A 1982 copper penny

[ATTAC H=full]715738[/ATTACH] I found a 1982 Copper Penny D

 

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Good for you. Millions were made. Your penny is worth a penny.

 

My guess is the OP is thinking of a 1982-D SMALL DATE "copper", which would be quite the find, but chances are it isn't one. A photo certainly wouldn't hurt, though.

Edited to add:

http://www.lincolncentresource.com/smalldates/1982.html

 

Uh huh. Dude blocks me for being too snarky to newbs and now he posts this. Seems it's getting to him a little too now.

 

Almost 17 billion 1982 cents were minted. I think it's the most produced coin in US Mint history.

 

In order to be important, your 1982D cent would have to:

1) be the bronze type and weigh 3.11 grams
2) have the small date that was intended for use on the later copper-plated zinc cents.

The chances you have one like that are nearly zero.

Where are you picking up this "half information"? I need to know.

 

The picture is a 1982-D large date. I don't know what it weighs - don't care either.

 

Gross finger nails too.

 

"Houston, we have a picture!" Nope, OP, common large date 1982-D. One of "only" a little over 6 BILLLLLLION made, or about 20 of them for every man, woman and child in the country. Now, ... where are your other 19?

 

If you look at the position of the 9 and the 8 you'll see is a small date

 

Nope, not even close. On a small date, the final "2" is still about a full digit-width away from the rim.

 

I checked it out online and the large date 9 and the 8are the same size

 

Look at my post. Look at the 2 on your coin.

 

I wish, for the love of all that is holy, that this unicorn had never been found. The small date is a plague upon numismatics. I've seen at least a dozen threads claiming this coin had been found again. Every single 1982 D that is ever found by anyone that doesn't know anything is now going to be posted here. I curse whichever mint hack created this bastard.

You do not have the super-rare, unique, one-of-a-kind, million dollar coin.

Compare yours to the pictures of the known one. You don't have it.

 

Some guys just take a little longer to have idiocy get under their skin, I guess.

 

We need to rid this field of this phrase, darn it! I know a guy who works at a local B&M coin shop and their policy is that if someone mentions the Internet, they basically stop caring what they say. Their motto is "only books matter". I'm starting to understand.

 

Thanks for the thoughts but it sounds like all the other copper penny I got

 

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Thanks,
Jacob

 

Only a dozen? I've probably seen fifty or sixty or even more.

And so will every other 82 D large date copper cent. No one has questioned it being copper, but it IS the common large date, not the extremely rare small date.