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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RonSanderson, post: 8149648, member: 77413&quot;]With the new year, I decided to raid the same dealer to see if I could get any more bargain upgrades. I pretty much raided all the Gem cents he had, but his Choice cents were also really nice, so I got a couple of them too.</p><p><br /></p><p>There was one date that still had a Gem in stock: the 1955-D Lincoln.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is the coin I was hoping to upgrade. There isn&#039;t really much wrong with it, other than some spotting on both sides.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1421561[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This replacement cost $4.86 including shipping. It has light die scratches on the reverse, with nearly flawless fields on the obverse. There aren&#039;t any dings, but a couple of places where planchet roughness shows through. It looks really good compared to the MS67&#039;s on the <a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/coin-explorer/registry-images.aspx?SubCatID=99&amp;UCID=22FH" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/coin-explorer/registry-images.aspx?SubCatID=99&amp;UCID=22FH" rel="nofollow">NGC set registry</a>.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1421562[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Full resolution photos.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1421563[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1421564[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s hard to believe, but an MS67 lists for $1350 on the <a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/coin-explorer/united-states/cents/lincoln-cents-wheat-reverse-1909-1958/12828/1955-d-1c-ms/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/coin-explorer/united-states/cents/lincoln-cents-wheat-reverse-1909-1958/12828/1955-d-1c-ms/" rel="nofollow">NGC Price Guide</a>. An MS66 is a big step down, at only $47.</p><p><br /></p><p>Whichever grade this is, it improves my set and is replacing the one in my album.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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