Numismatic, A.A.S.

I wonder if it isn't just a "resources shift", U.S. coins are the TPG's bread and butter and it's probably more important to turn those than to catch up on world coins.
Or maybe they just want to clear the decks of U.S. coins before the tidal wave of 2021 Morgan and Peace Dollar commemoratives hit them in October. 

Good characteristics and detail strike on that Ancient. Planchet shows some lamination but from strike or something...I like your coin.

Great Collections....they are not draining the money from collectors on the buy and sell....Great People, the Big ones like Stacks, they thought they ruled the coin World...Stacks forgot about the true collectors and cater to the extremely wealthy....we'll, see what happens...even though I have an account and credit with them...they turned me off during Pouge auctions..spelling? Arrogance at other ones also...Ian at GC is down to Earth and treats everyone with respect. Any budget. Period.

Definitely good points all around. I find it useful in some respects to make have two or three sets that I'm working on more diligently but keep it limited to no more than that if possible. One of those projects can be like the 10G set where they're rarer and harder to come by. The other set can be easier, where coins are perhaps cheaper and / or more available. One set can function more as a long-term project where the other is more of a near-term thing. I think that helps balance things out. I think it can also work well to pair a smaller, shorter set with a larger, longer set, again to pair long-term goals / projects with short-term projects.
I've gotten lucky enough to find the 1887 and 1888 key-dates for my 10G set along the way but I'm definitely worried that it may stall out for a while now that I have all the common dates and the only things that are left are the rarer dates. Of course, the set is already more complete than I originally hoped it would ever be, so even if it's never finished I don't think I'll ever consider that set a disappointment.

Understood Revenant, I've seen collector's start a series with buying the more common cheaper coins, usually in higher grade, then start to dwindle down as they get tougher dates and never buy the keys or wait till the last holes to fill are the keys and settle for lower grades if complete them at all. A look on eBay or even most auctions will show how many keys and semi-keys are missing from sets and folders. In my experience, the earlier I conditioned myself to start with keys first in a set and use patience the better my end result (when I was collecting by sets/series). That said, it was easy to get side tracked by other coin projects...you see an opportunity with another coin or series and I can't pass it up and in the meantime I'm waiting for an opportunity in the current series that isn't coming so I branch out. Sometimes then with funds applied, shortly there after the coin I was waiting for comes up and I've lost the financial upper hand. Left with several unfinished sets, etc...it takes a lot of commitment and FOCUS..all while life is happening at the same time. Been there in the past and know the feeling, that's why your post/journal entry hit home with me so much....peace

I feel for you and understand your situation. I pray things will turn around and your Wife and Children will be just fine. On the coin side...THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH HALF OR UNCOMPLETED SETS. I SALUTE YOU!! In your attempt to capture your goals and stride forward like an English Commander on the Numismatic Battlefield...You Sir definitely are putting your Loved ones First and that is HONORABLE, IMHO...I remember those coins and wanted some but never got any, they are important and cool!! Thanks for Sharing and I'm on your side of field....(going to play that Counting Crows Song about "I belong in the service of the Queen" for you...peace

Second that was submitted for Restoration came back graded MS63. Nice and I expected MS62 so also a bit of a win there.

Congrats....

Then again, if you pass on the first coin and get outbid on the second coin you have nothing but what if's

We were looking at some 1983 coins and I was reminded that the quarter...not sure which mint...has a spitting Eagle variety and I forgot that we searched through all these back in 2008 and I pulled the ones that were noticeable...(I'll have to find them and take pics) anyway, weird thing about your post is it was with a Family member who was so sick from Cancer at the time and he tried to relax and take his mind off of it and we started with these 1983's and it lead to that variety finding...one of the finest times and special memories for me with an otherwise difficult person I could never have a normal conversation with, always ended up in an argument...but not that day, that day we were like treasure hunters and bonded over something most would consider a waste of time...I will never forget that Day.