Question From A Newbee About The 2009 Uncirculated Set

Well, the Uncirculated Mint Sets are ALL Satin Finish coins.....so I suppose they're unique in that way.
The 2009 Cents contained therein are also Copper, so that will set it apart from recent issues.
But there are no Business Strikes contained in the Mint Sets anymore. So when you buy a Mint Set, they'll always be "Uncirculated Satin Finish" coins.
The only way to get business strike coins are from "Two Roll Sets"....."Roll searching from banks"...or your daily pocket change.

The 2009 Uncirculated Satin Finish Set will indeed contain coins that are all "Uncirculated". However, it's a lot harder to find high grade "business strikes" from "the wild" than it is the Satin finish coins contained in the Sets for obvious reasons.

Another avenue is to buy the 2009 copper cents from a dealer or online. I was able to get most of them from roll searching but was missing a couple of them and that is how I filled out my 2009 circulated/business strike collection. They were not expensive from the dealer ($.50 per). Some here will undoubtedly find that price ridiculous but I found it equitable for high quality examples.

Here is how I looked at the 2009 Lincoln cents. Keep in mind I have been at this a grand total of 7 months.

To have a complete set of 2009 Lincoln cents I needed to get the following:

1. All 4 Circulated Business Strike P&D coins (8 coins)
2. All 4 Uncirculated Satin Finish P&D coins (8 coins)
3. All 4 Proof Finish coins (4 coins)

I accomplished this by the following methods.

1. Purchased 2 2009 US Mint Proof Sets (Clad Proof)
2. Purchased 2 2009 US Mint Uncirculated Coin Sets
3. Roll Searching for the Business Strikes until I purchased the rest from a local dealer

Why 2 sets? -- I kept one set each for my collection and the rest went towards filling in folders/albums.

I have heard various opinions on the potential value of the 2009 Lincoln cents or the various 2009 mint sets. I am new enough to not even try to speculate on the value. They do stand out in both design and metal composition. Time will tell.

Mint sets of the past seem to be pretty big losers from a value perspective.

To be clear I am more of pack-rat collector than a value collector. If I buy an album or folder my brain cannot rest until all the holes are filled. I do buy pieces that I think will be valuable later but it is such a gamble that I rarely pull the trigger.