A 2009-S V.D.B. Lincoln?
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Wouldn't that be Coooolllll.
I'd like to see a Wheatback-reverse coin for 2009 to commemorate the 100th year of Lincoln Cent production.
I don't know if Charles Barber would like it, but Mr. Brenner would be ecstatic!...and so would all of us.
Pete
I'd like to see a Wheatback-reverse coin for 2009 to commemorate the 100th year of Lincoln Cent production.
I don't know if Charles Barber would like it, but Mr. Brenner would be ecstatic!...and so would all of us.
Pete
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<< <i>Wouldn't that be Coooolllll.
I'd like to see a Wheatback-reverse coin for 2009 to commemorate the 100th year of Lincoln Cent production.
I don't know if Charles Barber would like it, but Mr. Brenner would be ecstatic!...and so would all of us.
Pete >>
I strongly agree. It would also probably have to be a proof which is even more appropriate.
It already costs far more than a cent to make a zinc Lincoln and the old coppers have about 1 1/3c worth of metal in them so it's improbable the coins will still be made or circulation by 2009.
Unless they are made from a cheaper metal.
What would happen to the cent if they eliminate it from circulation. Would they still make it for mint and proof sets?
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Throw in half a mil. or so from westpoint, And make sure they DON'T ALL go directly into collections. So people have to find them. Or buy mint sets to have one. Planned rearity, like planned obsolecencs. The minting would be limited to the amount of copper that is collected also. The cents removed from circulation by recycling would increase the "rearity" value of the cents in collections, would it not. A WIN / WIN situation.
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Actually if the USMint won't make such a commemorative or actual issue, they will really be nuts. That one would be a great collectors coin and could be issued in gold, silver, pure copper or anything. They could be made in a variety of sizes, shapes and have numerous reverses. The Mint could produce them by the billions and make a fortune selibrating the longest running coin in US history. Such a coin would over shadow any of the state quarters or silly nickels we now have. There is already over 50 pages of commemorative coins listed in the Red Book so the Lincoln Cent should really be made into something for the 2009 version. Each Mint could produce something for the event.
<< <i>Getting any cheaper they'll have to go with steel or plastic.
What would happen to the cent if they eliminate it from circulation. Would they still make it for mint and proof sets? >>
High grade steel would cost more (much more when you factor in die wear) . Aluminum would be comparable.
Plastic would be cheaper but the true cost of handling and coining is probably already over a cent anyway.
Sorry to break the news but the 100th year of Lincoln Cent production will be 2008.
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<< <i>Sorry to break the news but the 100th year of Lincoln Cent production will be 2008. >>
Oh, well that settles it then. Let's just cancel the whole 2009 celebration and do away with the cent immediately. No need to discuss this any further...
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<< <i>Getting any cheaper they'll have to go with steel or plastic.
What would happen to the cent if they eliminate it from circulation. Would they still make it for mint and proof sets? >>
High grade steel would cost more (much more when you factor in die wear) . Aluminum would be comparable.
Plastic would be cheaper but the true cost of handling and coining is probably already over a cent anyway. >>
Screw the Aluminum... Just use Tin Foil
<< <i>High grade steel would cost more (much more when you factor in die wear) >>
Who said anything about HIGH grade steel?
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True - anything they do using the current die making process will be a joke, just like the statehood quarters and the new nickels. All crap. They would have to go back to the multiple hubbing method to make anything that even closely resembles the true Lincoln cent design as created by Brenner.
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<< <i> so it's improbable the coins will still be made or circulation by 2009. >>
It is politically impossible to eliminate the cent, just like it is impossible to eliminate the paper dollar. Hard to get cheaper than zinc!
<< <i>Hard to get cheaper than zinc! >>
Hard, but as the cost of making a one cent coin exceeds one cent, it will have to be done, else they will need to eliminate the one cent coin.
I'd like to see a "last hurrah" for the cent in 2009, and then no more. (Or perhaps, only in mint/proof sets, but none for circulation.) There's already a bill put forth for four separate circulating commemoratives; that seems nice.
Have y'all checked the price of copper lately? Pre-1982 cents have become worth more in melt than face value. Better start hoarding; I suspect that it won't be long until they pretty much disappear from circulation.
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It is politically impossible to eliminate the cent, just like it is impossible to eliminate the paper dollar. Hard to get cheaper than zinc! >>
It's already far more expensive to make a penny than one cent. The mint was maintaining the
fiction that a one cent coin cost a small fraction of the amount to coins than a nickel when they
claimed its cost was .998c a couple years back. Since that time the cost of zinc has increased by
about 70%. The zinc miners have a lot of political influence in Washington but it's hard to believe
it will be sufficient to keep this wasteful coin in production for much longer. Now with the value
of the metal in the old penny at about 1.3c it's likely that mintages will have to increase to re-
place the old coins as well.
The mint probably doesn't need an OK to cease minting these coins and may do it on their own
when the costs get much higher. They may be concerned with layoffs in some departments since
cent production consumes the lion's share of most mint resources.
<< <i>I'd like to see a "last hurrah" for the cent in 2009, and then no more. (Or perhaps, only in mint/proof sets, but none for circulation.) There's already a bill put forth for four separate circulating commemoratives; that seems nice. >>
Do you have a site, with pictures maybe?
<< <i>Do you have a site, with pictures maybe?
No pictures yet. You can search Thomas for the bill; it was tacked on to the Prexybuck/First Lady Gold bill.