2009 Birth And Early Childhood Bicentennial Lincoln Penny Question

Bobby already offered to send the OP an uncirculated set..

An interesting fact about the 2009 pennies. The "business strike" pennies included in the 2009 mint set from the U.S. mint are composed of 95% copper unlike the copper-plated zinc ones released for general circulation. I bought a 2009 mint set just to get these. These may be one of the sleeper coins of modern issues. Off topic - speaking of sleeper coins, I wish I could find a couple of rolls of the 2021 Washington crossing the Delaware quarter in MS-69 or better.

yep, I bought a few myself to have them.

I got one of the Presidency ones in may change just the other day but it's the first one I've seen in a long time.

I went through a $25.00 box of pennies in the last two weeks and found 1 of each. 3 P's and 1 D. Just put them in a box with the rest of the one's I find.

Jeff

Actually, I wouldn't consider this to be a "normal" cent. As was pointed out, 2009 was a special year with four different penny reverses. And as was also pointed out, the relatively low mintages for the eight examples makes collecting these from circulation a very tall order. I think I have perhaps three of the eight, and haven't seen any 2009 pennies in circulation in many years.

While the 2009 cents weren't minted in the trillions, they're still out there--at least in the region I'm located. I come across them now and then still--week before last was the most recent find. In the 2010-2016 period I managed to fill several tubes with fresh examples from circulation, all versions--a goodly number in the lower MS range. About 85% were minted in Denver. Over the last couple years, I've returned something like 200+ to circulation.