Lem E

Congrats again Rev. That’s a real nice pair you have there. 

Thats exactly the same way I am. Im more of a collector than a competitor. Its way out of my budget trying to compete. I enjoy putting my sets in the registry to display them and it helps set a goal for me. To complete a set it helps me keep up with what I need. I enjoy looking at all the other peoples sets also. $60 is big money for a coin for me. I wasnt smart enough to get a good job when I was younger and my budget is very low. Some coins I gave around $150 to $200 but it was when the weather was good and I would put back 20 or 30 out of each check if I had it until I saved up for one. Thats why its taking me so long to complete my set. All this trouble and bad weather has put a hurting on me and I aint been able to get none for a couple months but soon as it clears up and I get back to working everyday Im gonna start on those rosies. Im really wanting to do a full torch set. Im also wanting to do an SMS cameo set also. Not sure what year yet. I been looking and I may be able to afford a lower grade one. 

Sounds like you have a solid plan for your Rossie set, nothing wrong from making a few mistakes as long as you learn from them.   
As to getting back to the #1 slot for my Lincoln set, that is highly unlikely, the guy in front of my now has been spending a ton of money over the past year.   He went from well down the list to having sets that rank #1 to #3 depending on which Lincoln set category you look at.    He now is in the #2 spot in the most popular and competitive category, 1909 to current with varieties Lincoln set (my set is #6 in that category).  If I had to guess I'd say that the coins he added to his Lincoln sets would have cost at least $30,000 just in the past year and the #1 set is still 200,000 points above his.   I don't have the money to keep up with that kind of spending, not even close.   In this category his top spot set is over 100,000 points ahead of me in the score, that would require me to spend at least $25,000 (likely more) to just catch up.   Not going to happen as I don't have that type of cheddar to spend.   And even if I did have the funds I'm not sure that I would want to, I like most of the coins in my set just as is.   There are really only five or six that I would say I made a bad choice on and would like to upgrade the look or eye appeal of.
I always kept the registry in perspective, it's fun and interesting but not a priority in my collection or my life so I don't overspend myself trying to win awards; well except for one set that I do want to retain the top spot if possible.   I am ecstatic with my best presented win this year, that is a way for those of us that do not have unlimited funds to have fun with the registry and compete on a playing field that is not completely dependent on how much we spend.   More than one way to enjoy the registry, even if I had never won a single award I would have been satisfied with my sets for what they represent, just an average guy having fun buying the best looking coins I can afford.

Thats very cool to even have a number 2 set.  I foresee in the future you will have that number 1 spot again. You got a very nice set. I really enjoyed looking at it. Those are some stunning Lincolns. Very well presented also. The descriptions and everything. Looking at your set and @Lem Ewonderful set of Jeffersons has inspired me to work harder on mine. Im gonna write descriptions on my Washingtons. Its bout too late on them but Im gonna try to finish them out with some nice coins but not super high grades. I done got in a hurry and spent a pile of money on problem coins and theres way to many and hard key dates out of my budget. Im still very happy and grateful for what I have done on it. Im gonna finish it out slowly. I am however gonna start a set of Roosevelt dimes. Im gonna to try to go full torch and be more picky on them. It will be pricey on some but way less in a set and really no really hard key dates such as the 32 d & s GWs. Or the 1950 d/s & s/d. I dread getting those. But the set of dimes will be easier on me to find and Ive got a fresh start to pick the right coins for my set. I plan on being more creative and write cool facts and descriptions. I really enjoyed your set and thanks for sharing it with all of us to enjoy and inspiring people like me to try and do better. 

Congratulations on the #1 set. Any #1 set is a big accomplishment. Nice work!

Thank you! It is a lot of fun to find a collection or a set that has a story to tell and then trying to tell that story.
Mike is well aware of the Note set because he's one of the few others that is active on the PMG side as well and we talk a lot over there. 
I've made the comment in the past that I think projects and sets like this would make it really cool if we could have cross-registry sets that incorporate PMG notes and NGC coins, but I'm sure that's far easier said than done. I work around it in my own way by having the coin set and the note set reference each other and link to each other in the Set Descriptions. I've also considered, in the past using "extra" certification numbers for PMG notes I don't include in my Zimbabwe Signature set to incorporate images of the Bond Coins and other Zcoins into that set more directly. But I don't have a huge number of unused cert#s and that approach is just a tad clunky.
As it is though, I'm mostly just happy and grateful that PMG and NGC include competitive categories for these coins and notes and allow for Signature / Custom sets. While participation in the PMG Zimbabwe Category has increased with time - perhaps in part because of my efforts, perhaps not - at the time they were added (around 2016) I was pretty much the only one that listed sets in them along with maybe 1 or 2 other people. Now I'm one of only two sets in the NGC category,. But maybe that can change with time.
I did notice that there seemed to be a bump in participation in the PMG Zimbabwe registry after the note set won Best Presented last year. 

I will admit that I don’t get into the journal section of the forum very much. I really don’t know why because I usually end up reading quite a bit when I do. I wanted to say congratulations again to Revenant on your award(s). After reading through this entry I realized the other accomplishments you have achieved with your Zimbabwe sets. Having both sets win awards at the same time is remarkable and shows the dedication you put into the hobby. It’s an inspiration to this collector. Congratulations again my friend and to the rest of you as well.

Congratulations on the #1 set. Any #1 set is a big accomplishment. Nice work!

Congratulations on all your achievements Rev. You deserve every bit of it.