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<p>[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 160525, member: 66"]If there is it doesn't have a chance because they already passed a bill mandating the changes in the design of the 2009 cent last December as part of the Presidential dollar bill.</p><p><br /></p><p>The obverse is supposed to be the Brenner design (which mill mean that they won't change it.) and there are to be four different reverse designs. One for his childhood in Ky, one for his formative years in Indiana, one for his adult years in Illinois, and one for his presidency in Washington DC. The circulation coins (if any, due to metal cost we may be at mint and proof set only by then) will be the regular alloy, but the law allows the coins for the numismatic sets be made in the origianl alloy used in 1909. Hopefully at that point they will discontinue the cent completely. If they don't then for 2010 and beyound it mandates a new reverse that symbolizes how he held the union together during and after the Civil war.</p><p><br /></p><p>This means there could possibly be as many as 16 cents in the 2009 mint set four from each mint in both compositions and possibly 8 different in the proof sets. And since the finish on the mint set coins is different than on the business strikes a complete set of 2009 cents could run as high as 32 coins. (And I could easily see the mint offering to sell full sets in a nice holder for $24.95 <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 160525, member: 66"]If there is it doesn't have a chance because they already passed a bill mandating the changes in the design of the 2009 cent last December as part of the Presidential dollar bill. The obverse is supposed to be the Brenner design (which mill mean that they won't change it.) and there are to be four different reverse designs. One for his childhood in Ky, one for his formative years in Indiana, one for his adult years in Illinois, and one for his presidency in Washington DC. The circulation coins (if any, due to metal cost we may be at mint and proof set only by then) will be the regular alloy, but the law allows the coins for the numismatic sets be made in the origianl alloy used in 1909. Hopefully at that point they will discontinue the cent completely. If they don't then for 2010 and beyound it mandates a new reverse that symbolizes how he held the union together during and after the Civil war. This means there could possibly be as many as 16 cents in the 2009 mint set four from each mint in both compositions and possibly 8 different in the proof sets. And since the finish on the mint set coins is different than on the business strikes a complete set of 2009 cents could run as high as 32 coins. (And I could easily see the mint offering to sell full sets in a nice holder for $24.95 :)[/QUOTE]
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