Welcome to the Liberty Seated Coinage Open Set Registry for certified and uncertified (raw) coins.

Many Seated coinage collectors are building noteworthy sets in grades ranging from Fine through Mint State and may be excluded from displaying their sets on the PCGS or NGC registries due to exclusive certification requirements. Certification by either PCGS or NGC does provide for consistency in grading and allows for effective set competition, but the concept can be made more inclusive. After considerable feedback on the topic of a registry format for all collectors, a certified and uncertified Liberty Seated Coinage set registry is being established with the following goals;

1. Provide an inclusive registry for collectors to showcase both their certified and uncertified coins within Seated coinage series

2. Increase awareness for Seated coinage in circulated grades and the important sets that can be built

3. Allow participants to compete against each other for top Liberty Seated coinage sets and advanced set rankings in a fun manner without annual awards or expensive luncheons.

The Guidelines.....

1. For all uncertified coins, grades submitted by members must be based on industry standard grading guides like Photograde, or the ANA Grading GuideBook. Grading will be a "Scout's Honor" situation and the registry administrator (Gerry Fortin) reserves the right to question and reject submissions if it is believed that the submitted grades or claims are inconsistent with the spirit of this registry.

2. The administrator may ask for scans or digital images on a random basis to ensure the consistency of submitted grades.

3. Coins certified by PCGS, NGC, ANACS, SEGS and ICG should be identified accordingly during their submission. For coins in other grading service holders, simply submit the equivalent uncertified grade.

4. Cleaned coins should be net graded as honestly as possible. Please submit a net grade for coins that are not deemed original.

5. Philadelphia proofs are not accepted as replacements for business strike entries. Several collectors submitted complete sets but utilized proof examples to fill in the Philadelphia Civil War years. I am sorry about this rule, but fairness to all submitters is important.

6. Initial set submissions should be via the input template and subsequent updates should be via email. The email updates are best handled by identifying the set and coin number followed by the upgrade or other significant change.

Getting Started......

Click on the individual registry set links to obtain a registry set submission form and to see recently submitted sets. Please remember that this concept will be in a work in progress for the next several years.

Liberty Seated Coinage - Open Registry Sets

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