Sorry for beating this to death. But... The 95% copper penny is only in the silver proof set or in both silver and clad proof. It does not say 95% copper in description on clad proof set. Thanks and sorry I'm sure this was answered a million times.
Well maybe not a million times, but yes it has been answered many times. All of the proof sets, both clad and silver, will contain the copper cents. The Mint sets will also contain copper cents. Write that down someplace.
You do realize don't you that its been more than a quarter century since 95% copper cents were produced by the Mint, for either proof sets or circulation? Since the latter part of 1982 cents have been 99.2% zinc alloyed with only .8% copper and a negligible amount of copper plating.
I don't think it's been beaten to death. I couldn't tell you and I hadn't seen any verification here before. It's been talked about but I didn't know it was in stone. So you guys are saying the new 2009 cents this year will be 95% copper in all the types of mint sets?? And this is a first since 1982, correct? I knew the copper was gone out of the circulating cents.
according to the COA *certificate of authenticity* on my 2009 clad proof set, the pennies are all 95% copper, 3% zinc and 2% tin.
Technically you're right. Bronze is an alloy consisting mostly of copper with tin (usually) as the main additive. So technically all Lincoln cents from 1909 to 1982 were copper and now the cents in the mint/proof sets as well.
Thanks, I wonder why they didn't just put this statment in both set descriptions. **Lincoln Cents contain an alloy consisting of 95% copper, 3% zinc and 2% tin that matches the alloy used in the original 1909 version
Before they were actually available for direct purchase and were only available by subscription they DID have that as part of the description for all three sets, Mint set, clad proof and silver proof. Only they said 1907 in error.
