...or is it?

I entered my last upgrade for 2012 in my Walking liberty sets, replacing a NGC VF-20 1921-S with a VF-25. The Registry points are the same, so it didn't change the set score. This VF-20 was the lowest grade I had in the set so it improves the set enough to be worth it to me.

I don't expect to do much with that set in 2013. There aren't many (if any) affordable upgrade opportunities left. The "+" grades may be a possibility, along with a high-end AU or low-end MS in some of the early dates, but even those are hard to find at an affordable price. All of my Walker sets are now in the Top Ten, at least temporarily, so it's time to focus on other sets.

I have two Franklin FBL sets, one NGC and one PCGS. The only gap in the NGC set is the 1962; I have been looking for a MS-64FBL for a long time with no luck so far. I'm missing five in the PCGS set but they are more plentiful so I'll probably complete that one this year.

The other set I will actively pursue is Morgan dollars. There are at least 25 or so dates readily available in MS-65 at relatively low prices. That should keep me occupied for a while.

I will also keep looking for pieces for my 1889 Mint set (my grandfather's birth year). I have most of the easy ones; now for the tough (quarter, half dollar, CC silver dollar) and real tough ($3 gold, $5 gold, P $10 gold, CC $20 gold) pieces.

I hope every collector in the Society had a successful year in 2012 and has another in 2013. It was a pleasure to meet and/ordeal with several of you last year, and to read all of the journals.

Here is one of my recent additions, my 1882-S Morgan dollar, NGC MS-65*.

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