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I have been in close touch with the mintages for this series and these are the posted results of the totals- Denver Philadelphia 2009 Total Birthplace Cent 350,400,000-D 284,400,000-P 634,800,000-TOTAL Formative Years Cent 363,600,000-D 376,000,000-P 739,600,000-TOTAL Professional Life Cent 336,000,000-D 316,000,000-P 652,000,000-TOTAL Presidency Cent 198,000,000-D 129,600,000-P  327,600,000-TOTAL Total 1,248,000,000 1,106,000,000 2,354,000,000 Philly total 129,600,000, this total is the lowest since the 1955-S Cent with a mintage of 44,610,000.  I believe this is an indication of a well hoarded coin to come also I am anxious to see how the low mintage falls into play for rarity and availability, any way, this is clearly a coin to look out for, especially in BU Mint condition, what are your thoughts? Mike. |
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Is that the one with the Capital building on it?
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Yes. The Capitol under construction.
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2 have the Capitol building on the reverse, the LP3 has the old Capitol on it,with MR Lincoln standing there with the flag up on top of the capital and the LP4 has the incompleted newer capital on it,....Mike
Edited by Morgans Dad
04/10/2010 5:03 pm
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Got it. I have only seen the LP3 in the D.
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The Professional Life (LP3) cent shows the Illinois state capitol building.
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Hmmmm.....this must be why I've only found like 3 LP4's (D mint) while roll hunting.....and they've been pretty crappy looking ! Let alone finding a "P" mint one ! Thank goodness for Two Roll Sets ! .....  |
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To get the history part out of the way first, the LP3 shows the old state capitol of Illinois at Springfield, IL. The LP4 shows the construction of the larger dome on the US capitol building in Washington DC which replaced a smaller dome that no longer was in the proper proportion after expansion of the building in the 1840's.
Now to the coin part, I think that there will be a lot of LP4's (as well as the other 2009 series) hoarded, so I don't think these will be particularly hard to come by in BU state into the future.
The 1955-S is one of the easier coins to get in BU state just because it was hoarded as the last of the 'S' mint business strike pennies.
Best regards,
Ken
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04/10/2010 10:06 am
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I would ask you, Ken, what part of my statement is a history lesson needed, which is different than your statement?LOL...State capitol, you S capitol, old, newer, either way, 2-Capitols.I think the point is made very obvious, but thanks for your input.
I would also ask you have you seen the prices for a roll of BU 1955-S "cents" lately!Very pricey, available but for a "half roll" the bids on the bay are over $30.00, not a full roll!!
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I'm skeptical of any modern business strike coin ever attaining a significant value (errors excluded). There are plenty of wheats that have similar or lower that aren't worth all that much (couple bucks at most for high grade ones). The problem with the 2009 cents is they are new designs. People tend to hoard what they find to be new and different. So ones in AU-MS conditions will be commonplace. Just look at 1943 cents. Everyone thought they were strange and saved them, making them a low value coin today.
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 Just look at the 1914-D versus the 1931-S. A lower mintage total is never the whole story. |
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...... guess I am glad I picked up a roll of both the LP-4 P & D and my roll 1955-S. Jim Edited by Jim1953
04/12/2010 3:40 pm
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