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So, what exactly is the difference between the two?
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Pillar of the Community
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"Silver" (10c, 25c, 50c) are 90% silver like the old pre 64 coins, while the rest are normal composition.
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In the Silver proof set, the dime, quarter and half are silver and in the regular proof set they are clad.
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think morgans dad hit it on the head
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 You mean there's actually silver in the Silver Proof set! Aha! That must be why they call it silver proof set! Edited by ratman4762
07/17/2009 8:50 pm
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Dude, I knew there was silver in the silver proof set! I just didn't know if there was a difference between the lincoln cents.
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Nope, proof Lincolns from the regular mint set are the same as the ones in the silver proof set: Bronze.
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If you have the 2009 Clad Proof Set and the 2009 Territorial Quarters Silver Proof Set, then you already have 16 of the 18 the coins that are in the 2009 Silver Proof Set.
So, if you buy those two Sets instead of the Silver Proof Set, you would not have the Silver Dime and Silver Half-Dollar, but you would have six Clad Proof Quarters in addition to the Silver Quarters.
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i may be wrong but when I called the mint I asked if the bronze Lincoln's were in the silver proof set
they said no it was the Lincoln's were going to be composition of the original Lincoln's
i may have been given wrong info but thats what customer service person said at the mint when I asked
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silver proof cent details
Lincoln Cents contain an alloy consisting of 95% copper, 3% zinc and 2% tin that matches the alloy used in the original 1909 version.
clad proof cent details
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Pillar of the Community
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Lincoln Cents contain an alloy consisting of 95% copper, 3% zinc and 2% tin that matches the alloy used in the original 1909 version.
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Both of the full Proof Sets (Clad and Silver) include the same four 95% Copper 'bronze alloy' Proof Lincoln Anniversary Cents.
The 95% Copper composition is the same as the One Cent coins produced from mid-1864 to 1961.
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One has no real value should fiat money collapse like in Zimbabwe, and one has real value. I'll leave it up to you to sort out which is which...
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the Lincolns and the President dollars are all the same no matter what set you get, the only difference is the clad coins (like .25,.50,.10) are 90% silver
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Posted 07/17/2009 8:23 pm
