Playing with the new "Filter Ranking" application can be really addicting. When I saw that my USA/Philippines Type Set ranked number one when viewed through the "NGC Coins" filter I began to wonder if I could build a 100% complete NGC set, with the coins that I already owned, without sacrificing the quality and eye appeal of my "All Coins" set.

Before the re-shuffling my USA/Philippines Type Set had 25,623 Registry Points and ranked 2nd when viewed with the "All Coins" filter. The set contained seventeen NGC coins (85%) and three PCGS coins. The PCGS coins were; Five Centavos 1937 M (MS65), Ten Centavos 1906 (PF66), and Twenty Centavos 1903 (PF66).

My second USA/Philippines Type Set (which ranks fourth under the "All Coins" filter) has some very attractive coins in its own right.

http://coins.www.collectors-society.com/registry/coins/SetListing.aspx?PeopleSetID=106152

In reviewing this set I found two likely candidates to swap out for PCGS coins in my primary set.

My NGC graded 1941 M Five Centavos (MS64) is nearly as nice as my PCGS 1937 M Five Centavos (MS65) and has only 107 less registry points. The other coin that I decided to move to my primary set was a very attractive NGC 1903 Ten Centavos (PF65) which I swapped out for a PCGS 1906 Ten Centavos (PR66). The Ten Centavos swap cost me 720 registry points.

When I was done my primary USA/Philippines Type Set had lost 827 registry points but with 24,796 Registry Points was still the second ranked set under the "All Coins" filter and the top ranked set under the "NGC Coins" filter. My updated USA/Philippines Type Set contains nineteen NGC coins (95%) and only one PCGS coin.

The last remaining PCGS coin in my set is a 1903 Twenty Centavos PR66. I have a NGC graded 1903 Twenty Centavos PF64 that I could switch with this coin but that would be a big step backward in terms of quality and eye appeal.

The thought of having a 100% complete NGC only set is really appealing but I am not willing to sacrifice the overall quality and eye appeal of my set to attain that goal. I have never been a big fan of crossing over coins but now every time I look at my set and see that one remaining PCGS coin I hear a little voice whispering in my ear "cross me over, cross me over".

Will I break down and cross over that last PCGS coin only time will tell. My brain tells me that it is the coin not the slab that is important but that little voice keeps whispering in my ear.

Visit my Updated USA/Philippines Type Set at: http://coins.www.collectors-society.com/registry/coins/SetListing.aspx?PeopleSetID=51257

The coins pictured are a 1906 Ten Centavos PCGS PR66 and a 1903 Ten Centavos NGC PF65

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