2025 P pennies now $1000 a box and 2009's selling for around $400?? Good investment or not
Collectibles101546
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The 2025 P pennies are selling on ebay for about a $1000 a box or 40 times face value. I had five boxes that I sold off between $700 and $900 and still have three more. To me it just seems at these prices they would have to go to $1500 a box in order to make a good return after ebay fees if you were to buy at $1000. Seems highly unlikely that these could go much higher, but I would have thought that the 2025 philly boxes would never hit $1000, so who knows.
My real question is regarding the 2009 boxes which I was able to load up with about 5 boxes of each for the log cabin, Formative, Professional Life, and Presidency with an average basis of about $200 per box. These are thinly traded so its hard to get a good solid market price, but $400 seems to be the current market, so not a bad return for a few months of investing in these. With the pennies done now it seems like collectors will look to other places to put their money and that the 2009 series with their low production numbers relative to the Shield and Memorial pennies seemed like a can't lose opportunity at $200 a box. I never find any in change and according to one ebay post they are about 100 more times rare than the Shield series as a whole and about 500 times more rare than the Memorial series as a whole. I like the rarity aspect and more so the uniqueness and how cool the reverse designs are on each of the 4 pennies. I'm just wondering if the 2025 Shield P pennies are going for $1000 a box shouldn't there be a strong argument that these 2009 pennies should be going for alot more? ANy thoughts if the 2009's series has a realistic chance to catch up to the 2025 P boxes that are selling for around $1000?
Mintages
Log Cabin 534 million
Formative 739 million
Professional Life 652 million
Presidency 328 million
2024 Shield pennies 1.5 billion
2008 Memorial pennies (last year of Memorial) 5.4 billion
I guess the point here is if you look at the last year of the Memorial penny where there was 5.4 billion minted and compare this to lets say the Log Cabin where only 534 million were minted in a nutshell there were almost ten times 2008 Memorial pennies minted as opposed to the 2009 Log Cabins. This just includes the 2008 penny mintages and not the 49 other years, so once again there were about 500 times Memorial design pennies minted relative to the Log Cabin series. Since 2008 boxes go for around $200 a box, it just seems like when i bought the 2009 series boxes for around $200 a box i couldn't go wrong. I just wonder if these 2009 pennies are a hidden gem for modern pennies.
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2025 will not be the last year of the cent. it will be the last year of them made for circulation. they are in a mania bubble. they are being hoarded. these factors make them artificially high. when the bubble pops, those paying these prices will be buried in them
look at the 2009 cents. boxes can be found on ebay. a couple have sold for 400-500 each. but there are still boxes on ebay and notice they are BIN not auctions. prices on cents with lower mintages and lower price per box than 2025 are not flying off ebay. the 2009 are being kept artificially high. the 2009 cents aren't going up because 2025 are stupid crazy high, but look at the 2009 price per box and realize the 2025 are going stupid crazy
Collectibles101546 Posts: 5 ✭ January 25, 2026 1:28PM in U.S. Coin Forum
“… and compare this to lets say the Log Cabin where only 534 million were minted…”
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The word “only” doesn’t belong in the same sentence with “534 million”, even if you’re comparing that number to a much higher one.
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If you could get $1000 for a $25 box of cents I'd say take the money and run, and don't ever look back.
I would have given the same advice at $500. So, for twice that price I'd take the money and run twice as fast.
It's pure hysteria out there right now and I'd hate to be caught holding thousands of 2025 cents when the market settles.
(Edit: cost of a box of cents).
There is $25 face value in each bank box- 50 rolls. The collectability is not just in the cent itself but in the sealed bank box. I assume they will go down a little in price eventually, but the sheer number of collectors willing to pay $500 for a 25-D mint and nearly $1000 for a 25-P mint is quite impressive.
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Yes, you are correct about the $25 boxes. I am old school and recall $50 bags.
I assume they will go down a lot more than "a little". It's just a question of when.
People don't collect boxes of coins - they hoard boxes of coins.
Approximately 650 million cents were made by each mint (P/D) in 2025. There just aren't enough collectors to ever put a dent in those mintages.
Yes, the mintages are still high; nothing rare about them individually. I am just blown away by the demand and wonder if there will actually be this massive crash that collectors keep predicting. In the meantime, they just keep selling and selling.
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as long as the BIN are $1500 and there are no true auctions, it will certainly seem like prices haven't crashed
If you hoarded boxes of cents you were stupid or farsighted. Whichever, you’re fortunate now. I did not see this when I started packing them away…
1950-D nickels cost $20-$25 each in the late 60s. Allowing for inflation, that would be around $200-$250 today. You can usually find a nice one for $10 on eBay these days.
Be careful what you invest in.
There is no reason to run them in auctions as they sell with BIN, not at $1,500 though.
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i'm talking about in the future, like maybe 5 years from now
there are 2009 cents you can BIN for 400 a box, but no one has cleaned them out at that price
and i forgot to mention the 2024 memorial cents. last of the memorial cents. no one cares. 2025 will not be the last of the acorns
I hoarded silver, gold, and 2025 Lincoln cents. Call it what you want, but the cents are outperforming the silver and gold even with this insane run.
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sell into the strength
I see what you are saying and often ponder where they will end up in 5-10 years. I am happy with the current price they are bringing and will liquidate my remaining stockpile this year.
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Is that an investment?
How would you like to buy some tulip bulbs? I have some extras...
edit: Current "Sold" listings on ebay [listing most costly first]:
i wish i could have found some 2025, too, my eyes would turn green
I accumulated many boxes trying to get the 25s. I had no problem selling sealed boxes of one date at up to eight times their cost. Same with the uncirculated boxes of nickels, (shooting for the 24s in vain), they only made twice the money though.
Sealed boxes are easier to sell and handle than I had thought.
The silver craze interrupted my selling the memorial hoard (sorted in tubes) and the sealed boxes without viewing holes. Do I look for the 25s? I don’t like to sell single rolls or open boxes.
The future of unsearched cent rolls?
If I judge the coin buying public through my compulsions, the increase buying that I perceive, and what I need to sell, people will continue to want unsearched cents, in both sealed rolls and boxes.
Almost, but off by a year on your search.
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The title states when they were purchased from the bank—an enticement to imagine that it may contain rolls of 2025s. I’ll do the same when I sell the boxes without holes.
So you’re correct that they’re not selling for $1000.00, but they’re getting three times the cost anyway.
I don’t know what’s going on, but it’s been good, may last a while too.
I think we're talking about two different things now. The post started with boxes of 2025-dated cents. The auctions mentioned above are for unopened boxes, but presumably contain mixed/circulated cents.
I don’t get what tulips have to do with it either.
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Correct, if he searched for the 2025's, he would see millions of dollars worth in sales history.
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Did your post ask if it were a good short-term investment or for a long-term? I would make it the second lowest priced box and let it lose immediately. This will cool.
Edit: but not go away entirely, look at 2017s and 2018s—
Pure speculation ... not an investment.
Alright, successful flipping.
bag holding avoidance
The 2025 pennies are simply just the last ones. There is nothing rare or even slightly scarce about them. I got 23 rolls in a bank box and sold them on eBay right away. I am keeping the one my wife found in circulation for my album and that is all. Millions of these will be kept. The prices will come down sooner or later. My advice is to sell while the iron is hot. Many 2025 pennies are in circulation right now.
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In contemplating your investment question, think of what else can be purchased for the $1000 or what ever the current valuation is for the 2025 cent box. These can easily be promoted because of the quantity. This seems like a game of musical chairs with a predictable outcome.
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He paid twenty-five dollars for his box, I think that the question: is how long he should hold them.
I think that the old Wall Street adage applies here. Bulls make money bears make money but hogs get slaughtered. It may take some more time with as zany as things are but those boxes of cents are far too common to hold substantial value, much less $1000.
And all of this is based upon an EO, which the next President can undo with the stroke of a pen. Not saying that will happen, but until Congress acts it is a potential outcome. Meanwhile, pass the popcorn.
I see the question differently- He asked if the box was a good investment. And if the current value is $1000- someone else's valuation... Not mine, then the question turns to the current value and what else can be pursued to seek a higher return.
It really is no different than rotating in and out of stocks. Arguably time is money and holding something too long really can lead to missed opportunities.
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You are correct. @coinkat.
He wants to know whether the 2009 bank boxes are undervalued compared to the 2025 ones. OP, in my opinion, they will not sell at the same price point as 2025.
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No, the 2025 prices will land closer to the prices of the 2009s over time.
if the masses keep them as $1000 bin, we'll never know
If the roll vendors don’t buy them from the box hawkers, you mean?
also depends on what the roll vendors BIN them
Newb question here, what's the big deal with the 2009 set?
The obvious thing that nobody is mentioning is that if you can get one in pristine condition [no: stains/spots, split plating, bubbles, etc] that plague the zinc cents and get it slabbed at a very high grade then you will have a high-priced coin.
set of what? got a ebay link of it?
I meant boxes of pennies, that the original poster started. this thread about.
You mean if the coin sellers buy them from the roll vendors and
If the pock fillers buy from the coin sellers.
It’s a distribution system.
How many results of sold “BU cents from roll”?
2009 coins are 1 year type coins for the lincoln bicentennial and cent centennial. they are hoarded in boxes because they are allegedly rare, but aren't. it's a fever that has not subsided