Adoption central has been busy.

I have set my sights on rarity not just numbers of graded coins as I have been accumulating anything I could afford and acquire with little focus. Now, for the past months I have been trading up. I have gleaned out of my collection coins which I included as I sought after PF70s for my 10 Collections of the IMPRESSIONS OF LIBERTY. I have been able to put together 10 complete sets of the 5000 minted and all in PF70. In so doing, I also had many 69s returned from grading, and did not bother to sell them but just let them sit in my registry. Now I have been trading them off for more rare items.

Today I have set out for adoption 8 more coins, I think most of my platinums which don't fit, and in will come some new adoptees. One I traded out was a 1997 PF68 G$50. I scanned it so careful, but NGC found mice in the cupboard, so out it goes.

In return, I am getting some more Indian quarter eagles, and a set of the last Roman Numeral golds. Also, a wonderfully rare Morgan. All should be in this week, and entered in the registry. Oh, the new Indians are my fourth complete set of the 1908 - 1929 Indian quarter eagles.

I kept trying to put together one set, and got so many other lesser coins, it led to the potatoe chip syndrome, (bet you cannot eat just one), and four sets resulted.

This coin collecting is getting out of hand (Ha HA)

Well, where to next? Oh, I am finding out, older commemoratives are also kind of fun to have when they are rare.

Capt. Brian

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