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Author Archives: John M
The Young Victoria Collection – Best in Category for 2021
The Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) recently announced its 2021 NGC Registry Award Winners and, once again, “The Young Victoria Collection” was awarded Best in its Category. The collection previously won the Best in Category award in 2012, 2016, 2017, 2019, … Continue reading
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Tagged shield sovereign, sovereigns
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Looking back on 2021
Seems like 2021 was a pretty good year for hiking, if our hiking group is any indication. During 2021 we went on 102 hikes for a total of 500.5 miles; averaging 4.9 miles per hike. That’s the most mileage we’ve … Continue reading
The Young Victoria Collection – Best in Category for 2020
The Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) just announced its Collector’s Society 2020 NGC Registry Award Winners. My collection of Young Head Victoria Sovereigns, “The Young Victoria Collection,” was awarded Best in Category again! The collection previously won the Best in Category award … Continue reading
Looking back on 2020
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season … Continue reading
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Quincy
So often, during his twelve years of life, Quincy would hop onto my luggage when I was packing for a business trip and try to stop me from going. It has been two years since he has gone, and though … Continue reading
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The Young Victoria Collection – Best in Category for 2019
The Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) recently announced its Collector’s Society 2019 NGC Registry Award Winners, and my collection of Young Head Victoria Sovereigns, “The Young Victoria Collection,” was awarded Best in Category in the 2019 World Coin Competitive Sets competition … Continue reading
Looking back on 2019
2019 is here and gone! A wonderful year: our hiking group has grown to over 12,000 members! Our group went on 100 hikes in 2019 for a total of 455 miles; averaging 4.55 miles per hike. During the first quarter … Continue reading
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Looking back on 2018
Good grief, another year gone by?! Our hiking group has grown to over 11,000 members this year, and it’s hard to keep track! Our group went on 103 hikes in 2018 for a total of 439 miles; about 4.25 miles … Continue reading
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Almost there
Three weeks ago we had a snowstorm just after the first day of Spring. The dip in temperatures delayed the peak bloom of the cherry blossoms on the Tidal Basin by a few weeks, and it’s just now coming to … Continue reading
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Tagged blue heron, Lake Accotink, Virginia bluebells
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The Young Victoria Collection – Best in Category for 2017
The Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) recently announced its Collector’s Society 2017 NGC Registry Award Winners, and my collection of Young Head Victoria Sovereigns, “The Young Victoria Collection,”1 was awarded Best in Category in the 2017 World Coin Competitive Sets competition … Continue reading
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Tagged Coins of England & the United Kingdom, Collectors Society, shield sovereigns, sovereigns, Young Victoria Collection
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