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<p>[QUOTE="texmech, post: 1197061, member: 20068"]The Wheats are my favorite right now and I have all but two (09S VDB & 14D). I am now upgrading, as much as I can to Red through out the set. I know I can't do all the set in red, but it ads a whole new dimension to my Lincolns when I can pick up a red at a reasonable price. </p><p> </p><p>What's ironic is, when I re-started my coin collecting hobby back up a few years ago, I had a lot of the Lincolns I pulled as a kid. So it was neat to get them all organized in my Intercept album and think, "these are from when I was a kid". Well now I have upgraded/purchased most of those and now the majority of my Lincolns are stuff I have bought in the last few years. Someone on this forum once called that reverse collecting. </p><p> </p><p>There is so much you can do with any set, beside just filling holes. Like I said, now my Lincoln strategy is two fold:</p><p>1) Get those two I don't have</p><p>2) Upgrade to RD as much I can</p><p> </p><p>Someone mentioned a 22 plain a few post ago in this thread. I recently bought the 22 weak D just to fill the hole. One day I will get the real McCoy. You can get the weak D's for under $100 in great condition. </p><p> </p><p>I like to look at this You Tube video once in a while. This individual has a great set. </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kX2hxXgjZsc&feature=BFp&list=WL714898F30DAB36C9&index=2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kX2hxXgjZsc&feature=BFp&list=WL714898F30DAB36C9&index=2" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kX2hxXgjZsc&feature=BFp&list=WL714898F30DAB36C9&index=2</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="texmech, post: 1197061, member: 20068"]The Wheats are my favorite right now and I have all but two (09S VDB & 14D). I am now upgrading, as much as I can to Red through out the set. I know I can't do all the set in red, but it ads a whole new dimension to my Lincolns when I can pick up a red at a reasonable price. What's ironic is, when I re-started my coin collecting hobby back up a few years ago, I had a lot of the Lincolns I pulled as a kid. So it was neat to get them all organized in my Intercept album and think, "these are from when I was a kid". Well now I have upgraded/purchased most of those and now the majority of my Lincolns are stuff I have bought in the last few years. Someone on this forum once called that reverse collecting. There is so much you can do with any set, beside just filling holes. Like I said, now my Lincoln strategy is two fold: 1) Get those two I don't have 2) Upgrade to RD as much I can Someone mentioned a 22 plain a few post ago in this thread. I recently bought the 22 weak D just to fill the hole. One day I will get the real McCoy. You can get the weak D's for under $100 in great condition. I like to look at this You Tube video once in a while. This individual has a great set. [URL]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kX2hxXgjZsc&feature=BFp&list=WL714898F30DAB36C9&index=2[/URL][/QUOTE]
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