I am with you -- at least partly.

Considering that most of us have not even seen the new Lincoln Cents in circulation, maybe not at all because they sold out at the Mint and cost a fortune on eBay, I personally like the idea of MILLIONS of coin collectors "buying out" the supply of coins.

However, I am not interested currently in the 2009 nickel, nor the dime. I want those Lincoln Cent rolls and bags released -- and now!

It doesn't hurt that they are also the least expensive thing making it easy to buy many at my bank or credit union. Of course I don't want to buy TOO many, because while I can just return them, if I get old rolls, I will of course be tempted to want to through them and see if there is anything of any significant worth. A lucky wartime cent? A steel cent? An elusive 1919 VDB? You just never know. With say even $25 in cents, that's a lot to search, especially for the value of the cents I am more likely to find (say a common date wheat or what-have-you).

Regardless, I'd like to say: I VOTE YES! YES to cleaning out current supplies of LINCOLN CENTS in particular.

If every person who collected State Quarters alone (estimated to be 100 to 150 million Americans) went to their financial institutions and got $5, $10, $25 or more in cents, I can see locals running out RIGHT QUICK and the need FINALLY for them to contact the Federal Reserve Banks to get the new Lincolns.

OR...Maybe we should contact our U.S. Senators like the school teacher in Utah who got FREEBIES from Orrin Hatch's office? (see my previous Journal entry on the subject) What if we paid for ours? HA!

What if the U.S. Mint just wrapped more and sold them to the public online? If they have so many, why the heck not?