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Man there has been some sweet stuff posted in these recent years. The GW cent is certainly nice, but this chain cent is absolutely awesome!

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Just on impulse, I picked up a 64 mint set - quite reasonably priced. This one was in a Capital plastics case (P & D with the cardboard insert). The P set, pictured here, has some interesting toning. The D set was toned to a much lesser degree. Funny thing this tarnish The Lincoln is, unfortunately, quite spotted. The Jefferson is not too great either. The others, particularly the Washington, look pretty nice, in my opinion.

Picked up a few Peace dollars today - well travelled, but they have home in my Dansco now.

With the price of a 28 I can be real patient.

I have taken the plunge and embarked on another new collecting area..... I have always liked these and have been buying a few here and there for a while. I put a couple up on the grading challenge thread. Yesterday I bought a Dansco and a few more. I even like them well circulated. This one (at a junk bin price) was too nasty and as much as I really don't think it's a good idea dipping circulated coins, I did dip this one. Some may say I ruined the coin, but I don't think so. Here's the before and afters... ...and one more circulated one...

Seems like it has been ages since I received one of these so it was most welcome as art of my change for dinner yesterday.

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It has been mighty lean with regard to circulation finds for me. At the Post Office, I put in my $20.20 for 20 'forever' stamps and got back: 1 79 SBA, 1 Sac, 2 GWs and 8 of these. I also received 2 GWs from a Good Humor ice cream machine that only accepted nickel, dime and quarter coins. I have yet to get a PrezBuck in common change, but I have not had much resistance spending them.

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More inexpensive Baltimore silver. This Portuguese 50 escuedos caught my eye because of the impressive portrait.

Another inexpensive pick-up from the Baltimore show is this Canadian Commemorative dollar. An absolutely stunning reverse which reminds me of two US coins.

From the Baltimore show...picked up this nice Commemorative clad half for only $6. I liked the design and it has a place in my half dollar type set Link Here.

Here's what I have yet to get: 1909-S VDB 1914-D 1922 Plain 1931-S 1970-S small date 1974-D 2004-D 2007-D Proofs 1994-S 1996-S 1997-S 1999-S 2007-S This album has coins from my 'original' Lincoln collection from circulation when I was a kid (from 2 old blue Whitmans). So, I upgraded to an Intercept Shield album w/proofs and it's been a major focus this year. The proofs and the second group are easy (don't ask me why I haven't found a 74-D in change yet, I will and the 07-D will show up as well). Of the keys, I will eventually get the 31-S and 14-D - probably. The S-VDB is another story and, of course, every one wants one - regardless of grade - but it is not out of the question, just not in the stars for this year. I don't think I will ever get the 22 no D - it is incredibly over-priced as far as I am concerned and it shouldn't even have a hole in the album. Until we make our own albums though, we have to deal with what they give us

Some more additions to the Lincoln Cent collection...all from the Baltimore show. Found 5 proofs that I needed, including these two. As completion of this set grows closer, I am thinking about what to do with the last few holes. That is, the 22 no D and the S-VDB are going to be a real test of my collecting comfort levels. Moreover, I don't like the idea of the 22 no D even being one of the holes as it is variety of the 22-D as I understand! I don't like the idea of buying copies at all. I picked up a couple of blank planchets for $1 each and I think I will use those...at least for a while.

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