# 2009 pennies **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 21, 2009, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2009-pennies/514676 "2009-10-21T23:18:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2009-pennies/514676/1 "2009-10-21T23:18:38Z")
I know the U.S. Mint is issuing special pennies for the Lincoln bicentennial. Are they being released into circulation, or just sold as collectors’ pieces? I haven’t seen any. ---
**Author:** ![Dickerman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8baadc/32.png) [@Dickerman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dickerman)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2009-pennies/514676/2 "2009-10-21T23:24:21Z")
I’ve found two of the three (I think) that have been released to date in circulation. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2009-pennies/514676/3 "2009-10-21T23:30:31Z")
I found three of them in my change bin 30 seconds ago. ---
**Author:** ![Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harvey_The_Heavy)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2009-pennies/514676/4 "2009-10-22T08:23:39Z")
I’ve seen the first and third one, but not the second one. I haven’t seen any of the territory quarters yet. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2009-pennies/514676/5 "2009-10-22T13:40:58Z")
The thing is, I usually start seeing new pennies around February or March. Here it is, mid-October, and I haven’t seen one yet. Are people hoarding them? ---
**Author:** ![BrandonR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@BrandonR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrandonR)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2009-pennies/514676/6 "2009-10-22T14:31:46Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > The thing is, I usually start seeing new pennies around February or March. Here it is, mid-October, and I haven’t seen one yet. Are people hoarding them? [You could say that](http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/f7112b01fb/ass-pennies-from-greatest-comedy-sketches)… ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2009-pennies/514676/7 "2009-10-22T16:30:48Z")
I’ve seen plenty of 2009 pennies, and 4 of the territorial quarters. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2009-pennies/514676/8 "2009-10-22T23:12:27Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > The thing is, I usually start seeing new pennies around February or March. Here it is, mid-October, and I haven’t seen one yet. Are people hoarding them? The mint is so busy making so many different products, they are running way behind a normal year’s schedule. Try to find 2009 dimes and nickels. Even harder. They’ve gotten in over their heads. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2009-pennies/514676/9 "2009-10-22T23:15:43Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > The mint is so busy making so many different products, they are running way behind a normal year’s schedule. Try to find 2009 dimes and nickels. Even harder. > They’ve gotten in over their heads. Wasn’t there a law in place that limited design changes to no oftener than 25 years, unless superseded by explicit act of Congress? ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2009-pennies/514676/10 "2009-10-22T23:29:28Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > Wasn’t there a law in place that limited design changes to no oftener than 25 years, unless superseded by explicit act of Congress? Poly–I’m not sure what you’re getting at? ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2009-pennies/514676/11 "2009-10-23T01:29:05Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > Poly–I’m not sure what you’re getting at? I’m not really “getting at” aything – I seem to remember there being such a law in place, and I presume it’s since been repealed (or regularly superseded), owing to the wide range of design changes in recent years. I was, tangentially, inquiring about it.