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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;WingedLiberty, post: 1616825, member: 26030&quot;]<b>My updated Colorfully-Toned Proof Lincoln Collection.</b>&nbsp; This covers 74 years of Proof Lincolns.&nbsp; New coins added were the 1912 Matte Proof, 1936 Satin Proof (upgrade), the ultra rare 1959 (in the toned coin realm), the 3 SMS coins (not technically proofs), a monster PR68 upgrade to my 1969-S, and nice placeholders for 1972-S, 1973-S, 1977-S, 1981-S Filled S and Clear S.&nbsp; Finally, the brand new PR67RB 1978-S might be considered a monster as I bet it will be the latest-date Proof Lincoln I will find with a lot of deep color that PCGS will grade.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Once you get into the mid to late 1970&#039;s, finding colorfully toned&nbsp; proofs gets really difficult.&nbsp; I guess the 1980s and 1990s are just too&nbsp; recent to have any of colorfully toned examples -- so I might cut this&nbsp; off at 1982, which is a good stopping point since that marks the end of&nbsp; the 95% copper 5% zinc alloy run. (Starting in 1983, the composition of Lincolns was changed to copper plated zinc). </p><p><br /></p><p>I also tweaked my coin boards to add the PCGS grade underneath each coin and I designed a new &quot;cover&quot; to my digital set making the set look more like a coin folder or album.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think my favorite coin on each board is the 1914, 1937, 1955, 1961, 1966, 1971-S, 1978-S -- but you might have your own favorites.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Some of the eye appealing runners-up are:&nbsp; 1909, 1913, 1915, 1936 Satin, 1940, 1941, 1951, 1957, 1959, 1964, 1968-S, 1969-S, 1975-S.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Degree of difficulty in putting a set like this together: &quot;Extreme to nearly impossible&quot;.&nbsp; I doubt I will ever complete it due to the expense and rarity of the 1909 vdb and the 1916.&nbsp; However if any novice collectors want to try their hands at it, try selecting just one &quot;board&quot; to complete.&nbsp; I recommend the P-Mint Memorial era as those years will give you the highest population of toned proofs in the marketplace.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://mindstar.com/cointalk_photos/Master_CoverCream.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="https://mindstar.com/cointalk_photos/Master_MatteProofCreamG.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="https://mindstar.com/cointalk_photos/Master_PreWarWheatCreamG.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="https://mindstar.com/cointalk_photos/Master_PostWarWheatCreamG.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="https://mindstar.com/cointalk_photos/Master_PMintMemorialCreamG.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="https://mindstar.com/cointalk_photos/Master_SMSCreamG.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="https://mindstar.com/cointalk_photos/Master_SMintMemorialCreamG.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="https://mindstar.com/cointalk_photos/Master_SMintMemorialCream2G.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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