only 3 slots until completion

I'll keep this short because it's late and I'm tired but I wanted to keep track of my set progress in my journal. I just got my latest Walker for my short set in the mail today. It's the 1945-D---sometimes it takes a month or more between additions to this set because of the strike quality I'm looking for but this coin comes at only 10 days since my last addition to the set.

In just the 10 days since my last addition I dropped 2 more notches/ranks. It seems that we keep getting more PCGS defectors. Both of the sets that forced my drop were brand new sets to the registry and entered in the top 15.( composed of only PCGS slabbed coins).

Ironically, the coin I purchased --an NGC MS66--was on sale at the same time as an MS67 PCGS of the same date. This NGC coin is nicer than the PCGS higher grade coin was....and the bidding showed it. This coin sold above the book value after heavy bidding (which I won !!!) and the MS67 PCGS 45-D was priced below book and got no bids....

I won't make a blanket statement and say all NGC Walkers are nicer than all PCGS walkers of the same grade...but NGC definately has much more stringent standards for this series than PCGS overall.

Anyhow, this leaves me with just 3 slots to finish my registry set---and moves me to rank 31 !!..My goal is a top-25 set, and since I still need the 1941-S (worth mucho points)..I have a good shot at my goal if the 25th place set doesn't keep going up..

here's a pic of my latest lady...