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<p>[QUOTE="theshoegazer, post: 2699524, member: 69354"]The longer that 2009 coins circulate, the more worn, tarnished and banged up they're going to be, which over time could give AU/BU specimens a premium. </p><p><br /></p><p>Until I got back into collecting around 2014, I had no idea that most 2009's were lower mintage - the average non-collector on the street doesn't know this, even if they do know about silver quarters and buffalo nickels. My only observation over 5 years as a non-collector was that the Lincoln anniversary pennies weren't super common in change (even when brand new), and the same with the US territories quarters.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="theshoegazer, post: 2699524, member: 69354"]The longer that 2009 coins circulate, the more worn, tarnished and banged up they're going to be, which over time could give AU/BU specimens a premium. Until I got back into collecting around 2014, I had no idea that most 2009's were lower mintage - the average non-collector on the street doesn't know this, even if they do know about silver quarters and buffalo nickels. My only observation over 5 years as a non-collector was that the Lincoln anniversary pennies weren't super common in change (even when brand new), and the same with the US territories quarters.[/QUOTE]
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