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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;coppercoins, post: 563682, member: 152&quot;]1.&nbsp; I&#039;m not sure who you heard it from that the plan was to release these coins in an effort to spark new collectors.&nbsp; The actual effort by the Mint was to take the cheapest coin to make and way overprice it to collectors to make a ton of money.&nbsp; End of story.</p><p><br /></p><p>2.&nbsp; It is often three to five months before cents start really showing up in circulation.&nbsp; Considering we are one month into its release, I would think it be normal for them to not show up in any quantity until late May through mid June.&nbsp; Just be patient.</p><p><br /></p><p>3.&nbsp; Anyone who spends more than 50 cents per roll for the 2009 cents is spending too much.&nbsp; They will be readily available at the banks soon enough, and for the record, banks are not allowed to sell 50 cent rolls of cents for more than 50 cents.&nbsp; So the idea that you&#039;ve never &#039;seen them do that before&#039; means you&#039;ve never seen them selling statehood quarter rolls at $10?</p><p><br /></p><p>4.&nbsp; There will be some issues of the new Lincoln cents that will always be in low supply and high demand - but the ones you are going to find in change are NOT the ones that will bring nice profits.&nbsp; Some time somewhere the mint will come out with a special mint set with brass composition cents that will go largely missed by collectors, and THOSE will steal the show for value later on.&nbsp; The ones you find in change will remain pocket change worth one cent per coin for a number of years to come.</p><p><br /></p><p>5.&nbsp; I attended a show this past weekend and saw for myself the wholesale lack of understanding among the collectors eagerly giving $5-$8 per roll for 2009 cents, thinking there was some &#039;rarity&#039; to them.&nbsp; Made me sick, actually.&nbsp; I saw over 100 rolls sell for these outlandish prices.&nbsp; I even heard a dealer or two claim that the coins are going to be limited and not to expect to see them in circulation at all.&nbsp; It&#039;s fun being who I am sometimes - people don&#039;t recognize me by face alone, so they tell me just about any crap story any flat beginner collector would believe...until I tell them who I am and what I have done with the last 30 years of my life...then their stories instantly change.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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