Lincoln Cents To End?

i would die wthout pennies! I get about 100$ worth of pennies a week to look through em! its what I do cant get a job so I'm a professional penny roll searcher!! hehe of course the banks crnge when they see me hehe

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Regardless I cant wait for 2009 and I know that this will bring a nice value jump to the entire series in some fashion.

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And I plan to have the entire set complete by then! :)

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I would die without pennies! I get about 100$ worth of pennies a week to look through em! its what I do cant get a job so I'm a professional penny roll searcher!

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You can't take this extensive training and adapt it to search nickels?

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I am really looking forward to this change, Lincoln cents have been the main collection for me so I will be very excited to see whats to come. Just hoping they don't do a huge amount of varieties.

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I would think the absolute minimum would be 12 varieties (20 if you consider the Satin finish to be a different variety), 20 varieties probably much more likely, and potentially a maximum of 24 varieties (32 if you consider the Satin finish to be a different variety).

These are all the possible varieties

1. 4 designs P Mint circulation strike and material
2. 4 designs D Mint circulation strike and material
3. 4 designs P Mint circulation strike and material Satin Finish
4. 4 designs D Mint circulation strike and material Satin Finish
5. 4 designs P Mint circulation strike copper Satin Finish
6. 4 designs D Mint circulation strike copper Satin Finish
7. 4 designs S Mint Proof circulation material
8. 4 designs S Mint Proof copper

We know they will do numbers 1 & 2, and at least 7 or 8. (3 groups)
Odds are good they will do 1,2 and either 3,4 or 5,6 plus either 7 or 8. They might do both 7 & 8. (5 or 6 groups)
And they just might do all 8 groups.

I've thought abo suggesting to the Mint a Lincoln Bicentennial Set of all 32 varieties. 32 cents in one holder and sell it for $19.95 Cost them $3.50 to make, $16.50 profit.

"Except for Hamilton, Franklin, and Sacagawea".

Largely replaced by pickled presidents when you consider they have to mint one Sac for every 5 presidents.

Well, that is good that you don't notice or "shake in your boots" about the slight loss from rounding up or other countries being bothered by it. Just adds up. Take $40 per year per person...how many adults live in the US? That's a big number. Government will thank you for your additional contributional for there "congressional spending" package since the little change doesn't matter. Just think, of the number..just take 1 million people times $40 a year, 1 years time that is $40 million dollars. 1 Million people is so small compared to the US population. You must really REALLY appreciate our government. Do you work for them? :P

As much as the cent is important numismatically, I think it's a vestigial currency. It can't be cost-effective to keep making them, no matter what they're made out of. Most people I know throw pennies away or leave them in jars on the counter. I've been called a "penny-pincher" more than once, but I never take actual pennies, just electronic ones!

Anyway, the Half Cent was discontinued, I doubt there was an outcry. Life would go on, and all the pennies in our collection would suddenly become more interesting, just like 2c and 3c pieces are now.

eh I like searching cents I do sometimes look through nickles and dimes and have a handfulls of silver eh pennies are still better never know what ya will find! might find a dime!! lol