1959-2008 Lincoln Memorial Cents

aus3000tin

It seems the Lincoln Memorial Cent is coming to a close as 2008 will be the last of year of production.
Does anyone here think the Lincoln Memorial Cent will go up in collector value in 2009?

Thanks,

Chris

SkyMan

The average Lincoln cent will be worth 1 cent. There are gazillions of them.

keez

Anyone know what the plan is for 2010 and onwards?

droopyd

<< <i>Anyone know what the plan is for 2010 and onwards? >>



Nothing's been announced yet, although I recall some push for a new reverse design after the '09 issues.

tahoe98

heck 2010? anything can happen 'til then. pick one.

1. asteroid hitting the mint

2. iran goes beyond just irritating the world

3. hillary makes it to the oval office

4. oil hits 500 bucks a barrel

5. china perfects counterfeit slabs

yudda yudda yudda

Schmitz7

Congress will step in and mandate that the memorial reverse be kept for the next 50 years due to tourism dollars coming into Washington D.C. (to see the Lincoln Memorial). This also occurred with the Virginia delegation convincing Congress to keep Monticello on the nickel as the state would be hurt if Monticello were removed. Sad, but true.

Gemineye

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5. china perfects counterfeit slabs

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Heck they could make a mint counterfeiting Lincoln Cents.....

Overdate

6. The government finally makes sense and quits making cents!

renman95

<< <i>It seems the Lincoln Memorial Cent is coming to a close as 2008 will be the last of year of production.
Does anyone here think the Lincoln Memorial Cent will go up in collector value in 2009?

Thanks,

Chris >>



The 1982 zinc cents are worth 1.7 cents...don't know what the 1982 copper through 1959 cents are worth (in copper)?

Ren

cladking

I think there are likely to be some big surprises when people
finally decide they want to have the entire set of Lincolns and
go out looking for the memorials. None are rare and none are
scarce even in gem, but some of the gems are far scarcer than
people realize. Some are scarcer than the F or VF key dates that
people pay big money for. Try finding a nice gem well struck '68
without carbon spots. These list for a few bucks but it's a lot
easier to find a nice VG '14-D!!

If these do explode in price be very careful because there are
substantial numbers of every date put back. ...Not as many as
the wheaties in many cases but substantial numbers nonetheless.

There are many millions of sets that end at 1959 or at 1964. A lot
of these are going to be brought up to date. If people want the
varieties there could be some major changes in pricing structure
in them.

drwstr123

<< <i>Anyone know what the plan is for 2010 and onwards? >>


Yes! Due to production cost increases, the Mint is out-sourcing manufacture of Lincoln Cents to China.