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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Stork, post: 2864701, member: 71642&quot;]I found it addictive.&nbsp; For awhile there I was loading everything I had to use the coin manager (though overall I find it a bit clunky) and had a bit too much fun making sets with random coins where I may not really either have a formal collection (like just a few with no intention of completing) or something. </p><p><br /></p><p>After realizing the obsession was WAY TOO MUCH (and that I was buying some stuff based on how it fit in a set I didn&#039;t really care about) I did a big purge awhile back.&nbsp; I&#039;m in the early phases of another and just watched my rank drop, with relief. </p><p><br /></p><p>The funds should then be re-deployed to fill spots in the sets I DO care about, though the newps will realize less points as the outgoing is the modern/bullion-y stuff vs. the incoming being older coins.&nbsp; NGC does have a way of rewarding the modern more than the not-modern.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>As for the photos, well, sometimes it&#039;s hard to keep up.&nbsp; In the beginning I added tons of coins all at once and before I had ANY photo capabilities.&nbsp; My best set did get to meet BluCC coins, but when talking 600+ coins, it was not feasible to do so either logistically or financially.&nbsp; Since then I&#039;ve learned to take my own shots and do keep plugging away.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ideally a WINNING set should have at least 90% photos.&nbsp; However, even there I&#039;m deficient as for a bunch of my #1s I just haven&#039;t gotten to yet.&nbsp; In the last year I&#039;ve gone from about 5% imaged to 17%.&nbsp; So, between purges and plugging away, I should be 100% within a decade <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. </p><p><br /></p><p>Seriously though, I got to play around with the beta for the new format and it is VERY photo oriented so I think once that gets implemented a lot of people will do better.&nbsp; I hope.&nbsp; The sets will look silly without SOME photos!</p><p><br /></p><p>Obscured sets can be an organizational tool.&nbsp; I ended up obscuring my duplicates sets...I like having them so I can see which ones are my second bests in case I ever purge them (hah!), but no one needs to waste time looking at them.&nbsp; Eventually I will probably make those obscured custom sets so no one has to even notice them.&nbsp; That&#039;s a bit of work, and I don&#039;t have unlimited time so, the word eventually is key <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is this year&#039;s announcement--not just a plaque.&nbsp; I think the wording is a bit ambiguous.&nbsp; There are #1s for each category...but then there are the &#039;best of&#039; awards too.&nbsp; I&#039;m assuming the plaque/grading credits are for the &#039;best of&#039; winners only.<a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/6126/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/6126/" rel="nofollow">https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/6126/</a>&nbsp; (If not I&#039;m going to really regret dumping a set I just deleted <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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