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Just noticed this today. Why I weighed one up i have no idea. Just fooling around. I thought all of the 2009's were of the same copper content as the original Lincoln Cent (1909) All the 2009's weigh the same as the modern zincs. Maybe this was posted way back but I did not see it. |
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The regular business strikes are zincolns as usual.
The copper Lincolns were issued in special sets. Which ones, I'm not absolutely sure. I only have 1 mint set from 2009, so I don't know if those are the coppers or not.
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Pillar of the Community
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scoob they are copper... mint sets and the proofs
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks yotie, I thought they were but wasn't absolutely sure.
And the last thing I needed was to go and pull out more coins to have in front of me!
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Pillar of the Community
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yeah I have made three or fouf trip from to the computer to "piggybank" look at this or that just tonight
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I agree, the only copper 2009 cents were in the mint sets, the proof sets, and the Lincoln Coin and Currency set.
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Oh, I see. Thank you. I had bought and sold a half dozen of the chronicles sets last year. When they first introduced the 2009 I had read that they were all going to be copper. Some more bad info I suppose. Interesting that they were in both the mint as well as the proof sets. Guess some of them may show up in change or bank rolls sooner or later. Oh well, another one I guess one can weigh up as they roll pick etc. Tired of 25 yrs. of looking for the copper 83 anyway.  |
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I have over 100,000 cents from 2009 - all zinc.
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Pillar of the Community
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The fact that the 95% copper planchets were used in the satin mint sets means that the Denver and Philadelphia mints had stocks of copper, some of which could have ended up in the production presses so 2009 copper business strikes are at least a possibility. Being a wrong metal error they should be quite valuable if any really do exist.
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Bedrock of the Community
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It might be theoretically possible but HIGHLY unlikely because the mint set coins are not struck in the same area as the business strikes (different presses). So the copper blanks should never be even in the same area as the production zinc blanks. More likely would be a zinc 2009 coin in either the mint or proof set from a leftover 2008 zinc blank.
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That would be cool, too! I'll take one!
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I agree also the Coin and Chronicles set, the Mint sets, and the proof sets and the special 2009 Complete cent sets are all copper and a touch of tin.........
It would seem probable that some planchets COULD of been mixed up in the 2009 frenzy, I am now wondering just how possible that would actually be.
Stranger things at the mints have happened..They were made at 3 different mints also.....I believe. IMHO, I really do NOT see why the US Mint would make coins that would not last the way the post late 82-date business strike coins do, they are garbage........
Also If my memory is correct the series with the lowest mintage was the LP-4 from Philly, @129,600,00 coins
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