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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pocket Change, post: 265023, member: 8012&quot;]1.&nbsp; They sure made a lot of lincolns.&nbsp; Even the keys have mintages that wouldn&#039;t qualify them to be keys in other series.&nbsp; And the semi-keys are in the millions.....</p><p><br /></p><p>2.&nbsp; Keys are only keys because they&#039;re &quot;key&quot; to completing the collection.&nbsp; The Lincoln collection is HUGE.&nbsp; It also appears that &quot;key&quot; and &quot;semi-key&quot; hoarding is starting to become the thing to do.&nbsp; Just go on any coin board and you&#039;ll find threads on the subject.&nbsp; What concerns me is that when these &quot;investors&quot; have drained the market and I suddenly have to pay $100+ each for several coins in a series to complete the collection , I&#039;m not going to do it.&nbsp; And I suspect there will be many others.&nbsp; Suddenly, the &quot;keys&quot; arent&#039; &quot;key&quot; anymore and demand goes down.&nbsp; The mercury dime set is ruined for me because I know I will never pay $1000 for one coin - ever.</p><p><br /></p><p>3.&nbsp; I&#039;m guessing there&#039;ll be a metallic change as well as design change in 2009, so this would also increase collectability.</p><p><br /></p><p>4.&nbsp; There are gadzillions of wheaties out there in almost every house in America.&nbsp; I think what is &quot;semi-key&quot; now can and will change as new things come to light - especially if prices rise and people start breaking open the mason jars.</p><p><br /></p><p>5.&nbsp; Most of this thread is talking about a quick buck in 2009.&nbsp; That&#039;s probably quite true.&nbsp; But I&#039;m guessing the long-term isn&#039;t looking too good for the lincoln.&nbsp; When the cent disappears from circulation at some point, I think that it will eventually become a curiosity-type coin like the 2 cent coin, 3 cent coin, etc.&nbsp; In the future when they disappear from circulation, it&#039;s just too many coins to buy.&nbsp; You don&#039;t &quot;dabble&quot; in lincoln cents.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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