I have built a Registry set over a period of nearly 10 years and had a #1 set for three years. Then came the inevitable let down for all who aspire to be #1.
Before I moved to Washington State, about (2003), I was buying mostly better date, lower MS and AU gold coins with low pops. This lead me to having three coins dated 1979 (two quarter eagles and an eagle) of which the eagle was later sold. From these two quarter eagles, my 1879 Registry Set began to take shape about 2004.
Putting thi
How to play the registry game on a different continuum than just how much disposable income which you have to spend on what is after all, a hobby!
Brand X TPG has brought a new coin collecting game to town. This game is called Everyman Registry Sets. What this means to the uninitiated is that: somebody like me (an average guy) can have a Top 10 registry set and not be dragged, kicking and screaming to coin collector Debtors Prison the day after he dares go up against deep pockets of vested d
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