of remain anonymous or not. (where every hard-luck friend or relative will suddenly come out of the proverbial "woodwork") Decisions Decisions

Works for me, and I speak from experience. These days, my computer is close to me, on the kitchen island I'm sitting at, and the TV is three feet further beyond, in a built-in nook. Remote is lying just left of the computer, on the island. Commercial comes on the TV, hit mute on the remote, and I surf the net during the interim.

If you're watching TV, it goes to commercial break… what do you do? You hit the mute button. If you switch channels, you're probably just going to see different commercials.

The one coin that's got the most detail going on, when you show it to others, use VKurtB's joke, and do it with a Groucho Marx vocal-imitation, since the double "o" on the coin lends to a hint of Groucho's glasses.