Both Proof and Uncirculated Sets sold out quickly at the Mint web page, resulting in wild after-market prices online and at coin stores and shows, with premium prices continuing to be seen even now in 2014.
The doubled die errors make up only a very small percentage of the total Proof cent output because of the many safeguards and examination processes that had to be performed before they were packaged for sale to collectors in 2009. Since only 2,995,615 of each cent were produced in Proof, and all were individually struck with special attention to prevent errors or anomalies from happening, the Proof errors are EXCEEDINGLY rare and demand much higher premiums than the “normal” circulation quality doubled die errors do. Both Proof (coin production method, not condition) and Uncirculated Set cents from 2009 were composed of the original 1909 composition of 95% copper and 5% tin and zinc. Known as 2009-S 1¢ Pr FY WDDR-005, it could sell online for hundreds of dollars. It shows a doubled index finger above the normal one that seems to fuse with the book spine. I was fortunate to find the Proof error shown above online for less than $20. The Denver, Philadelphia and San Francisco Mints have all had doubled die errors in each of the four reverse design Lincoln cents of 2009. Check out the preview at:Īn example of a PROOF 2009-S 1¢ commonly referred to as “WDDR-001” sold for $2,600 in an Ebay auction that ended July 20, 2009. I have written a book about these error coins entitled “ An Introduction to 2009 Lincoln Cent Errors“, which fully describes them and how one might build a collection of them. Microscopic movements of the dies used to create the coins is the cause for the doubled die and other types of errors in the 2009 issues.
Already short in supply, demand continues to increase because of the fact that all four reverse designs have had doubled die errors on them, causing an immediate chase by the error-collecting community.
#2009 LINCOLN LOG CABIN PENNY ROLLS PROFESSIONAL#
The four reverse side designs for the 2009 Lincoln cents are, in chronological order, the Early Childhood (EC), Formative Years (FY), Professional Life (PL) and President in Washington (PW). Demand for the four Lincoln cent designs was high from the start, and premiums have been charged for rolls and individual coins available online and from numismatic sellers in magazines. economic conditions in 2009, mintage of smaller denomination coins (pennies, nickels and dimes) was limited to some of the lowest numbers in recent history. Many feel the design and original photograph from 1865 symbolize the unfinished nature of Lincoln’s later term, after his “Emancipation Proclamation” was issued, but before the actual end of the Civil War protesting equality.īecause of U.S. Capitol rotunda in 1865 Washington D.C., the year of Lincoln’s assassination at Ford’s Theatre. The final design shows the unfinished U.S. The third design features young Lincoln in front of the Illinois State House, where he practiced law and became familiar with the world of politics. The “Formative Years” reverse shows Abe reading a book while taking a break from rail splitting, a way young strong men made money then by selling the rails to the westward advancing railroads. A depiction of his log cabin birthplace in Kentucky is known as the “Early Childhood” reverse. Mints produced four different reverse side designs on the Lincoln cent, commemorating the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln’s birth, and various aspects of his lifetime and career.
Many collectors are not aware of the fact that in 2009 the U.S.
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