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I started picking these out of my drawer at work along with wheathead pennies, and I've got about $3.00 (face value) of tubes of them. I tried to run some Google searches: "2009 penny value," "2009 penny numismatic," "2009 penny worth" and all of the results were, at best, outdated; at worst, completely irrelevant.
Are these worth anything above face value? Obviously I'm not saving ones that are chewed/bent/marked up/came out of somebody's dirty ashtray/etc. (although I do have several with a very interesting toning that looks like antiqued brass, and these always seem to be the one with Lincoln sitting on a log, for some odd reason), but I wouldn't say any of the ones I have are UC--at best, AU. Should I hang onto them anyway for a future premium or are they just a passing waste-of-time curiosity?
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Rest in Peace
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Are these worth anything above face value? Not yet...but I think they will be. But I'm no expert, I'm just guessing. |
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most likely the sealed boxes and sealed rolls will command the most out of these. single ones maybe? cause I havent found a 2009 in change in quite some time then again its basically every coin minus the quarter for the 2009 yr
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What do you mean, M0nks? I read somewhere on the forum that 2009 is being considered a key year...I get quite a lot of these at work (it's a rare week when I don't come home with a good 15-20 of them), but I also handle literally hundreds of dollars' worth of change every day (those "long vanished from circulation, Buffalo nickels . . . " ads make me laugh my buns off because I've found three of them in my change drawer). Should I be snatching up even the kinda-dirty ones? |
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Those things were minted in the hundreds of millions. While they are an essential part of any Lincoln collection, I can't say that they will be a key date.
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I keep all the decent 2009's I get. Not sure what I'll do with them, but they really don't take up that much room. I'll stop at 1 tube of each. I did the same thing with the Westward Journey nickel series. Again, why? Heck if I know. Wanted to get some use out of some empty nickel tubes and my label maker I suppose.
Honestly, I still am looking for some BU (or even close to BU) specimens of the 2009P cents. I have 2009D BU covered and then some.
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Okay, I'm relatively new to this (I'm still in the "I FOUND A Buffalo nickel IN MY CASH DRAWER!! SHINY!! :-D" stage), so what precisely is BU? |
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You know, the sad thing is, as soon as I saw you replied and before I ever read your response my brain went "Bright Uncirculated, dummy."
I'm going to assume that label doesn't apply to most of what I've got, although I do have quite a few that have no apparent scratches or scuffs (to the naked eye or 5x magnification, at least). XF/AU, maybe? I'm guessing that's what's most important to hold onto; I've passed up quite a few of the Capitol ones because they had these funky black blotches on them.
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04/17/2012 02:49 am
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Bedrock of the Community
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The 2009 Cents will be like many others that were hoarded by the ton. So many people have rolls and rolls of them hoping for the day when they will be worth more than a cent. IF, they are ever worth anything it will be in about another 100 years. Wait and see.
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Actually, they are probably worth a premium right now, simply because so many have been hoarded and squirreled away. I bet you could sell a roll of them on ebay for significantly above face value if you tried. Years down the line, on the other hand, when everybody who has hoarded them tries to cash in, the market may be completely saturated and the value may be worth precisely one cent apiece. |
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There are a number (dozens to hundreds) of minor doubled die reverses for the different designs. I don't know how many people collect them, but they are worth some sort of premium.
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Quote:Actually, they are probably worth a premium right now, simply because so many have been hoarded and squirreled away. I bet you could sell a roll of them on ebay for significantly above face value if you tried. Years down the line, on the other hand, when everybody who has hoarded them tries to cash in, the market may be completely saturated and the value may be worth precisely one cent apiece. Totally agree. Just like all hoards, the coins are worth a premium, until the hoards are released. Quote:
There are a number (dozens to hundreds) of minor doubled die reverses for the different designs. I don't know how many people collect them, but they are worth some sort of premium. Yes, learn the varieties and errors and you can cherry pick them out to save them. |
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Mint figures:
2009 P Birthplace 284,400,000
2009 D Birthplace 350,400,000
2009 P Formative 376,000,000
2009 D Formative 363,600,000
2009 P Professional 316,000,000
2009 D Professional 336,000,000
2009 P Presidency 129,600,000
2009 D Presidency 198,000,000
around 2.3 billion total
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Tough to make an argument about any rarity with these, given the above figures.
I suppose if everyone needs to have a roll or two of BU's in their collection...
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What are the mintage figures for mint set coppers? or proofs?
I would think any Zincoln penny, With Out Spotting, will command premiums in the future
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