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2009 Proof Set -- 18 coins

droopyddroopyd Posts: 5,381 ✭✭✭
From Ye Olde Minte:

The 2009 United States Mint Proof Set® includes 18 coins, each bearing the "S" mint mark of the United States Mint at San Francisco. Included in this set are four Presidential $1 Coins, six quarters from the District of Columbia and United States Territories Quarter Program, as well as four Lincoln cents (with an alloy consisting of 95% copper, 3% zinc and 2% tin that matches the alloy used in the 1907 cent), the Jefferson nickel, the Roosevelt dime, the Kennedy half-dollar, and the Golden Dollar featuring Sacagawea.

Yes, I know it says "1907" for the cent, I'm merely cutting and pasting here!
Me at the Springfield coin show:
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60 years into this hobby and I'm still working on my Lincoln set!

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    Batman23Batman23 Posts: 4,999 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The mint is makeing too much stuff. It actually helped me realize that I did not like the moderns and I have stopped with purchasing them. The only down side is I have a Lincoln set that I have to keep up to date. It would be nice if they would sell a PDS Lincoln cent 12 coin set as I do not want all those others. This 2009 set will probably contain four plastic holders, and I thought last years set with three holders was too much.
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    CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 31,559 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Don't blame the mint. THey strike what Congress orders them to.
    Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.
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    TheRavenTheRaven Posts: 4,143 ✭✭✭✭
    They do need to stop the madness.....

    Be done with the quarters already and just stop making cents.....
    Collection under construction: VG Barber Quarters & Halves
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    jmski52jmski52 Posts: 22,380 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Speaking of Proof Sets, I just received my 2008 Set today. Does anyone else get Proof Prez Dollars that have this crap on them?

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    Q: Are You Printing Money? Bernanke: Not Literally

    I knew it would happen.
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    CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 31,559 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Ah, the pigeon variety.......
    Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.
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    BECOKABECOKA Posts: 16,957 ✭✭✭
    Will be interesting for my Dansco, I can't remember if there are enough slots for the 4 lincolns. Guess I will have to order new pages.
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    lsicalsica Posts: 1,566 ✭✭✭✭
    I think the 2009 set is going to be interesting. Four copper lincoln cents with the various reverses, the territorial quarters (being a ham radio op places like Guam and American Samoa are interesting to me), the Native American reverse on the Sac, plus the redesigned Presidential dollars with "In God We Trust" crammed in there somewhere image
    Philately will get you nowhere....
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    291fifth291fifth Posts: 23,942 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Overkill.
    All glory is fleeting.
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    aficionadoaficionado Posts: 2,309 ✭✭✭
    I wonder what they will do with the Silver Proof.

    Out of those 18 coins, 6 qtrs, the Half dollar, and the dime will be silver.

    They need to NOT include the dollars and pennies in the Silver proof set. They can be bought seperate if people want them.

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    LanLordLanLord Posts: 11,681 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Will be interesting for my Dansco, I can't remember if there are enough slots for the 4 lincolns. Guess I will have to order new pages. >>

    depends upon when you purchased your album, new ones are set for the 4 linxs, there is a replacement page if you need it.
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    SteveSteve Posts: 3,313 ✭✭✭


    << <i>From Ye Olde Minte:

    The 2009 United States Mint Proof Set® includes 18 coins, each bearing the "S" mint mark of the United States Mint at San Francisco. Included in this set are four Presidential $1 Coins, six quarters from the District of Columbia and United States Territories Quarter Program, as well as four Lincoln cents (with an alloy consisting of 95% copper, 3% zinc and 2% tin that matches the alloy used in the 1907 cent), the Jefferson nickel, the Roosevelt dime, the Kennedy half-dollar, and the Golden Dollar featuring Sacagawea.

    Yes, I know it says "1907" for the cent, I'm merely cutting and pasting here! >>



    I don't believe the 4 Lincoln proof cents contained in the 2009 United States Mint Proof Set will be composed of 95% copper as was the composition in 1909 and for many years after that. I DO believe the composition of the Lincoln cent in the 2009 Proof set will be the SAME as the composition in all the recent years which is primarily zinc with a copper coating. I am not questioning the quotes copied by the OP, but the idea of producing a Lincoln cent in 2009 with the original compositions was NOT part of the plan for the production of the 2009 proof set. It was an "idea" that was included in the overall program for 2009 recognition, but as far as I know the US Mint has announced NO plans to make such a coin with that composition, at least not as of today.
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    Yeah I got a Van Buren... man he looked like he had the measles!

    If that wasnt enough there were 2 die cracks/punch throughs that ran right eye to jaw and nose to chin! yesterday I sent it to PCGS to grade as an error image
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    ambro51ambro51 Posts: 13,608 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'd lilke to see the mint offer one MORE thing

    I'd like to be able to order roll quantities of any coin made during that year for circulation. Just face plus a few percent plus shipping.

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    19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,472 ✭✭✭✭
    I can;t seem to locate where that quote originated from. image
    I decided to change calling the bathroom the John and renamed it the Jim. I feel so much better saying I went to the Jim this morning.



    The name is LEE!
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    << <i>Don't blame the mint. THey strike what Congress orders them to. >>



    Some people just like to hear themselves talk and never understand the facts of which you speak.
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    From the Mint...............

    [[Page 119 STAT. 2674]]

    (9) The so-called ``Lincoln cent'' was introduced in 1909 on
    the 100th anniversary of Lincoln's birth, making the obverse
    design the most enduring on the nation's coinage.
    (10) President Theodore Roosevelt was so impressed by the
    talent of Victor David Brenner that the sculptor was chosen to
    design the likeness of President Lincoln for the coin, adapting
    a design from a plaque Brenner had prepared earlier.
    (11) In the nearly 100 years of production of the ``Lincoln
    cent'', there have been only 2 designs on the reverse: the
    original, featuring 2 wheat-heads in memorial style enclosing
    mottoes, and the current representation of the Lincoln Memorial
    in Washington, D.C.
    (12) On the occasion of the bicentennial of President
    Lincoln's birth and the 100th anniversary of the production of
    the Lincoln cent, it is entirely fitting to issue a series of 1-
    cent coins with designs on the reverse that are emblematic of
    the 4 major periods of President Lincoln's life.

    SEC. 302. <<NOTE: 31 USC 5112 note.>> 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) <<NOTE: Victor David Brenner.>> 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.

    (b) Issuance of Redesigned Lincoln Cents in 2009.--
    (1) Order.--The 1-cent coins to which this section applies
    shall be issued with 1 of the 4 designs referred to in
    subsection (a)(2) beginning at the start of each calendar
    quarter of 2009.
    (2) Number.--The Secretary shall prescribe, on the basis of
    such factors as the Secretary determines to be appropriate, the
    number of 1-cent coins that shall be issued with each of the
    designs selected for each calendar quarter of 2009.

    (c) Design Selection.--The designs for the coins specified in this
    section shall be chosen by the Secretary--
    (1) after consultation with the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial
    Commission and the Commission of Fine Arts; and
    (2) after review by the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee.

    SEC. 303. <<NOTE: 31 USC 5112 note.>> REDESIGN OF REVERSE OF 1-CENT
    COINS AFTER 2009.

    The design on the reverse of the 1-cent coins issued after December
    31, 2009, shall bear an image emblematic of President Lincoln's
    preservation of the United States of America as a single and united
    country.

    SEC. 304. <<NOTE: 31 USC 5112 note.>> 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

    [[Page 119 STAT. 2675]]

    1909 in such number as the Secretary determines to be appropriate for
    numismatic purposes.

    SEC. 305. <<NOTE: 31 USC 5112 note.>> 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.

    Approved December 22, 2005.

    LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 1047 (H.R. 902):
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    << <i>This 2009 set will probably contain four plastic holders, and I thought last years set with three holders was too much. >>




    I agree--and they wait until the LAST Year of the state quarters to screw with the packaging!!!!!!
    I have 4 Proof and 4 Silver Proof sets in the mints collector boxes.
    At least the 2007's had the NON-Pres. coins in a matching box.
    Then in the 2008's--3 in 1 box-- that won't fit in the collector boxes!!!!

    WHAT DA HAY is up with that??????


    Becoka----Just got new update page for my Lincoln album ( dansco)--it has holes for all 12 2009 Cent's.
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    savoyspecialsavoyspecial Posts: 7,268 ✭✭✭✭
    how many pieces did the 1873 set have? wasnt it like 15 or so?

    www.brunkauctions.com

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    1873 ?????? image

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