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Message:: [QUOTE="modernman, post: 559801, member: 11789"]i hold the contrarian view that these coins are actually "rare."  there may be 500,000,000+ of these cents minted, but they are not easy to obtain. every $25 box, and every 50 cent roll of the Lincoln T1 that has been released has pretty much been bought by collectors and permanently removed from circulation........forever. it doesn't cost much to purchase a box for $25 if you can get your hands on one. if you put that box away you have removed 2,500 coins from circulation. it would only take 200,000 collectors to remove the entire population of the T1's from circulation. unlike statehood quarters that cost $500/box to collect. you can collect 4 boxes of cents for $100, or 8 boxes (P&D mints) for $200.  i was able to get a box of the 2009 'D' cents, but i had to have an inside connection at a bank. the banks around me are not releasing the rolls to the general public, but are distributing them to their own employees and their best customers. as news travels about the "rarity" of these coins the bank employees will continue to secure them before the general public has access to them. this is just my contrarian opinion that all 4 designs of the 2009 Lincoln cents will be extremely hard to obtain so that will make them "rare."[/QUOTE]