MIKE BYRNE

On 4/26/2019 at 10:59 AM, Numismatic, A.A.S. said:

Can not there sets be just as nice as those  competing.

 

yes, many chose not to compete and have nicer coins...

So we buy coins because we like them or they help you win something.?

I would imagine you would have to somewhat like coins to be involved. It depends on personalities, some won't sacrifice quality and others don't care..

Right now you can win prizes for submission to the grading network...and the prestigious awards...

Maybe I wasn't clear. I'm new here and I don't understand that we collect coins we like. Now I have been collecting for twenty five years  I'm older than most. I put together a set very rare 19 tokens 223 years old all MS red brown and P.L.. What I was trying to say those better if than allot of us can put great sets together. That's fine if I could I would do the same. There is nothing wrong with that. I don't understand that we can win prizes for collecting coins we like. So am I buying to win or because I like a certain set. That's all. Thanks Mike

On 4/22/2019 at 1:03 AM, jgenn said:

Maybe I could answer some of your questions, but it is very difficult to understand what you have written. Do you have some specific question about competitive set awards or custom set awards or journal awards?

My friend Gary said and he's won here that my Coventry Token set could win. If I'm in non competitive how is that oossible? Thanks Mike

On 4/22/2019 at 11:13 AM, Coinbuf said:

Registry sets can be fun however like most things in life balance and proportion are very important.  I have several registry sets but only two (maybe three) have ever won awards and that's perfectly ok with me.  I cannot afford to play in the deep end of the pool on most of my sets, only my small year sets can compete and I collect those because of the timeframe of history and what was happening in history at that time interests me.  Collect what you want, participate in the registry if you want, compete at the highest level if you have the means and the desire to, it's up to each individual to decide what is important and let that decision drive the focus.  I know many collectors that prefer to collect; and have amazing collections of; circulated coins in the XF to F range that could never win a registry award for highest graded but can compete in other areas because the owners have so much information and photos included into the set and coin descriptions.  It is a hobby so enjoy.

it sounds like you collect like me. I have been collecting 25 years. This Coventry set some. sold for £600. That's allot in British money. Here they sell for more. But there very very hard to find. I stopped collecting coins and after five years they were will out ther. Meanwhile I had saved enough to go after This rare set. Only 19 beautiful tokens.. I'm very proud of this set donated it the hobby and the kids everyone. I wanted to show it I can do this anyone can. The secret budget. That's it stick to a budget and you will finish that set. My motto. Never give up. Thanks. Miks

On 4/22/2019 at 8:12 AM, Revenant said:

You could make a signature set for them and those are elligible for some awards.

What's a signature set I will be new for a while. Thanks Mike

Congratulations that shows not only do you enjoy collecting you good at it. You buy and wear smat. Good for you keep up the good work.Mike

19 hours ago, Coinbuf said:

Registry sets can be fun however like most things in life balance and proportion are very important.  I have several registry sets but only two (maybe three) have ever won awards and that's perfectly ok with me.  I cannot afford to play in the deep end of the pool on most of my sets, only my small year sets can compete and I collect those because of the timeframe of history and what was happening in history at that time interests me.  Collect what you want, participate in the registry if you want, compete at the highest level if you have the means and the desire to, it's up to each individual to decide what is important and let that decision drive the focus.  I know many collectors that prefer to collect; and have amazing collections of; circulated coins in the XF to F range that could never win a registry award for highest graded but can compete in other areas because the owners have so much information and photos included into the set and coin descriptions.  It is a hobby so enjoy.

Thank you. I put a set together it took five years. It's 223 years old and There is 19 in the set. Yes some are very expensive. But I did it out of my love of collecting. It took Five years because there so old. Still haven't found another set raw or slabed it was strengths famished die  sinker. P. Kemoson. One of the masters of the age. All done because I love coins and tokens. All are MS.Think about it 223 years old all MS. It's up on the Registry. Thanks for your comment. Mike

On 4/22/2019 at 8:12 AM, Revenant said:

You could make a signature set for them and those are elligible for some awards.

I have sets I know would win. The point being I'm old very sick and I did it for the hobby. The Coventry set unsaid if and I mean if I ever finished it I would donate to the hobby. To show all collectors if I can do it you can. And incompetent never give up. Thanks Mike

19 hours ago, Mokiechan said:

IMHO, a few folks here are highly competitive and have the financial means to put together spectacular award winning sets, nothing wrong with that.  Most folks here do it for the love of the hobby, or the specific item they have collected.  A good example of the latter is Gary's Laura Gardin Fraser Custom Set.  Gary did his set for love of the hobby and his subject, the fact he poured so much research and effort into his set is justifiably rewarded.  A set like his, educates and amazes me at the same time, and ultimately, as Revenant stated  "While it is a "competition," the awards are more about recognizing contribution to the community and encouraging participation - particularly the big overall awards. Those go to well researched, well presented sets that add something unique and fun to the registry community".

I give my personal award to Gary's Laura Gardin Fraser set, It is the best set I have ever seen. 

Thank you my friend. I hold  nothing about those who do well. I say congratulations they have the means I would do the same. I did mention Gary in my journal. His work on L. G. F. is spectacular. I have told him that in every comment. Himself and I put sets together for the love of the hobby. He told me I can still win with the Coventry set. I didn't understand. But five years if you read my introduction it was for the love of the hobby. I also studied Coventry tokens and all my time was in them. I love that set. No one yet in six years has said there is another completed set . My research was constant. You weren't there when I started it. A dealer sent me a book. I fell in love with the detail the history. Five years and two to find one. Everyone helped me. When I was down they said don't give up. And i did not. There are plenty of stories like mine I respect every one and every collector. Thanks for your comment it's always welcome. Mike

No I dont. I'm in non competitive I did not want be involved . I believe these are for sets that people can aford.a set And spent allot of time putting them together. I have sets like that but my biggest accomplishment was my P.Kempson set from 1797. I believe it's the only complete set put together that was done by Kempson. A great die sinker and  designer. It's 223 years old. All MS from 63 to 65. Some red brown some P.L.. Took five years to find five tokens all rare. But there tokens. And in the coin world don't look at them as coinage but they were. They saved a country from bankruptcy but there only thing

is that some.cost allot of money. One took two years to find. So because there just tokens and then only known set I left them out. I don't think there eligible. Thanks for your help. Mike

19 hours ago, Revenant said:

While it is a "competition," the awards are more about recognizing contribution to the community and encouraging participation - particularly the big overall awards. Those go to well researched, well presented sets that add something unique and fun to the registry community.

The journal awards were never  a competition to me,  but were 100% about recognizing contribution to the community and sharing love of the hobby. They were only a competition in so far as 3 people got them and some years we had 70-80 participating authors. That said, the awards announcement for 2019 makes no reference to the journal awards. NGC does review and change the awards as they see fit and it would appear that 2018 was the 14th (?) and final year of the journal awards.

Thanks like I said I'm not involved . I did not known The public read them. As I said I wish them all well. It's to bad everyone can't win. We are a community of collectors. I didn't collect coins to win things but that's what they do. So i Will say thank you for your comment and good luck to those involved. I just collect my coins Happy Easter Mike

On 3/29/2019 at 8:19 AM, Mokiechan said:

Probably a result of their inexperience handling Condor Tokens which resulted in improper attribution.  Everytime you send in a token, you help increase their knowledge of the area. I know how tough you are Mike, you are helping the whole Condor Token collecting community everytime you send one of yours in. The edge writing such can determine rarity.

When I first started slabing them. I now thank the Lord I stopped sending them to PCGS. What a hack job they did. Wrong D&H numbers they encircled the edge writing which determine rarity. They graded tokens that were a mess MS 64. I just spoke to a very popular auction house who has an auction in two dats you believe  this but lot so and so we're probably slabed by PCGS  Yes I was right. Yes I was. But that's the way they came by the seller. I suggested that if there records are all on a computer separate them. I bet you got higher bids on NGC. He said why. Simple. They know. More about them  and they don't hand out MS. Thanks I think it's important were you send certain coins. Mike.

Yes being born in Ireland and coming through Ellis Island I know.well the history of the land of my birth. Yes we have fought in more ways than any other country. We also built cities. We are a war minded people. Centuries of it. Thank you. 

On 4/14/2019 at 11:21 PM, Revenant said:

The filter is, I think, mostly there to help keep things civil. We're allowed to disagree with them and each other but we aren't allowed to attack each other, threaten each other or engage in petty name-calling. Thus, the filter. Yeah, it means it kicks in when we're not actually insulting each other and sometimes ourselves.

To Mokie: The "ID: 10-T error," as we sometimes like to call it, is always good for a laugh as long as you don't take yourself too seriously.

On 4/14/2019 at 6:13 PM, gherrmann44 said:

Interesting, since I have always considered NGC among the most tolerant of anything-go's-posts. At any rate, its just a word and they are still tolerant of almost all opinions no matter how bizarre they may seem. As far as losing a prized coin or more properly forgetting where you last left it, they say that short term memory is the first to go. That happens to me all the time. Having scatterbrained thoughts all at once doesn't help either. I'm glad for you that all's well that ends well. Gary

P.S. Just before my wife and I left for church this morning I couldn't find my brush to comb my hair. It wasn't in the place I always keep it but I finally found it in the place I had left it. Frustrating stuff.  

On 4/14/2019 at 11:19 AM, Mokiechan said:

LOL, The filter on this blog site changed my word I D I O T into insufficently_thoughtful_person

On 4/14/2019 at 11:19 AM, Mokiechan said:

LOL, The filter on this blog site changed my word I D I O T into insufficently_thoughtful_person

Well I'm basically new here and not familiar with this filter and what it means. If you can tell me back at the ANA in would appreciate my friend. I mean we went from a journal to all this talk about a filter. Ask me there is nothing wrong with the journal. He simply described something that happened with a coin. I found a two cent piece the next day. Is that a problem? Mike

On 4/14/2019 at 11:19 AM, Mokiechan said:

LOL, The filter on this blog site changed my word I D I O T into insufficently_thoughtful_person

On 4/14/2019 at 11:19 AM, Mokiechan said:

LOL, The filter on this blog site changed my word I D I O T into insufficently_thoughtful_person

Well my good friend there is nothing more I can say except that more collectors learn more about L.G.F. Like we have from you. We were lucky to see them in your blogs. Like someone said you probably have the best collection and can hold your head high with the great honor you received.. It's to bad you slowed  down but that time comes to all of us. I slowed down in October. It takes getting used to but now I really enjoy my coins and tokens. Thanks for teaching me so much about your great collection Mike

I have up on Littleton coins my first year of collecting they will sell and buy anything. They have the highest price anywere. And they won't tell you it's be cleaned or details. I wouldn't sell them my socks but they would sell them . Thanks Mike lots of luck with those coins. Mike

I hope it works.out well for you. Mine is stimuli going. It still has all the Silver proofs. I was happy when they brought a silver dime back every year. I'm hoping that will add to mine. When and if I well it. I wish you all the luck. Thanks. Mike

My very first coin was in 1992. It was an elongated cent of the Nina one of Columbus ships. Bought it Coney Island. The other two were empty. It was an old fashioned one where you pull the handle.now there is a site for these. It list were every machine in our country. It's pennycollector.com. The mint should look at some.if the designs. Thanks for the memories. Mike

On 3/23/2019 at 11:11 PM, Kohaku said:

The question of slabbing is even more hotly contested when it comes to ancient coins.  For me, I appreciate the security on having an ancient coin protected within the slab, as well as confirmation of attribution and condition (even if I don't always like the result for the latter!).  Having said that, I have some ancient coins that I decided not to slab, for various reasons.

 

Thanks for your response I'm so sorry I'm late. The main purpose of slaving is to protect them. If you have a few rare ones at the table anything can happen by accident. Then no longer desirable. Stains falls anything. Thanks for your comment Mike

On 3/23/2019 at 9:30 AM, Revenant said:

Getting something graded and encapsulated with the main goal being to protect it / preserve it I think is more common than some people give it credit for. As I've said in posts on the boards, protecting the notes, which are on fairly cheap / low quality paper, is my primary motivation in building a set of PMG graded Zimbabwean banknotes. I've said it myself many times - the PMG grade doesn't really add any value in this series unless you luck into something like a 68EPQ, 69EPQ grade. Anything lower than that? the increase in the sale price of the note barely covers the cost of bulk grading for dealers - it's less than the cost of grading if you're submitting individual notes yourself. So it's 100% not about the value for me. It's 100% about the long term presentation and preservation of the set. I have coins that fit into this same category - bought graded for preservation and presentation, because I really do like the new generation of NGC holders. I like them a lot.

 

thank you. When you think that those who came before us protected the coins and tokens so that we may enjoy them. That makes it out responsibility to do the same for the future generations. Thanks for understanding. Some people just don't get it. Then they wonder what happened to my coins?

On 4/9/2019 at 5:39 PM, Mohawk said:

Well I'm not religious and I don't pray, but I do wish you all the best.

~Tom

Tom I'm sorry for being late. You see I'm a member of the ANA I'm number one out of 64,000 members. That's from writing blogs commenting on them. It's ok that your not religious. Your words speak volumes. That's what couts. Thanks Mike

On 4/1/2019 at 10:10 PM, Just Bob said:

Ditto. 

 Hi everyone. Well I saw all that equipment. I have all Nikon equipment lenses 1.2. And I get my micro shots from a seven dollar piece of rubber with a lens on it. It fits over my phone which is always set for coins. Focus and bingo a great picture. I was going to buy a lens but I saved six hundred on this. I said what could I lose a couple of bucks. No I didn't even lose that and my close ups from them on are terrific .. Some day i will buy a regular lens for Macro shooting. Since when I bought my camera it was 1800.00 dollars. The problem B&H never charged my account. So I got a free camera the two lens the charged me for was.enough.. Just got lucky. It has more menus than my computer. I love it. Thanks for your info Mike. I hope.you get lucky with equipment the prices are unbearable.

On 5/13/2017 at 9:14 PM, morganthebrave said:

Pobjoy Great Britain silver coin 1972.

You can view a collection of King Edward VIII at:

https://coins.www.collectors-society.com/WCM/CoinCustomSetView.aspx?s=13429

Hi Mike here I collect British coin, tokens and medals. I have never seen St.George facing the left on any thing. I wonder why it was done this time. I think that in itself is rare. Thanks this is so very interesting and i don't understand the problems with the mintages. I don't know what's real and what's not. Surely in that age they would have them. The English are known for there excellent records go in back to the Normans. Thanks Mike

Just now, MIKE BYRNE said:

 

That was not me who said that. Never saw that article . There are many reasons for inflation and it's not coins that I know. You can't blame inflation in a cent. Finding know why they have a problem . I think were headed for one and collectors will suffer greatly with increases in coins..  Thanks for bringing that up. Mike.

On 4/6/2019 at 7:29 PM, Mokiechan said:

But no mention of the cent eradication as a proximate cause.

On 4/6/2019 at 8:52 AM, Numismatic, A.A.S. said:

"We have to work on a budget"

Uh...the United States has no budget. We are growing the national debt every hour, becoming more in tangled into the London Bankers Web of Deception. 

"What happens to the truckers and railways that deliverd these gone."

As far as the Railroad, they will still function...there is only one way to haul the Heaviest Freight and at a constant speed...Union Pacific Mainline protected by the Dept. Of Defense for several reasons. 

 "If you buy something for 1.99 be ready to pay 2.05"

Your Exactly Right about that, the amount of Money rounded up can cause a hyper inflationary environment, very dangerous to eliminate the Cent.

"Tell me what happens to those with families who get laid off"

It's very difficult, we've had to Survive before and do without till better jobs were earned, many sleepless nights, coin collecting put on hold, many coins sold...life deals some bad hands Brother.

I feel your Pain. I understand what you're saying..it's hard to stay positive. New designs should be in place...always...

It seems tougher these days as I blame the Bankers...the next time they mess up...and they have been...we will pay for it. The bail in...ie, negative interest rates is spreading from Japan like a virus...

I see the Day when Gold and Silver coins will be used in commerce again...bad money always pushes the good money out....peace 

You bring up a great point. We're not in good shape. Twenty three billion in debt and everything is still going up in price. You can't blame that on coins. The Treasury Department turns a profit every year with the mint. So I can understand a change but not get rid of anything. Thanks very much . Mike