Revenant

They always come out strong and always fizzle.

It's a nice looking quarter though.

On 12/16/2021 at 12:55 PM, Mr.Bill347 said:

Nikon D5600 with a Macro lens

What macro lens? Are you using a cheaper DX 60 mm macro or are you using the 105 mm G series VR? Or something else? If you're using a VR lens on a tripod, switch off the VR.

It is better than it was... I wanna say a couple months ago? There was a while there were getting on on the PMG side was simply not possible at all and that lasted about 2-3 weeks... now it's mostly just annoying.

On 12/12/2021 at 12:46 PM, Hoghead515 said:

That is great. Makes it alot more fun to have someone to collect with. Im really hoping to get my wife into it. She actually started liking it trying to find one we could afford yet would be nice for the set. Good luck to you and yours on your set. That would be a pretty good challenge and alot of fun to complete. Im hoping to show my wife some various types of coins and hoping something will catch her eye. May even talk her into putting together a short set of something. She may come around. This is the closest Ive got her so far. The only way was to get her shopping for my present. She seemed to start liking it. 

You might try seeing if there are coins related to something important to her - like my wife and Italy - and seeing if you can get interest and buy-in that way, by getting into that with her. Use that as a gateway into building more interest in collecting in general.

I know with Shandy and Zimbabwe I've had fun talking to her about the historical context of the hyperinflation series and the things / symbolism on them and sharing my research and set building with them - like the change in the name of the capital from Salisbury to Harare, which triggered the change in the type 1a and type 1b notes.

On 12/12/2021 at 7:01 AM, Hoghead515 said:

Hopefully she will get into the hobby with me. Ive been trying to get her to.

Don't know if you've followed / seen my recent journals but I've been having luck recently with buying lots of raw coins and asking my wife to look at them with me and discuss which ones we think are best to submit and build out a set that's going to be almost 100% self-submitted coins and I'm starting to do some of this with coins and countries that have significance to her and it seems to have worked. We've had a lot of fun with it the last month or two.

On 12/9/2021 at 10:53 AM, GoldFinger1969 said:

agree on balance the Fed has been spiking the punchbowl but they have also taken it away at times.  And they are preparing to do so again. 

Everytime they tighten the highest interest rate they reach before dropping again gets lower. Every time they loosen the rate they loosen to gets lower until they hit zero in 2008, and now real FED funds rate is -6.8% with inflation. And the reason is that dent overall keeps getting bigger and it needs a lower interest rate to make it bearable. But 0% rates and negative real rates can't continue forever. Eventually this wolf we have by the neck - the debt levels - have to be reckoned with at all levels- federal, state, local, corporate, individual...

I don't know when but I do think this is a debt bubble and the music will stop... one day.

On 12/8/2021 at 9:27 PM, World Colonial said:

Second, I also know the actual economic "fundamentals" are either disproportionately mediocre or awful today and have been since 2008.  It's artificial prosperity supporting unsustainable living standards.

It's been funny seeing what seems like an uptick in interest in modern hyperinflation notes in the last 6 months to a year. My Zimbabwe set seems to continue to get more views over time.

On 12/3/2021 at 10:37 PM, Conder101 said:

 

 

You would have to base it on size  They are quarter eagles so 18 mm in diameter.  So they would have had to have been substituted for either cents 19 mm, or dimes 17.9 mm.  Too small to have passed for nickels (21 mm) or any larger denomination.

Most likely cents I would think if this were real. The gold color might night seem as funky among shiny pennies and not white dimes. But I still don't buy it.

Like Mike said, it could be a nice, risk-free test / trial coin. You really can't make that situation worse. 

On 12/1/2021 at 9:00 AM, USAuPzlBxBob said:

The "old" Registry doesn't have nearly the presentation appeal as the new Registry, so very much looking forward to Custom Sets eventual availability in the new NGC Registry.

Same. There are a couple of sets I've thought about trying to make but that system just makes the whole prospect of it seem miserable. The Custom set set-up on NGC isn't even the same as the one I've managed to teach myself and get used to on the PMG side, which makes it just that much more jarring and frustrating.

My suggestions would be the Coin Marketplace forum, eBay, or Etsy. Some subreddits may get you some bites too. I wouldn't expect / hope for much more than 1-3 dollars. I think closer to 1. But I could be wrong. I'm just basing that on my recent experiences on eBay.

On 11/29/2021 at 10:17 PM, Mohawk said:

but only if your purchase is above a certain amount

Yeah, because it comes back to not wanting to make change for it. The 50 may have changed over time. I remember the signs when I was younger at many places like fast food places that would say "No bills larger than $20 accepted." But I can't remember seeing that recently.

On 11/29/2021 at 9:27 PM, Quintus Arrius said:

no Asian merchant will accept a $100

Yeah... but the vast majority of merchants of all types won't take 100s or 50s because they don't want to make change for them and the 100 is heavily counterfeited relative to things like the 5, 10 and 20, to the point point that 5s are bleached for the paper to make more convincing fake 100s.

I think your challenge will be convincing them there is enough collector interest in these to change their prior decision and add the category.

While we all have our pet categories and types of sets we'd like to see, but if they made everything we asked for we'd all probably just have our own categories where we all get #1 rankings because we're all just listing in our custom category.

I'm pretty sure the custom sets were created specifically to let us all make ourselves happy without making all these empty categories where there's no competition.

Here's your problem:

Add pictures to the 18 coins that are missing them and add comments /notes to all 61 and you'll be tied for #1.

On 11/25/2021 at 6:53 AM, Fenntucky Mike said:

What set? My guess is that others have descriptions for all their coins, placing them ahead of you. 

And why 14? If you have a range of people missing pictures and descriptions to varying degrees that could get you 14 levels of pf70 coins.

I don't generally ignore anything but bots, but I also don't feel the need to engage.

On 11/24/2021 at 3:53 PM, Coinbuf said:

I wish I had something more unique to post, but as I do not this bird will do.

Still one of the better looking American eagles in the last 200 years.

On 11/23/2021 at 1:03 PM, Diego Ramos said:

Edited... Sometimes I forget about that helpful little block at the top of the control panel. 

https://coins.www.collectors-society.com

Okay. That just seems... really odd.

Did the RAM only make one coin 1 year out of a 12 year series? If so... what were they smoking?

I think it would be better to have one slot for the year / design and make both coins eligible for the one slot unless they also look different and aren't just separated by a mint mark. I don't like the inconsistency of having two slots for that one. Just expressing my 2 cents - I know you folks have to do your thing. 🤷‍♂️ 

On 11/23/2021 at 12:00 PM, Diego Ramos said:

These are not so rare, the problem is the same as always that private groups do not score at the competition level and if people do not score, they do not want to certify that it is the work that I am trying to do with my clients and myself

Custom sets can and do win major awards though. They just don't "score" "points," and you have to go for major awards - not "Best in Category." So, yeah, it's more work, but I'd argue there's more bragging rights afterwards.

And I'd argue that the points don't really matter all that much. Just my two cents. 🤷‍♂️