Wow What a pleasent surprise

[moondoggy]

Didn't expect this .....

 

Went here tonight to see all the award winners and wow was I surprised to find my Franklin Set 1 received a Best Presented award. Totally unexpected believe me. Like to also congratulate all the other award winners.

 

Mike

 

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[jayman1970]

Congratulations,I think your award was well deserved!

 

 

Jason

[SPHansen]

It was unexpected, because it was undeserved... sorry Mike.

[Jack Robinson]

Congratulations.....

 

I recieved two awards myself, for my Sacagawea NGC PR70 set. My first awards ( started collecting in November 2011)

 

Congratulation to all of the award winners.

[Merlin8*]

Great work Mike, wonderful descriptions beautiful set!

[coinsbygary]

Congratulations Mike, you have a very fine set!

Gary

[hunter's gold]

Congrats. That is a awesome award to win.

[SPHansen]

The level of PC staggers me....

[nunfa0]

Nice set Mike and Congrats!!

 

Ignore SPHansen he seems to be a bit annoyed about nothing.

[SPHansen]

Excuse me?

 

I'm more than a bit annoyed... and it's not about nothing. YOU may roll over and take it, but I'm going to call BS when I see it.

 

I like Mike. He and I have had some great conversations, and I'll be the first in line to give him props, but come on... this is just not right. NGC is screwing the collectors. Letting this stand makes the whole competition a farce.

 

And, let me say this... it's a sweet set, but BEST PRESENTED? No friggin' way.

[nunfa0]

It's the best presented of the 100% NGC sets of the Proof Franklins.

[SPHansen]

Not buying it, sorry. The competition is not limited to Proof Franklins.

[nunfa0]

Sorry, I was wrong. It is one of the best presented sets. But I still think it deserves it. Mike put a lot of work into this set and his descriptions show it. The photos are good too.

[Six Mile Rick]

Mike,

Good to see your set won. As I am building the Statehoods from scratch sending in and getting each coin graded I can see you put allot of time into building that set. I am glad that all that work and grading paid off!!

 

GREAT SET DUDE!!!!

[TD Henson]

Congratulations Mike -

 

What this award shows me is that NGC is really looking at alot of sets to make decisions. Your set is 100% complete, 100% imaged, has 100% of the descriptions filled out (thoroughly I might add) and you have a great story, which has also been chronicled in your journals. So what that it's #62 - I personally think that your enthusiasm for the Franklin proofs and your overall zeal to self make this set makes up for any perceived shortcomings. Great job and keep up the great work!

 

I take this as an inspiration to all of us that lack the funding to have a million point #1 set that cost $100,000 to build. That will never happen for me, but now I'm inspired to try harder with my sets and my available resources.

 

Todd

[Jeffrey Cardona]

Great job Mike,

 

You and your set well deserved the award. You worked had on it and it shows. Keep up the good work.

 

Jeffrey

[RichH]

Contrats , nicely done !!! RichH

[nunfa0]

Well said Todd!! It does show that if you put time and effort into it and don't just buy a top point set that anyone can win an award. I am inspired to try harder next year. But my main focus will still be to have FUN with my coins and collecting.

[mkman123]

moondoggy, congrats! Neat to see someone not even in the top 10 could win an award! I just looked at your registry, what makes it cool is that the coins are from coins you submitted vs buying . Very cool