I'm going to go out on a limb here and say no. The mint produced the copper cents for both proof sets but I don't believe they'll produce copper for the uncirculated set. Traditionally the circulated set was a set that contained all of the coins that the mint produced for circulation. They were at one time business strike coins. Times have changed and in the last couple of years the mint has been producing satin finish coins for the uncirculated sets. They are different from the regular business strike coins and, in theory, should be of superior quality. I feel that the mint will just produce a satin zinc coated copper coin and that's it. I'd love to see a 90% copper but I don't think it'll happen. And then again I could be proven wrong. We'll see.......:smile
According to the US Mint, the cents will be copper, see below. The United States Mint Uncirculated Coin Set includes two (2) envelopes of 18 coins each; one (1) from the United States Mint at Denver and one from the (1) United States Mint at Philadelphia, for a total of 36 coins. Each envelope contains the following coins: (4) Presidential $1 Coins (6) District of Columbia and U.S. Territories quarters (4) Lincoln Bicentennial One Cent coins* (1) Jefferson nickel (1) Roosevelt dime (1) Kennedy half-dollar (1) Native American $1 Coin *Lincoln Cents contain an alloy consisting of 95% copper, 3% zinc and 2% tin that matches the alloy used in the 1907 cent. Unlike circulating coins, uncirculated coins are struck on specially burnished blanks and feature a satin-like finish.
Looks like I'm out on a limb with no way back....:whistle: I'll go stand in the corner now. Thanks for the info Becky. So glad they're doing copper for the uncirc's.
