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8 September 2008

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Collectors Not Focused on Saving 1909-S - NumisMaster

It is hard to be objective when it comes to the 1909-S Lincoln cent. It is either an awfully good coin or a very distant third in the best coins of that year. These two conflicting views help to explain why 1909 was such an interesting year for cent collectors.

Virtually all of the nation’s coin collectors in 1909 had only ever known the Indian Head cent, which had been around since 1859. The change to the Lincoln cent did not take place immediately in 1909.

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