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Message:: [QUOTE="lkeigwin, post: 1292664, member: 30400"]It took a pretty long time. I was only focused on finishing it during the last three years. Much of it goes back to the mid-90's. I tried to do as much as I could from pocket change. But obviously the Memorial proofs and many of the early ones I had to buy. I had a stash of wheaties from the late '50's - early '60's, and I helped a friend by buying her dad's set a couple of years ago, after he passed away. That helped a lot, except for the counterfeit '14-D. I'm thinking of hitting it with a punch to obliterate the mintmark. Good eye, Numismania. That '22 no D was in an NGC/CAC VF20 holder. I broke it out so carefully that I could actually reuse the slab and no one would know. Except that that would be fraudulent and I would never do that. Everyone says you can't remove CAC stickers. Baloney. With a very sharp razor it came off so cleanly I was able to replace the one I lost on a 1926-S 64RB (PCGS removed a little green spot for me and reholdered it with the same cert#). rlm, I don't know much about encores. This whole set isn't worth what some folks pay for a single red cent. But I'm happy with it. It was kind of fun building it instead of buying all the pieces.Lance.[/QUOTE]