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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;troublesbrewin, post: 534523, member: 16993&quot;]I beg to differ.....</p><p>The proof set at the very least will be 95% copper.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/lincolnRedesign/index.cfm?flash=yes" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/lincolnRedesign/index.cfm?flash=yes" rel="nofollow">http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/lincolnRedesign/index.cfm?flash=yes</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The new one-cent reverse designs will be issued at approximately three-month intervals throughout 2009. The Secretary of the Treasury approved the designs for the coins after consultation with the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission and the Commission of Fine Arts, and after review by the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee. </p><p>Reverse inscriptions will continue to include &quot;United States of America,&quot; &quot;E Pluribus Unum&quot; and &quot;One Cent.&quot; And the four 2009 Abraham Lincoln one-cent coins will maintain the same metal content (2.5% copper, balance zinc) and <a href="http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/circulatingCoins/index.cfm?action=CircPenny" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/circulatingCoins/index.cfm?action=CircPenny" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0000ff">other specifications</span></a> as the current one-cent coin. </p><p>These coins will be issued for circulation in quantities to meet the demands of commerce. <b>In addition, the Secretary of the Treasury shall mint and issue numismatic one-cent coins in 2009 with the exact metallic content as contained in the 1909 one-cent coin (95% copper, 5% tin and zinc).</b> These numismatic versions will be included in the United States Mint’s annual product offerings.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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