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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;WashQuartJesse, post: 3208311, member: 18323&quot;]Thank you Kim and Sky. Sky, it&#039;s always been a pleasure to view your magnificent examples. Seriously, what fabulous coins they are. </p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s been only a few months since &quot;completion,&quot; but oddly enough, it feels more like years!? I turned to the dark side (Ag bullion) during this period but am enthusiastically (and quickly) returning to numismatics! I am now in the process of assembling an introductory level U.S. gold series. The truth of it, is that I will never be able to devote myself to another series or set as I did with the Washington&#039;s (possession or no possession), until I retire. Hopefully, I can make it that long. Boy, will I take advantage of that. </p><p><br /></p><p>People have suggested that there&#039;s never a &quot;completion&quot; point in terms of our &quot;sets.&quot; So far, this has proven to be the case with me. On the rare instances I&#039;ve viewed the old quarters album, there&#039;s always been a burning desire to keep upgrading/replacing and probably always will be. I need to keep this thread alive, as promised, but am pulled in every direction right now, it feels like.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve been spending much of my free time alone in the mountains pursuing big game (and maybe wisdom). I still plan to keep this thread alive and find myself &quot;attempting&quot; to intelligently comment on threads that have captured my interest. However, I&#039;m in the absorption stage of my life you could say... Like many of you will or have come to realize, it&#039;s sometimes best to give our thoughts and opinions time to mature, despite us wanting to share. </p><p><br /></p><p>There was a thread focusing on eagle&#039;s that took me into another dimension. Many of you can probably relate. I asked myself, what does the eagle represent to me? What do I want it to represent? How is my ideal representation different from others and why? It got to the point where I found myself researching various bodily angles, symbols, historic trends etc... Good stuff. Have also been tempted into the various CAC, &quot;done w/ U.S.,&quot; and &quot;dippers&quot; threads... sure I&#039;m forgetting a bunch. You can always count on me for a Scotch response though (if I can remember my password).</p><p><br /></p><p>There have been instances when I&#039;ve said to myself, &quot;this forum is nothing like it used to be,&quot; and as I&#039;ve hopefully pointed out above, maybe it&#039;s better than ever? I think so. There&#039;s a refreshing wave of interest and you vets are steering them in the right direction, just like you did with me. </p><p><br /></p><p>In any event, just checking in and will attempt to add to this living thread, shortly![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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