Is a 2009-S VDB Lincoln cent in our future? With wheat ears?
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Only 1 1/2 years until the 100th anniversary of the Lincoln cent.
Maybe the mint will wow us with a 1st year retro 09-S VDB Lincoln cent.
Any word thru the grapevine on what could be coming down the pike in 2009?
Maybe the mint will wow us with a 1st year retro 09-S VDB Lincoln cent.
Any word thru the grapevine on what could be coming down the pike in 2009?
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It's not the 100th anniversary of the Lincon cent, it's the 200th anniversary of Lincoln's birth.
I would assume something is in the works, at the Mint.
cant the mint have a original idea?
i hate moderns and the thought of more badly thought out moderns.
it is like the only coin one can collect our of circ right now
that goes back to 1909.
it is still special to many of us.
i enjoy the real deal, not a putz of a copy on a modern coin.
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Maybe the mint will wow us with a 1st year retro 09-S VDB Lincoln cent.
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That would be very, very sweet! It has to be in the original composition of 95% copper, 5% tin and zinc.
Here ya go...Two coin set...2009 VDB MPL and 2009-S VDB Business strike! This set would be the mint's all-time best seller!
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Something to add INTEREST to coin collecting.
But keep it only to proofs, mattes, reverse proofs and business strikes.
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once and for all
it's not worth the cost to mint the dang thing anymore.
We need a 4 cent piece- which we have NEVER had.
or maybe a 6 cent- we could put GW on it.
SEC. 5. NUMISMATIC PENNIES WITH THE SAME METALLIC CONTENT AS THE 1909 PENNY.
The Secretary of the Treasury shall issue 1-cent coins in 2009 with the exact metallic content as the 1-cent coin contained in 1909 in such number as the Secretary determines to be appropriate for numismatic purposes.
SEC. 6. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.
It is the sense of the Congress that the original Victor David Brenner design for the 1-cent coin was a dramatic departure from previous American coinage that should be reproduced, using the original form and relief of the likeness of Abraham Lincoln, on the 1-cent coins issued in 2009.
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A 5th reverse with the wheat would me great with me. Congress would have to make this happen.
2008 is the is the 100th anniversary 2009 will be 101 yrs of Lincolns.
The Legislation:
SEC. 3. REDESIGN OF LINCOLN CENT FOR 2009.
(a) In General- During the year 2009, the Secretary of the Treasury shall issue 1-cent coins in accordance with the following design specifications:
(1) OBVERSE- The obverse of the 1-cent coin shall continue to bear the Victor David Brenner likeness of President Abraham Lincoln.
(2) REVERSE- The reverse of the coins shall bear 4 different designs each representing a different aspect of the life of Abraham Lincoln, such as--
(A) his birth and early childhood in Kentucky;
(B) his formative years in Indiana;
(C) his professional life in Illinois; and
(D) his presidency, in Washington, D.C.
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<< <i>And a $6.66 piece shared with Reagan and Bush one. >>
I think the two Hillary would be more appropriate for that.
<< <i>I say a SERIES of pennies. Oh, maybe 50 to 100 different designs. Lincoln in his cabin, Lincoln hitchiking to school, debating Douglas, shaving, standing at Gettysburg, blocking his hat, boinking Mary Todd, etc.
Something to add INTEREST to coin collecting.
But keep it only to proofs, mattes, reverse proofs and business strikes. >>
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<< <i>Only 1 1/2 years until the 100th anniversary of the Lincoln cent.
It's not the 100th anniversary of the Lincon cent, it's the 200th anniversary of Lincoln's birth.
I would assume something is in the works, at the Mint. >>
actually it is both.
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SEC. 5. NUMISMATIC PENNIES WITH THE SAME METALLIC CONTENT AS THE 1909 PENNY.
The Secretary of the Treasury shall issue 1-cent coins in 2009 with the exact metallic content as the 1-cent coin contained in 1909 in such number as the Secretary determines to be appropriate for numismatic purposes.
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484,000? Just like the 1909-S VDB
<< <i>4 designs x 2 metal combinations x 2 finishes (business & satin) x 2 mints + 8 S-mint proofs (4 designs x 2 metal combinations = 8 possible variations) = 40 COINS
Oh YEAH!! That'll be a $400 set direct from the mint in a cherry wood container.
<< <i>It could be read from para 6 that a 5th design, the original (Wheat, VDB, Original relief and metal) is already authorized. >>
Paragraph 6 is just part of the "Sense of the Congress" which is explainatory material and not regulatory and even so it only discusses the desire to retain the Lincoln portrait. It doesn't mandate a 5th reverse.
<< <i><< 4 designs x 2 metal combinations x 2 finishes (business & satin) x 2 mints + 8 S-mint proofs (4 designs x 2 metal combinations = 8 possible variations) = 40 COINS >>
Actually just 32 at the moment because currently the mint does not have a numismatic product that has both cent coins in it that has the coins with the business strike finish, just the mint set and it uses the satin finish. All of the business strike finish coins will be made of whatever we are using for cents at the time.
I've thought I should suggest to the mint that they should make a special set for that year that had all 32 cent varieties in one place and sell it for $19.95 (Of couse that would make a new numismatic item that they could put the other 8 copper business strike finish in for a total of 40 coins and the last 8 would only be available in that set, which would increase demand and mint profits.)