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I was adding some recent cents I got to my inventory of coins, which I have how many of each I have right next to the mintages and began wondering since they are relatively low compared to other Lincoln cents, will they one day be key dates and tough to find in the series? When I box hunt through Lincoln cents, I sometimes find more Wheat cents than I do the 2009 ones.
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I think that it's possible. They don't tend to last long out in the wild -- none of the zincolns do.
I bought a proof set this weekend (including the Lincoln silver dollar) and they are all in air-tight rounds. I hope that's enough to protect them.
I have yet to see a zincoln with signs of wear. They just deriorate, I think.
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Some people say that ANY Zinc Lincolns that are Red would be worth keeping. Not so sure about the Bicentennial Lincolns though, but I have a quite a few rolls that I acquired for face from the store strong box, just in case.
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11/02/2011 3:53 pm
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Probably the higher grades will have a higher than normal value, but anything well circulated probably won't be worth much.
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By "Key Dates" if you mean potentially valuable, I'd say no, not likely. (Beautiful high grades are always the exception in any denomination though, of course)But they are already a "Key Date" IMO, for the Lincoln Cent. The Memorial ended, we had these 4 issues, then the new era of the Shield Cent began. That's a "Key Date" to have in anyone's collection ! |
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I agree with eaglefoot. But would add that the Satin Finish coins, in higher grades, will be the true keys. Of course this is all conjecture on my part.
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I have to disagree with a lot of the speculation that these won't be sought after in the future. Not enough time has passed yet for us to appreciate them and realise those low mintage numbers will mean something someday. Sure, a lot of collectors snatched up rolls of them, but I think in a few years the price will start to increase on these, and in ten or twenty years you'll be kicking yourself asking, "why didn't I buy more of these?" Once the price of these reach the $5 apiece mark, rolls will be broken up and the collector "hoards" will diminish. As been stated, zinc Lincolns don't hold up well, and that fact along with their low mintage numbers will add up to key date, rarer coins in BU condition. Don't forget, type sets in the future will have a slot for all four of these unique 2009 pennies. What's not to like about these, IMO?
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The zinc cents have been put away by the roll in very large numbers. As a DATE they will never be worth a premium. But since they tended to spot so frequently even in original rolls nice red pieces have potential. The copper satin finish coins with a mintage of only around 800K might have potential as well. The mintage is very close to that of the 1931 S and like the 31 S most of the mintage is being hoarded away in high grade. right now they are readily available but will that continue?
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I suspect that in the future almost all 2009 Cents will be worth something but never considered a key coin. As already noted the massive hoarding of these is similar to the 31S where there are so many available, the price will just never go up. One thing though is the amount of the pure Copper ones getting into circulation similar to proof coins that people find today. Slowly kids will get into those sets and just use them as money. Criminals too will just dump them into coin counters. And since no one is out there weighing 2009 Cents they will just circulate as normal coinage.
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I just don't see them as being a key date, or high in value. I think the uniqueness of them and relatively low mintage will make them more valuable than other modern counterparts but with so many people buying rolls and storing them away I don't think they will be a hard to find item in the future.
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They are relatively rare in circulation even two years after the fact. Like others have said, zincs just seem to deteriorate, so keeping a few full red rolls of each is not a bad idea. The copper satin finish SMS and proof coins will always be available in roll quantities, not terribly expensive.
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I bought a proof set this weekend (including the Lincoln silver dollar) and they are all in air-tight rounds. The proof 2009-S Cents aren't zinc, they're 95% copper. Sounds like your set is a Lincoln Coin and Chronicles Set.  I do wonder if the anti-tarnishing agent the Mint applied to the 95% copper 2009 Cents will affect their aesthetics in the decades to come. Business strike 2009-D zinc Cents (in any condition) seem to have virtually disappeared from Denver's circulation pool.  I saved my fair share of nice red 2009-D's from circulation that year. We have tons of 2011-D LSC's, the usual zinc LMC's and a fair amount of pre-83 copper floating around in circulation. Edited by DNA
11/04/2011 12:23 am
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I agree with eaglefoot....they are all actually "keys" since they were only produced in 2009. That said, I don't think they'll ever be high dollar coins because they were massively hoarded by the roll in BU state. There are more than enough coins to satisfy collector demand.
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I haven't been roll searching lincoln's, but from everyday circulation, I have found Zero. My wife did find and give me one the other day however. I really need to pick up a couple boxes of Lincoln's.
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So far I have found one LP1 and 2 LP2's and that is all.
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They are relatively rare in circulation even two years after the fact. Relatively? So far this month, I've pulled a BU Red 1973-D LMC and a 1947 LWC from my change, but no 2009 Cents (in any condition). I was expecting some zinc-rotted '09-D's to end up in my change by now, but this has not been the case. Quote:
since no one is out there weighing 2009 Cents, (spent copper Cents) will just circulate as normal coinage. Until they get full brown without zinc rot, at which point their 95% copper composition will be obvious.  Edited by DNA
11/05/2011 02:02 am
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