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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;conpewter, post: 815810, member: 23236&quot;]I think they were distributed in Puerto Rico a month ahead of the official release date, for some reason or other.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: Yep</p><p>In January 2010, the coins were released early in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rico" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rico" rel="nofollow">Puerto Rico</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_%28United_States_coin%29#cite_note-rico-19" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_%28United_States_coin%29#cite_note-rico-19" rel="nofollow">[20]</a>; this was due to a shortage of 2009-dated pennies on the island.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_%28United_States_coin%29#cite_note-headsmod-0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_%28United_States_coin%29#cite_note-headsmod-0" rel="nofollow">[1]</a> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_%28United_States_coin%29#cite_ref-rico_19-0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_%28United_States_coin%29#cite_ref-rico_19-0" rel="nofollow">^</a></b> Gilkes, Paul (2010-02-08). &quot;First Circulation Reports of 2010 Cents From Puerto Rico&quot;. <i>Coin World</i> <b>51</b> (2600): 5.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_%28United_States_coin%29#cite_note-rico-19" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_%28United_States_coin%29#cite_note-rico-19" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_(United_States_coin)#cite_note-rico-19</a></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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