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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;geekpryde, post: 24876025, member: 36248&quot;]Don&#039;t mind me while I think aloud...&nbsp; I will help me remember my collecting goals in the coming year.&nbsp; Doubt this will be on any interest to anyone, but I at least now I can Google my goals, increase my old brain forgets...&nbsp; &nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie68" alt=":nurse:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>(1) Cull a few coins I don&#039;t love anymore, namely: </p><blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><ul> <li>my 1943/2 Jefferson Nickel (already replaced)</li> <li>my Barber dime Type.&nbsp; &nbsp; (Too dark, sort of ugly except in the exact right lighting)</li> </ul></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><p>(2)&nbsp; Send off a PCGS submission (I finally joined recently) to get ~4 coins re-slabbed and photographed by TrueView.</p><p><br /></p><p>(3)&nbsp; Send off a CAC stickering (legacy) submission.&nbsp;&nbsp; I only have 1 coin for that right now.</p><p><br /></p><p>(4) Find a worthy Example coin for a few previously listed Types.&nbsp;&nbsp; I think I will try and purchase ~10 coins in 2024.</p><p><br /></p><p>(5) Up my coin storage game.&nbsp;&nbsp; I will have a post here in the coming weeks about how I store my Box of 100 coins.&nbsp; &nbsp; But I need to expand by long term storage for the safe deposit box now that I am past 75 coins.&nbsp;&nbsp; Easy problem to fix.</p><p><br /></p><p>(6) Update my coin website to list many newly purchased coins and remove coins no longer in my Type set.</p><p><br /></p><p>(7) attend a Coin show outside of Maine.&nbsp; &nbsp; Maine shows are pretty tiny and a little sad...</p><p><br /></p><p>(8) Stay focused on my Type set goals.&nbsp;&nbsp; I have already <i>accidently </i>purchased two coins I shouldn&#039;t have, as they don&#039;t have a home in my Box of 100.&nbsp;&nbsp; I know I am not the only one that accidently wins coins.&nbsp; &nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie10" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>(9) Add descriptions of each of my coins to this Thread, so fellow members can see the differences between similar looking coins in my Type set (what makes them their own &quot;type&quot;), and what I like about each coin, etc.&nbsp;&nbsp; Basically I few sentences about each coin in my Box-of-100.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>p.s.</p><p><br /></p><p>Regarding why I don&#039;t have a Morgan dollar in the Type set, even though I have shared many of them over the years.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I took a break (quit?) the hobby for ~10 years, I sold off my last remaining Morgan around 2014.&nbsp;&nbsp; In retrospect, I slightly regret that I did that, but also I wanted a *WOW* Morgan and my Type coin was just &quot;nice&quot;.&nbsp;&nbsp; I have handled many Morgans, especially in old NGG fatty holders.&nbsp; &nbsp; I liked many of them.&nbsp;&nbsp; But one of the only Morgans I ever held &amp; photographed that made we say WOW is a coin owned by [USER=44004]@Mainebill[/USER].&nbsp; Here is a photo I took of that coin:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Site-images/n-Rx6M4/i-qmsSxc8/0/4307e63a/XL/i-qmsSxc8-XL.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>That coin and similar coins of its quality, are way out of my price league.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie47" alt=":greedy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; But I am making it a goal for 2024 to find an affordable coin I can wowed by for my Type set.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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