2026 Semiquincentennial Penny?
Halfhunter06
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Does anyone know if the 2026 Penny is still happening, at least in Mint/Proof Sets? I read material about it from before the order to suspend production occurred.
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Yes.
will be in future mint sets
if asked nicely, perhaps they could offer rolls, bags and boxes. start asking mint hq now though
I'm curious if the Mint will return to 95% copper cents like they did for 2009. If the new issues aren't circulating, at least for the time being, why not go an extra mile?
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ask mint hq to do it
Yes. Although continued news is revolving around it's end and all the shortages in retail, the one cent will continue as an NCLT for collectors only. Wishful thinking that they'd be the original 88% copper, 12% nickel.
Why not do large cents?
I personally would like to see annual large cents made in the same manner and specifications as the old pieces. Preferably not as a revisited design like the current Morgan and Peace commemoratives.
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We’ll probably see a reverse proof morgan large cent with the mint mark on the obverse and 12 privy marks and the date in morse code on the edge.
I would like to see a 2026-S V.D.B. penny, a bronze issue with a huge V.D.B. on the reverse. Brenner's Lincoln on obverse with wheat ears reverse.
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The way I would do it is to give the mint broad authority to mint one cent coins (or even half cent or two cent coins) with a minimum fineness of .900 fine copper as the mint sees fit. The whole idea would be that now that pennies are obsolete, you could make large cents with the American Liberty, comic art, American innovation designs etc. so people do not have to shell out a lot for a gold coin or silver medal. Plus innovation dollars and other coins are majority copper anyways, so then why not do a bronze or copper large cent at that point. Historical denomination with a new twist.
Because they don't have to. For all we know, since the planchets won't be easy to source since they won't be buying them in quantity, they might not even have them at all. Same reason the coins in the silver proof sets went from 90% to 100% silver.
At least that is the speculation driving up prices today, in spite of their announcement that cents for collector sets will continue. If that changes, it won't be the first time in recent memory that the Mint said it would do one thing and later did another. People are certainly learning to not take everything the Mint says as gospel.