I filled the last hole in and "completed" my 21st Century Type Set.

I put the quotes around completed because I have all the coins that are currently part of the set (as NGC defines it) but I know there will be more coins added on later that I'll have to get as they come out. 2009 could bring 2 or 3 slots because of the new pennies, the change in the Sacagawea and the moving of the mottos in the Pres bucks. There might be a 4th new one in '09 is the territorial quarters get their own slot. In 2010 we might see another new slot for a new series of "national park quarters." And the song goes on.... the curse of collecting the modern series. But for now I have the satisfaction of having the set show a "100" in the "%" column.

I'm actually quite proud of what I've accomplished with that set. It is a complete business strike set. I said from the outset with that set that I didn't want any SMS coins filling any slots. I wanted coins struck for circulation.

Yes this means that I had to go for lower grades because you just don't find MS69 business strikes every day and yes this means I never had much of a chance of being competitive in the category (with the way the points system is structured), but that's not really the point. I wanted what I wanted; And every coin is still a MS66 or above which is not too shabby in my opinion.

Now that this set is done I'm going to be working harder on my 20th century type set (33%) and then I'm going to be giving some more thoughts to the idea of building a 19th century type set, and/or a USA type set, but I might be getting a little ahead of myself.