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<p>[QUOTE="louielot, post: 783971, member: 22027"]The sets I am working on are as follows:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Magnificent Mercury’s</b>- Mercury Dimes</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Rocky Roosies</b>- Roosevelt Dimes (1946-1964)</p><p><br /></p><p><b>The Glorious George Washington Quarters</b>- Silver Washington Quarters (1932-1964)</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Those Attractive Old Commemoratives</b>- Old Commemorative Type Set</p><p><br /></p><p><b>The Snow White Franklins</b>- Franklin Halves </p><p><br /></p><p><b>The Marvelous Morgans </b>&<b> The Marvelous Morgans Date Set</b>- Morgan Silver Dollars</p><p><br /></p><p><b>The Snow White Peace Dollars</b>- Peace Dollars</p><p><br /></p><p><b>The Snow White Eagles</b>- American Silver Eagles Uncirculated</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I use the NGC registry, because I can include NGC & PCGS graded coins. The phrases in bold above are the titles of my sets. I should point out that I like big adjectives to describe things, so my magnificent mercuries or Glorious George Washingtons may not be 68's or 69's, or some even 67's, but the ones I have are magnificent or glorious in my eyes. The Snow White sets are sets that only include Blast White coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some have told me in the past that I have too many sets. I agree that it is typically good to focus on one or two sets, but in my case, I would get board out of my mind. I am not so much using the NGC registry to be competitive, but just to keep track of my coins. Another reason why I dont focus on 1 or 2 sets is because I like having a lot of nice coins and knowing and researching each series that I collect. I do intend to complete my sets though, granted that I see the right coins in order to do so. </p><p><br /></p><p>I am not going to add anymore series to my collection until I start completing some of the series that I am currently working on. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some of the series that I want to collect in the future:</p><p>Walking Liberty Halves</p><p>Standing Liberty Quarters</p><p>$1 Gold - Large Indian Princess</p><p>$2.5 Gold - Indian Head</p><p>Proof Roosevelt Dimes (1946-1964)</p><p>Barber Dimes</p><p>Three Cent- Silver</p><p>Proof Washington Quarters (1932-1964)</p><p><br /></p><p>And finally, I have a Signature Set, called <b>Bustin' Blues</b>.</p><p>Blue is my favorite color, and I love the way it looks on certain coins. I only have one coin in this set, which is my avatar picture.</p><p><br /></p><p>LouieLot</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW if you are going to look up these sets, I dont have any coins in my Roosie, Peace, or Commemorative set. I have a commemorative I am sending to NGC this week. And I haven't found the right Peace or Roosie to kick off those sets, even though I intend to. I am also working on getting pictures for all my graded coins, so 75% of the coins in my sets don't have pictures yet.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="louielot, post: 783971, member: 22027"]The sets I am working on are as follows: [B]Magnificent Mercury’s[/B]- Mercury Dimes [B]Rocky Roosies[/B]- Roosevelt Dimes (1946-1964) [B]The Glorious George Washington Quarters[/B]- Silver Washington Quarters (1932-1964) [B]Those Attractive Old Commemoratives[/B]- Old Commemorative Type Set [B]The Snow White Franklins[/B]- Franklin Halves [B]The Marvelous Morgans [/B]&[B] The Marvelous Morgans Date Set[/B]- Morgan Silver Dollars [B]The Snow White Peace Dollars[/B]- Peace Dollars [B]The Snow White Eagles[/B]- American Silver Eagles Uncirculated I use the NGC registry, because I can include NGC & PCGS graded coins. The phrases in bold above are the titles of my sets. I should point out that I like big adjectives to describe things, so my magnificent mercuries or Glorious George Washingtons may not be 68's or 69's, or some even 67's, but the ones I have are magnificent or glorious in my eyes. The Snow White sets are sets that only include Blast White coins. Some have told me in the past that I have too many sets. I agree that it is typically good to focus on one or two sets, but in my case, I would get board out of my mind. I am not so much using the NGC registry to be competitive, but just to keep track of my coins. Another reason why I dont focus on 1 or 2 sets is because I like having a lot of nice coins and knowing and researching each series that I collect. I do intend to complete my sets though, granted that I see the right coins in order to do so. I am not going to add anymore series to my collection until I start completing some of the series that I am currently working on. Here are some of the series that I want to collect in the future: Walking Liberty Halves Standing Liberty Quarters $1 Gold - Large Indian Princess $2.5 Gold - Indian Head Proof Roosevelt Dimes (1946-1964) Barber Dimes Three Cent- Silver Proof Washington Quarters (1932-1964) And finally, I have a Signature Set, called [B]Bustin' Blues[/B]. Blue is my favorite color, and I love the way it looks on certain coins. I only have one coin in this set, which is my avatar picture. LouieLot BTW if you are going to look up these sets, I dont have any coins in my Roosie, Peace, or Commemorative set. I have a commemorative I am sending to NGC this week. And I haven't found the right Peace or Roosie to kick off those sets, even though I intend to. I am also working on getting pictures for all my graded coins, so 75% of the coins in my sets don't have pictures yet.[/QUOTE]
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