Lincoln Cent Coin Values Going Up

2009 is the year of Lincoln – it is the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth and the 100th anniversary of the Lincoln cent coin.  That has been making Lincoln cent coin value go up.

In a recent article by Mark Fergusen, a Coin Values Market Analyst, he writes about how Lincoln cents are in a spotlight.  In 2009, the United States Mint will be issuing four new lincoln cents with four new designs on the reverse of the lincoln cents.  These coins will depict four different stages of Lincoln’s life from his home in Kentucky, growing up in Indiana, starting his professional career in Illinois, and culminating in the Presidency.

As Fergusen points out in his article, this spotlight is causing Lincoln cent coin values to go up.  The price of the 1909-S V.D.B. lincoln is going up and so is the 1914-D lincoln cent.  These two coins, the 1909-S V.D.B. lincoln cent and the 1914-D lincoln cent, are the key date lincoln cents.  They are the bellweather for lincoln coin values generally.  If the price on these key date lincoln cents is going up, most lincoln cents values will follow.  However, typically they will not appreciate as much as the key date coins.

If you are a lincoln cent collector, prepare for prices on these coins to go up in 2009.  As I mentioned in my article on the hottest coins to buy in 2009, the 2009 lincoln cents and lincoln cent collections generally will be the best coins in 2009.

Do you think that lincoln cent coin values will go up in 2009?  Please share your thoughts in the comments below.

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