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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Midas, post: 110816, member: 2761&quot;]The first pic I posted was a stock picture I had for reference.&nbsp; Here&#039;s the real story...</p><p><br /></p><p>My birth year is 1960 and I have a number of 1960 proof sets.&nbsp; I bought this small date set because the red in the set was a knock-down beautiful RED and much better than what I had.&nbsp; It wasn&#039;t CAM, but none the less, this Red was tops.&nbsp; Frankly the other coins were NOT as nice, so I figured for $55, but the heck??&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The Lincoln also had no marks or carbon spots.&nbsp; Upon further examination, I noticed the SD over LD, but wasn&#039;t sure.&nbsp; I took it to my trusted dealer and he thought it was the real deal.&nbsp; Off to PCGS it goes with fingers crossed.&nbsp; Comes back MS68RD!!&nbsp; Population 7/0.&nbsp; I got <i>real</i> lucky.&nbsp; A true GEM in the rough.&nbsp; It is now added to my Lincoln memorial proof registry set.&nbsp; #13 and climbing...</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a pic of the actual coin/slab for show-n-tell.&nbsp; It goes to show you that sometimes you have to REALLY look at some of these coins and you never know what you may find.&nbsp; BTW...the airbrush is so that these registration numbers do not fall into the wrong hands.&nbsp; Paranoid?&nbsp; Maybe...but it is now the prize of the Lincoln set.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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