2009 BRONZE SATIN FINISH LINCOLN CENT SET (8) FROM P & D MINT UNCIRCULATED SETS

Description

This auction is for
all (8)
of the special
"1909 composition"
95% copper
2009 Bronze Lincoln Bicentennial Cent Set
of
all four designs
, from both
Denver and Philadelphia
Mint
Uncirculated Set packages
.
THE SET SHOWN IN THE
PHOTOS ABOVE ARE THE COINS
THE WINNER WILL RECEIVE.
No "original 1909 composition"
bronze cents have been issued since 2009,
and there
are no plans for the Mint to do so
ever
again
!
Birthplace
,
Formative Years
,
Professional Life
and
Presidency
periods are depicted on the reverse side of the 2009 Lincoln
Bicentennial year cents.  This
set of (8)
contains all four reverse
designs from both the
P and D Mint UNCIRCULATED SETS
.
Unlike the copper-plated zinc "business strikes", the coins for sale
in this auction were
only made available in the U.S. Mint
2009
Uncirculated Sets,
and
only
784,614
of each type reverse &
Mint Mark
were minted!
Each reverse design is a separate "type"
coin, and it's mintage cannot be lumped in with the other three reverse
design's numbers, the mintages must be considered separately.
This fact makes
them rarer than the 1914-D
(1,193,000) and the
1931-S (866,000)
key date Lincoln Cents!
The Red Book values these rare Lincoln Cents at each in
mint state, these might vary in condition, what you see is what
you will get.  The photos above of this set of (8) coins are the coins
for sale and are the ones the winner of this auction will receive, so
look closely at them!
I purchased these coins that were cut off of the Mint Uncirculated Sets,
and then were left in the remaining original enclosure, in online auctions.
Usually, the original cutoff portions of the sets still enclosed the coins
when I purchased them.  I immediately mounted them (with gloved hand)
in the archival quality 2" x 2" cardboard flips shown in the above photos.
Some of these coins have toning and other artifacts from their time in the
cutoff Mint packages before I purchased them. Random toning may be
found on some coins from environmental exposure, which is to say from
their storage in the packaging after they were cut out of the original 24-coin
U.S. Mint Uncirculated Sets by the sellers from whom I bought the coins.
Here's how the various CUTOUT bronze cents I purchased appeared :
The cutout coins from the Mint Uncirculated sets left the tops and
bottoms of the packaging open to the atmosphere, wherever that may
have been.  Some unusually beautiful toning resulted on some of the
coins stored for any amount of time in this condition.