Bob Van Ryzin’s "What’s In The News" begins this week’s episode of Coin Chat Radio with release of the 2009 Lincoln One Cent Proof Set from the US Mint.

For $7.95, collectors can purchase proofs of the four new cent designs honoring the bicentennial birth of Abraham Lincoln. Of interest to most, the cents are struck from the same bronze alloy (95% copper and 5% tin and zinc) used on the first Lincoln penny minted back in 1909.

Also mentioned by Ryzin is the announcement by Krause Publications that it will assume full in-house control of the three numismatic events it produces in Chicago, namely the Chicago Paper Money Expo, the Chicago Internation Coin Fair and the Mid-America Coin Expo.

Numismatic News Editor Dave Harper takes a few moments to interview dealer Paul Song from Bonhams and Butterfields, which is starting a new coin division. Harper digs into the details of how the startup is going and how it will be different from other coin auctions, to which Song replies:

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