Art Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 I think that it's time to get something going for PCI2011. Please post any ideas that you have for the competition to this thread. Anyone like "thedeadpoint" wishing to volunteer to run this please step up now. Let's make PCI2011 a great contest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted April 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2011 Here are the catagories from PCI2010. Should be a good starting point. Group 1: Ancient XX-499AD Group 2: Medievel 500AD-1500 Group 3: 1501-1700 Group 4: 1701-1800 Group 5: 1801-1900 Group 6: 1901-2000 Group 7: 2001-Present Group 8: NCLT Group 9: Exonumia Group 10: Special Coins - anything you collect that you feel warrants being outside the other catagories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted April 2, 2011 Report Share Posted April 2, 2011 That works. Alternatively modern (say 1800s onwards) could be done by continent, but that's gonna get messy. Sometimes things are best left simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted April 3, 2011 Report Share Posted April 3, 2011 I've got some stuff for groups 4, 5 and 9 that I haven't managed to photograph yet so it'll provide incentive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 Oh shoot... I had a good idea for a new twist on the PCI but I forgot... let me think about it. And I'll volunteer to help out. Let me review how Art did it and maybe I can finally do it as well as him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikaros Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 I got some photographing to do! I was hoping there'd be a PCI this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted April 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 I'm wanting to enter some coins this year too. Hopefully thedeadpoint will take this project on and I'll have a bit of time to gather photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 Oh man.... I feel like art is hinting at something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 didn't sound like a hint at all... I'm hoping to be able to run it in 2012. this year i have no time at all but by then, hopefully, more time than i can stand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikaros Posted April 6, 2011 Report Share Posted April 6, 2011 Hey, if I can toss a suggestion or two out, I thought it might be interesting to have a couple "non-competing" categories, ones that don't feed into the PCI final round but provide an opportunity for alternate bragging rights, like 'Best circulation find' for anything got out of a roll or in change or found on the street; or 'Best annual set' for the best complete run for one issuing authority for one year... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted April 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2011 Hey, if I can toss a suggestion or two out, I thought it might be interesting to have a couple "non-competing" categories, ones that don't feed into the PCI final round but provide an opportunity for alternate bragging rights, like 'Best circulation find' for anything got out of a roll or in change or found on the street; or 'Best annual set' for the best complete run for one issuing authority for one year... These have some serious potential. I'll be thinking about them a bit. Any details on your ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saor Alba Posted April 6, 2011 Report Share Posted April 6, 2011 Hey, if I can toss a suggestion or two out, I thought it might be interesting to have a couple "non-competing" categories, ones that don't feed into the PCI final round but provide an opportunity for alternate bragging rights, like 'Best circulation find' for anything got out of a roll or in change or found on the street; or 'Best annual set' for the best complete run for one issuing authority for one year... Yup, I like that idea - particularly best circulation finds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldeCollector Posted April 7, 2011 Report Share Posted April 7, 2011 Luckily I've still got some meds to get me through this! Sounds like another splendid PCI is in order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted April 7, 2011 Report Share Posted April 7, 2011 hmm... i feel like we're missing a fun twist that would be popular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottO Posted April 8, 2011 Report Share Posted April 8, 2011 would best curculation finds be a bit biased to some countrys? what about best bargain find? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted April 8, 2011 Report Share Posted April 8, 2011 Here's an idea: - categories by metal - categories by continent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikaros Posted April 8, 2011 Report Share Posted April 8, 2011 These have some serious potential. I'll be thinking about them a bit. Any details on your ideas? Not too much, really. Best Circulation Find is pretty much just that -- something you got in change or out of a roll or found lying in a gutter. Something not purchased or gifted or willed to you, something the next guy would've got if you hadn't been paying attention. Best Set is a bit more nebulous... you could as legitimately say that the one each of the 1900 Indian, Liberty, Barbers and Morgan constitute a set, whether or not it's mint-mark complete. And then someone might come along and have those, from all mints, plus the gold issues. I dunno, I was just thinking out loud on that one, but it's something to toy with, as a way of honoring collecting goals in addition to individual pieces, without submissions getting out of hand. And imagine the agonies of trying to decide between a complete run of American coins from 1921 versus, say, a British set from 1899, especially if gold is included on either side. I'm leaning away from mint-produced sets, but that's admittedly an artificial line. I like Deadpoint's categories by metal -- best copper/bronze, best aluminium, best CuNi, best silver, etc. You'd probably need a catch-all for the unusual ones like tombac, pewter, stuff infrequently used for minting coins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 Guys, I've been busy with work, school, and life. I see a big opening coming up in August, so thank you for your continued patience! Based on the poll results, we're going to have several brackets - the main branches are coin materials (gold, silver, copper, clad, other-metal, other-other) and the sub-branches as the categories from last year, where possible. Later tonight when I take a break from homework, I'll lay out all of this in a separate thread with the rules for entries! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted July 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 Guys, I've been busy with work, school, and life. I see a big opening coming up in August, so thank you for your continued patience! Based on the poll results, we're going to have several brackets - the main branches are coin materials (gold, silver, copper, clad, other-metal, other-other) and the sub-branches as the categories from last year, where possible. Later tonight when I take a break from homework, I'll lay out all of this in a separate thread with the rules for entries! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 Yay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikaros Posted July 24, 2011 Report Share Posted July 24, 2011 Yee-haw! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted July 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2011 I've been thinking about entering this little beauty in this years competition. Better photo needed of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtryka Posted August 22, 2011 Report Share Posted August 22, 2011 I finally get around to seeing this and it's already closed. Oh well, I don't have any nice coins to enter anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted August 23, 2011 Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 Keep posting, jtryka. You've got a few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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