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    I must have missed the announcement of re-ranking of registry sets based on number of NGC vs. grandfathered PCGS coins.  My US Bicentennial Silver set was tied for first with several other entrants.  Now I am tied for fourth.  Same number of points, but the number one set is all NGC and second and third each have one NGC coins.  My set is all (grandfathered) PCGS.
    In Mark Salzberg's letter of 11/10/2016, announcing the change to the Registry regarding PCGS coins, it was stated (emphasis added):
    "To be clear, all coins currently in NGC Registry sets, including those graded by other services, will be allowed to stay in those sets. There will be no NGC Registry point deductions or rank changes for these coins or sets. Starting in January 2017, however, if you would like to add a new coin to an NGC Registry set, it will need to be an NGC-certified coin."
    Guess I must have missed it when this change was announced.  Oh well.
  3. andold
    Should be multiple sets.
    As pointed out, the full USA Type set does not include gold.
    And there is already a separate 20th Century Gold type set.
     
    I would suggest:
     
    20th Century Type Set, Non-Proofs Only
    20th Century Type Set, Non-Proofs Only, w/Gold
    20th Century Type Set, Proofs Only
    20th Century Type Set, Proofs and Non-Proofs
    20th Century Type Set, Proofs and Non-Proofs, w/Gold
     
    My 2 cents worth.
  4. andold

    A dream realized

    By andold,

    A long time project comes to fruition.
    Today I entered the last coin to my Morgan Dollar collection! A complete set! When I bought my first Morgan in 1980, I hoped that someday I could lay claim to a complete set - and here I am 32 years (!!) later with all the standard business strikes in my collection.
    In the early years I bought 3-4 coins a year at my birthday and Christmas, or my then-wife would buy me one as a gift. As a young man with a wife and family, the budget just wasn't there for such extravagant purchases.
    But, marriages collapse, children grow up, and careers advance. Over the last 10 or so years, I've been fortunate to have the budget to chase the dream, and this last week I caught it. I'll never have the #1 set, or even one in the top 50 or 75, but I do have 'em all!
    So, I entered the last dollar, moved up a couple positions in the rankings - and then what? Seems like there should have been some bells or flashing lights or something. Is that it?
    No. Of course not.
    We don't collect for the points or the rankings. Sure, that's fun and all, but it's not why we collect. It's the history, the beauty, the thrill of the chase, the search for knowledge. And a certain compulsive focused acquisitiveness that we ourselves don't even fully understand. And it's fun!
    So, the collection is complete, but it is not finished. There's more to learn and higher quality upgrades to consider.
    And Top-100 VAMS, and Peace dollars, and type sets, and maybe some gold someday...
    Enjoy your coins my friends. If you're not having any fun doing this, you're doing it wrong.