| Kevin put a lot of work into the Matte Proof book in an attempt to give collectors a one-stop source for information on these Lincoln cents.
The cent and nickel cost a total of 8-cents +4-cents postage. They were not popular with collectors because they looked too much like high quality production coins. Some contemporary collectors put them away by the hundreds, others got none. (See Renaissance of American Coinage 1909-1915 for the story of collector Giles Anderson and his quest for a 1909 VDB proof from the mint.) | 
