Collectibles

Quote: AlanMendelson

I'm listed in the PCGS Registry for having had one of the finest sets of proof silver Washington quarters. They were minted from 1936 thru 1964.

PCGS is the Professional Coin Grading Service... the company with slabs.

At one time my collection was ranked #1. It included the five proof 70 (70 is perfect) quarters from 1960, 61, 62, 63, 64.

But I sold my collection when PCGS pulled a fast one.

PCGS changed the scoring for "registry sets" that made Proof 69 Deep Cameo coins have a higher point value than a Proof 70 perfect coin.

I protested because I knew that would knock me out of #1 and make other collections rank higher and knock down the value of my set.

When my protest failed I sold my set while it was still #1 and before it lost value.

I think what PCGS did was unfair. They literally said perfect coins were less collectible than shiny coins with imperfections.

Yes. One company put the coin business on tilt.

A very wealthy friend of a friend claimed to have the best collection of US quarters in existence.

I asked him why quarters, and he said “because I can’t afford to have the best penny collection”.

Quote: gamerfreak

A very wealthy friend of a friend claimed to have the best collection of US quarters in existence.

I asked him why quarters, and he said “because I can’t afford to have the best penny collection”.

Yes, quarters were a less valuable subset. My smaller subset of Silver Washingtons was only from 1936 to 1964.

The "king" of US coin collections is Morgan Silver Dollars.

I always wanted rainbow toned Mint State 68 Morgans. But even 20 years ago when I was collecting they were about 10k each. Today... $20k and up.

Sometimes individual coins from my Registry set show up in auctions.

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