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<p>[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 3633777, member: 101855"]The registries drive this insanity. If you can get the top POP coins, you get to be top dog, and you get your name in the paper, like "Coin World."</p><p><br /></p><p>I did it one year in the far less prestigious NGC registry for the total U.S. gold type set (1795 – 1933). I have done it for less difficult sets, like twenty Cent Pieces. I never thought for a minute that I had the best sets in the world for any of those coins. It was only the set that got the most grading points for a point in time.</p><p><br /></p><p>The trouble with this “wonder penny” game is that the things are not stable. One spot will kill you. Preserving red copper is like trying to preserve a snowball during the January thaw. Preserving red copper that has a zinc base under it, it like trying to preserve that snowball in July.</p><p><br /></p><p>My short answer is “No Thank You!”[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 3633777, member: 101855"]The registries drive this insanity. If you can get the top POP coins, you get to be top dog, and you get your name in the paper, like "Coin World." I did it one year in the far less prestigious NGC registry for the total U.S. gold type set (1795 – 1933). I have done it for less difficult sets, like twenty Cent Pieces. I never thought for a minute that I had the best sets in the world for any of those coins. It was only the set that got the most grading points for a point in time. The trouble with this “wonder penny” game is that the things are not stable. One spot will kill you. Preserving red copper is like trying to preserve a snowball during the January thaw. Preserving red copper that has a zinc base under it, it like trying to preserve that snowball in July. My short answer is “No Thank You!”[/QUOTE]
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