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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Moen1305, post: 741384, member: 2544&quot;]What did you make of this insert that arrived with the 2009 uncirculated sets?</p><p>I find it confusing and ambiguous.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><font size="2"><p style="text-align: center"><b><font face="Times New Roman">A Message from the United States Mint </font></b></p></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font size="2"><b><font face="Times New Roman">about the Lincoln Bicentennial One Cent </font></b></p></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font size="2"><b><font face="Times New Roman">Coins Contained in your 2009 United </font></b></p></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font size="2"><b><font face="Times New Roman">States Mint Uncirculated Coin Set®</font></b></p></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font size="2"><br /></p></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font size="2"><font face="Times New Roman">Given the metallic composition used for the 2009 </font></p></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font size="2"><font face="Times New Roman">uncirculated one-cent coins&nbsp; –&nbsp; the same used</font></p></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font size="2"><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;for the original 1909 Lincoln Cents – the alloy</font></p></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font size="2"><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;readily tarnishes.&nbsp; The United states Mint has</font></p></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font size="2"><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;used anti-tarnish treatments to minimize this im-</font></p></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font size="2"><font face="Times New Roman">pact on the appears of the uncirculated coins.</font></p></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font size="2"><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp; However, the alloy used for the one-cent coins </font></p></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font size="2"><font face="Times New Roman">in this year’s uncirculated coin set is expected to</font></p></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font size="2"><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;tarnish more over time that the previous years’</font></p></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font size="2"><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;plated zinc one-cent coins.&nbsp; </font></p><p></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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