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<p>[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 5154810, member: 101855"]Having been born and raised in Delaware, I have an NGC PR-69 Ultra Cameo, clad quarter. I paid $25 for it, which is $15 more than the dealer from whom I punched it pays for them, if he’s still in business. That Delaware Quarter is the “State Quarter” coin in my type set.</p><p><br /></p><p>“Registry fever” is an expensive disease. I had it for a brief while when I was building my type set on the NGC registry. Then I learned two things. First, the registry point system is designed to reward more common modern type coins in very high grade than choice early type coins. For example, the guy ahead of me had a 1796 Quarter in AG and a Gobrecht Dollar in VG. My coins were VF-25 and PR-62 respectively. He beat me with Standing Liberty Quarters in MS-67, FH while my coins were MS-65, FH. You get a lot more “bang for the buck,” point wise, with the modern coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Second, “a whale” came along with everything in Gem Uncirculated and blew us both away. I have something over 250,000 registry points. “The whale” has over 500,000.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 5154810, member: 101855"]Having been born and raised in Delaware, I have an NGC PR-69 Ultra Cameo, clad quarter. I paid $25 for it, which is $15 more than the dealer from whom I punched it pays for them, if he’s still in business. That Delaware Quarter is the “State Quarter” coin in my type set. “Registry fever” is an expensive disease. I had it for a brief while when I was building my type set on the NGC registry. Then I learned two things. First, the registry point system is designed to reward more common modern type coins in very high grade than choice early type coins. For example, the guy ahead of me had a 1796 Quarter in AG and a Gobrecht Dollar in VG. My coins were VF-25 and PR-62 respectively. He beat me with Standing Liberty Quarters in MS-67, FH while my coins were MS-65, FH. You get a lot more “bang for the buck,” point wise, with the modern coins. Second, “a whale” came along with everything in Gem Uncirculated and blew us both away. I have something over 250,000 registry points. “The whale” has over 500,000.[/QUOTE]
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