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Valued Member
United States
214 Posts |
I stopped at 3 banks today and asked if they could sell me any of the new 2009 Lincoln cents. I talked to the bank manager at the first place as we just opened a few account with him. He said he called the Reserve last week and asked for them because he has some other customers really wanting them. Said the FR said they don't have them and aren't getting them ? Same with the other two banks I stopped at. Couldn't get any from the FR because they aren't carrying them. A relative at Walmart in the office said the same thing. So many people were asking for them and they couldn't get them. They used to be the best place to get them at. Anyone else getting the same response from their banks. Wonder if any of the other 2009 Lincoln varieties will so hard to get. Also, I checked my order from the mint and it still says in Process. Has anyone else got this message on their account tracking? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1026 Posts |
Hi I have six extra rolls if you are interested see my web page of extra coins I have for the details. I had to go to about 30 banks myself but finally found some but they are out of them now. http://cedarcreekrvclub.com/coin-tr...index20.htmlGot your PM these are gone already will see if I can find any more? So for now I amout of them. Edited by Brucec
04/15/2009 9:11 pm
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Valued Member
United States
114 Posts |
I have stopped by all the banks where I live and all of them said they will not be getting any in. I wished now I would have ordered some from the mint instead of trying to wait and get them from the mint for face value.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10284 Posts |
Maybe the Feds bailed out the failed banks with 2009 Lincolns and they gave them out as retroactive bonuses? Wait, anyway, there weren't enough minted for them either. With 634,800,000 Birthplace Lincoln Cents totaling only $6,348,000.00 Not even after all four reverses are minted will they have enough to pay one rotten apple's severance pay.  Maybe we can find some if we file for unclaimed funds? |
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Valued Member
 United States
214 Posts |
Where in the world are they storing 638 million Lincoln Cent pennies. There sure don't seem to be that any out there. And even the ones sold on ebay couldn't account for 1/10 of them. Maybe HSN bought 1/2 of them to get all those MS67s. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10284 Posts |
That's only about Three Cents for everyone in the USA. Perhaps we will see them when we get our stimulus checks again. Maybe they are the stimulus package? |
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New Member
United States
33 Posts |
Brucec,, Could I call one of those licoln 09 p mint rolls please ? If your still selling them.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6326 Posts |
Well they DRASTICALLY reduced the mintage number of the Philly Lincoln this year (1st P design anyway).......but they need to drastically reduce the mintage numbers of EVERYTHING for the next few years. This could alleviate a good amount of the problem I would think.
They Mint too much of everything....no mystery here as to why we can't "get our coins from the banks" like we want.
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04/16/2009 08:40 am
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Moderator
 United States
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To those that have actually acquired a 2009 Lincoln Cent, have any of you weighed it or otherwise verified its composition? What if the mint goofed and minted those 634,800,000 on 95% copper planchets and are now in "damage control" mode?  Surely I jest. The Mint is not that incompetent, right?  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6326 Posts |
 .... ....... IF I can ever even find one.......I'm weighing that little sucker !....  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1450 Posts |
This whole situation is really interesting because the problem varies with who you ask. Several banks told me they have tried and cannot get them from the Fed. Another friend of mine contacted the Fed and was told that banks are not ordering them because of the recession/depression resulting in less demand for coins. Another friend had their bank tell them that they order through Brinks and Brinks won't deliver the new cents. I don't know about you folks but this all sounds like a lot of government BS. Somebody messed up something and is covering their derriere or something more sinister is going on. I am not a conspiracy guy but this could get interesting as it unfolds.
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Valued Member
United States
411 Posts |
you guys can do what you want , I will not pay more than 1 cent for a new 2009 cent. there just to many out there and they will be in the mint and proof sets.
was at a flea mart saturday and the dealer there had a case of rolls that he was asking $9.00 per roll and he said he could not sell any.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3098 Posts |
 Well said! Everyone will get them. Just takes time... |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1424 Posts |
I got 1 2009-D from a roll and thats it so far, and I search about 5 boxes per week. It seems like it took me until about August last year before I started seeing the 2008 cents so I'm not surprised they are not circulating here yet.
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New Member
United States
33 Posts |
~~~Still havn't seen any lincoln log cabbins in circulation or through weekly roll searching. However, I just couldn't take it any more and ordered 3 d- mints, and 3 p- mints from ebay. |
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Valued Member
United States
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I also broke down and ordered 2 d & 2 p mints from e-bay tho I only paid $1.00 for all 4 shipped.Not too bad do you think? I have got a hold of two rolls of d's from my Bank but that's it.
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