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I'm still pretty new to coins and I am also not sure if this is the right forum area to post this type of coin in. I recently came across this penny and by searching online and using a coin identifier app, it seems like it is a circulated Birth and Early Childhood Bicentennial Lincoln Penny. I was obviously able to see that this is some kind of unique penny, but I am looking for anyone's opinions on this and if it's actually worth anything.  |
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@ron, first welcome to CCF. Second, I have moved your thread to the correct subforum--you were close, but I think that this one fits the coin better. Finally, whatever is obvious to you about this cent being unique isn't obvious to me. Maybe you could explain a bit more why this isn't just a lightly circulated cent from 2009? For reference, here is a link to the US mint discussion of the cents from this year: https://www.usmint.gov/learn/coin-a...e-cent-coins"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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I was obviously able to see that this is some kind of unique penny What is it that you are seeing that makes you say it's unique? I see a lightly circulated Philadelphia mint Birth and Early Childhood cent, which is one of 284,400,000 that were minted. From what I see, the value is 1 cent. Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.artEdited by nickelsearcher
07/27/2024 07:52 am
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Forum Dad
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They were a special one year (2009) release celebrating the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth. There were 4 different reverses issued. They are relatively lower mintage due to the great recession and people tended to save them so you don't see them as much in circulation. That said, there are still plenty out there so they don't really have much value, especially in circulated condition as this one is.
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to CCF! KenKat sums it up pretty well. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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to the CCF! |
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Rondolini_Schnit appears to be new at this. Let's give him some encouragement and maybe we can turn him into an expert numismatist eventually.
The four different designs on the 2009 pennies are interesting. I think you should look for all if them in your change. I don't see them very often at all in my pocket change. Including both the Philadelphia and Denver issues, you would only be out eight cents and it would be an easy way to get started in collecting.
Be aware that any modern U.S. circulating coin needs to be in absolutely perfect condition to be worth saving and even then it may never be worth more than face value.
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It's sort of like a 1976 drummer boy quarter—a unique single year design minted to celebrate a historic anniversary. Some people save them (including me!), but the Mint produced them in such huge numbers that there is nothing particularly valuable about them. Same with the 2009 Lincoln's life cents.
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Rondolini_Schnit appears to be new at this. Let's give him some encouragement and maybe we can turn him into an expert numismatist eventually. To find a complete 8 coin P+D set from circulation is actually a pretty decent challenge. I don't see these often in my change, especially the 4th design (The Presidency). Kind of like the fact that I've never seen a 2009 nickel in circulation. Note this does not count roll hunting which I do not partake in.  |
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Bobby already offered to send the OP an uncirculated set..
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Bobby already offered to send the OP an uncirculated set.
Awesome  Edited by KenKat
07/28/2024 08:57 am
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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.
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To CCF! Just seeing a normal cent. Value is one cent. Errers and Varietys.
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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. yep, I bought a few myself to have them. |
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