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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;geekpryde, post: 25624272, member: 36248&quot;]<b>Sept 2024 &quot;Status of the Collection&quot; Update:</b></p><p><br /></p><p>I have sent and received back a 6 coin CAC submission.</p><p>I am preparing to send a PCGS reslab &amp; photo submission.</p><p><br /></p><p>I reorganized my box-of-100 coins to remove a Kennedy SMS coin, as I think SMS should not really count for Business Strike Type set, AND, I also already have a Kennedy SMS coin that really is a Matte Proof, so I am already pushing the theme of my set.</p><p><br /></p><p>Removed:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1639677[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I am just going to stick the above coin in my &quot;Kennedy Set&quot;, which is not by Date or by Type or even by Finish, its just made up of coins I really like.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Have 6 or so coins so far, but that&#039;s for another thread at some point in the future.</p><p><br /></p><p>Kept In:&nbsp; (even though pushing the Theme of my Set)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1639678[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>(As you might have guessed, I really like the Kennedy coin design.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I also re-organized my box, in the sense that I now list my coins by (1) Denomination, then (2) Design Type, then by (3) Metal composition.&nbsp;&nbsp; I think I like better than what I had been doing (1) Denomination, then (2) Year, then by (3) Metal composition.</p><p><br /></p><p>Doing a Type set by year ends up having coins of Type 3 showing up before the Type 1 of the same series in many cases, which I decided today, that I don&#039;t like.</p><p><br /></p><p>For example, I wanted my CENT - LINCOLN, TYPE 1, WHEAT REVERSE to come before&nbsp; CENT - LINCOLN, TYPE 2, WHEAT REVERSE STEEL,&nbsp; but that doesn&#039;t necessarily happen in you take Date as the second sort criteria, as my Type 1 example coin is dated 1952 and my Type 2 example is 1943.</p><p><br /></p><p>I realize this may seem like much ado about nothing, but organization a collection helps me keep focus and I want to be able to share it in a logical manner that makes sense and I can justify beyond just tossing 100 coins into a box all haphazard.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; I ended up moving several series around.</p><p><br /></p><p>Certain coins continue to elude me because my bidding strategy perennially puts me as the underbidder on coins that infrequently show up at my preferred auction house.&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;Thinly traded&quot; is an finance term that comes to mind.</p><p><br /></p><p>The seated &quot;no drapery&quot; coins across all the denominations are really confounding me in the grades I need, TPG I want, within budget I have set, and so forth.&nbsp; &nbsp; So, I am going to redouble my efforts with aggressive bidding, especially since I have mostly filled by box and can laser focus on a few remaining types.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also recently <a href="https://www.cacgrading.com/registry" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cacgrading.com/registry" rel="nofollow">joined the CAC registry</a>, although I don&#039;t plan on grading or crossing any coins with them anytime soon.&nbsp; &nbsp; They didn&#039;t even have a &quot;Slab box&quot; until this past week, so even storing those extra thick slabs was a pain as they dont fit into PCGS or NCG boxes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Check out my <a href="https://www.cacgrading.com/registry/593/set/2602/leaderboard/27003" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cacgrading.com/registry/593/set/2602/leaderboard/27003" rel="nofollow">CAC Registry Dansco 7070</a> if you are curious.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am strongly considering sending a batch of coins to sell with Great Collections instead of doing that on eBay or elsewhere.&nbsp;&nbsp; I want to free up some money for coins I actually want, and get rid of the fluff that doesn&#039;t fit into my box of 100, or my Kennedy collection, or my raw Washingtons date set (which is basically abandoned at this point).&nbsp; &nbsp; I have some modern graded bullion coins, duplicates, etc.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; We all have fluff in our collection as we change our minds about collecting goals.&nbsp;&nbsp; I think I will make that a goal to do before 2025.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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