7/17/2007 to 7/17/2008

Well, 1 year ago I started tracking how my registry was changing and growing using several different meter sticks (# of sets, # of coins, # of points, rank) as well as the total number of ranked society members (as a point of reference).

1 year ago (plus or minus a few hours), I had 14 coins in 7 sets. This earned me 1374 points and a rank of 2557 out of 3220 ranked members.

Today, I have 154 coins in 35 sets. 36 coins and 13 sets are part of my project with my step-father (and they're his collection even if I did arrange all the purchases). This gives me 23,043 points and a rank of 1301 out of 4087 ranked members.

Now that is one pretty big change (at least in my opinion). I'm pretty proud of what I'm building. Many of the sets I'm working on are more in my head than fact right now, but getting there is 90% of the fun (the remaining 10% is "look at and admire"). At this point, I'm about as "branched out" as I want to be. I don't think I'm going to be adding many more competitive sets in the coming year, just working on the ones I have. I may soon get a Signature set off the ground in the next few months, but I'm not sure exactly what form that's going to take... yet. I'm also looking forward to the possibility of winning a registry award or two for some of the mint sets I'm building with my father (hey, the sets are my brain-child, even if he is paying for them ).