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Old 05-17-2009, 12:00 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Do not mean to be the fly in the ointment here but according to the mint description under their annual sales program, the Lincoln cents in the uncirculated sets will be the copper ones

http://catalog.usmint.gov/webapp/wcs...egory_rn=10201
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*Lincoln Cents contain an alloy consisting of 95% copper, 3% zinc and 2% tin that matches the alloy used in the 1907 cent.
Just curious why they are trying to match the 1907 cent.
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